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.
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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.