29 August 2023 
Official Information Request No.8140012365 
 
 (Please quote this in any correspondence) 
 
 
Hana Blackmore 
By email - [FYI request #23774 email] 
 
 
Dear Hana 
 
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) 
Copy of weed treatment schedule 
 
Thank  you  for  your  email  which  we  received  on  10  August  2023  for  information  relating  to 
weed treatment schedules in the Whangapararoa Peninsula. 
 
The specific details of your request and our response are below;  
 
Would you please supply a copy of the treatment schedules for all weed and 
vegetation treatment on the road corridor in the Whangapararoa Peninsula from 
January 1st 2023 to current date (11 August 2023). This should include: 
 
1. The name of the street/road treated. 
 
2. The date when the street/road treated. 
 
Due to the way the data is recorded we are unable to produce only the Whangapararoa 
Peninsula, instead please find attached roads sprayed in the Hibiscus and Bays Local 
Board area between 1 January 2023 and 31st July 2023.  
 
Information for the week of 1st -11th August is not currently held by Auckland Council.  
 
3. What the street/road was treated with - e.g. glyphosate/metsulfuran/steam/hot 
water/mechanical etc 
 
4. What the treatment was for - eg all kerb and channel control or pest plant (spot 
spraying etc). 
 
The streets listed in the attached schedules are sprayed with a glyphosate formulation that 
has no POEA (polyoxyethylene amine) added to control pest weeds in the kerb and channel.  
 
Auckland Council also manage a no-spray register, where there may be specific berms on 
the streets in the attached schedules that are registered to not be sprayed. In these 
instances, no spraying of any chemical takes place. Weeds in the kerb and channel are 
controlled in a no spray zone with hot water or mechanical means (i.e. hand pulling). 
 
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The stretch along Whangaparaoa Road, west of Wiriana Road through to Crown Road is 
specifically controlled using mechanical means and steam treatment (see attached map 
coloured in red). 
 
The decision by Auckland Council to release the information contained in this response was 
made by Taryn Crewe, General Manager Parks and Community Facilities. 
 
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman. 
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz 
or freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
If you have any questions please contact me at [email address] or 
contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting LGOIMA No. 8140012365. 
 
Kind regards, 
 
 
 
Fernanda Maciel 
Privacy & Official Information Business Partner 
Governance Services 
 
 
 
 
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142  |  aucklandcouncil.govt.nz  |  Ph 09 301 0101 

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