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April 10th, 2015

Targeted Rate how to make an on line submission

How to make an on line submission supporting Whangarei Heads Pest Control through the NRC long Term Plan

Go to NRC website www.nrc.govt.nz/ltpfeedback “Have your say” LTP 2015-2025

Go to Login/Register (if not registered follow the registration process and then re enter through www.nrc.govt.nz/ltpfeedback

Once logged in select ‘read and submit on document’

Go to next page (2) – and at bottom ‘Have your say –  Do it online:            go to Have your say

Go to Make Submission – (blue tab, top right)

A series of boxes will come up, Box 2 is Whangarei Heads pest management. Click on the circle “agree” is you agree with the proposed targeted rate.

Type in the comments boxes your reasons for supporting the proposal (see email for possible examples of reasons for support).

If you would like to speak at the public feedback sessions click the circle for this at the bottom of the document.

Click the submit button.

 

 

 

Possible points for inclusion in a submission to NRC regarding Targeted Rates for Whangarei Heads Pest Control

Most important point – be clear that you are in support of the proposal, and that you support Option 1 (set rate per of $50 rating unit).

Without the predator trapping programme carried out for the past 15 years the kiwi population at Whangarei Heads would be gone by now.

Without ongoing predator trapping the survival rate of kiwi chicks has been measured at 5%. Predator trapping has been shown to increase survival of kiwi chicks to 60%.

Without ongoing financial resourcing of this trapping programme the gains made in the past 15 years will be very quickly eroded – and our grandchildren will not be able to hear kiwi in their backyards.

We know that our predator control programme is working. The Kiwi call count for Whangarei Heads has risen from an average of 2.9 calls/hour/station in 2002 to 7.1 calls/hour/station in 2014. This increase in population from approximately 80 to over 500 adult kiwi is a result of the predator trapping and community engagement on dog control at the Heads. This is allowing the kiwi population to expand northwards and inland of the original managed area.

We are proud of the community driven kiwi recovery at the Whangarei Heads.

The Whangarei Heads community is to be congratulated on their dog control as over the past 10 years the number kiwi deaths due to uncontrolled dogs has dramatically reduced even with the big increase in the size of the kiwi population present.

Support of targeted weed control at Whangarei Heads is also acknowledged as crucial to maintain the special biodiversity values of the area.

A targeted rate means that those that benefit the most from work being funded pay for it.

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