Notices

• Wasp control in Motueka and Golden Bay Area

  A wasp control operation using Vespex poison will be carried out in the following areas:

  Mt Richmond Forest Park: Hacket Track, Bushy Top to Top Wairoa Hut (Te Araroa Trail).

  Kahurangi National Park: Sylvester Track, Lake Peel Track, Trilobite Hut to Chaffey Hut – Cobb Valley, Splugeons Rock Shelter to Crow Hut – Leslie/Karamea Valleys, Wangapeka Campsites – Siberia Flat, Courthouse Flat, Rolling Junction to Kings Creek Hut – Wangapeka Track, Granity Pass and Blue Creek Track – Wangapeka Valley, Baton Valley Tracks – Ellis and Flanagans Huts. 

  Abel Tasman National Park: Abel Tasman Coast Track and associated great walk campsites, Totaranui Campground, Abel Tasman Inland Track and all access points, Awaroa Village, Torrent Bay Village, Falls River Track, Gibbs Hill Track, Harwoods Hole Track – Canaan Downs, Rameka Track – Canaan Downs.

  Motueka Area: Cable Bay Track, Eves Valley Track, Kaiteriteri Track.

  The bait will be in bait stations. All public access points will display warning signs. This operation will be in place until 30 April 2021.

  First published on 22 February 2022.

• Aerial goat control operation in Abel Tasman and Kahurangi area

  An aerial feral goat control operation will commence in Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Parks on Thursday, 12 April 2022. The operation will be completed by Friday 29 April 2022.

  This operation will be targeting goats in the Marahau Valley in Abel Tasman National Park.

  In Kahurangi National Park, areas affected with be South Branch Riuwaka, Karamea and Leslie Valleys, Luna Slips, Saxon Falls, Mt Owen, Fyfe River, Granity (Courthouse Flat area) and Nuggety Creeks.

  For more information contact the DOC Office in Motueka, phone +64 3 528 1810.

  First published on 1 April 2022.