FULL TEXT of LETTER to the ATTORNEY GENERAL re UNLAWFULNESS OF AERIAL 1080


  Secretary
Manu Waiata Restoration & Protection Society
Registered office: 2225 Wyuna Bay Road
Coromandel 3581.
10 August 2017



Hon Christopher Finlayson QC
Attorney General
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
cc Hon Te Ururoa Flavell, Hon Ron Mark, Mr Chai Chuah, Ms Michelle Hippolite


Dear Attorney General ,

Please may I have your urgent attention. Department of Conservation plans to spread VTA 1080 over Coromandel's public conservation lands in September and October 2017.

  • The operation as planned does not comply with provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996, the Health Act 1956, the Health (Drinking water) Amendment Act 2007, and the Communications Guideline for aerial operations (ERMA 2009). The September--October operation will be unlawful.

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