Northland Pest Management Strategies

Regional Pest Management Strategies are action plans that describe why - and how - plant and animal pests will be controlled in Northland.  

The Strategies initially aim to educate landowners and the wider public about the threats potential pest species pose and ways to stop these pests reaching Northland.

Where a pest is already established here, the strategies offer a number of options to reduce the threat (or threats) it poses. These include:

• publicity and promotion
• advice to individual landowners
• regulation
• control by the Council  (either directly or by using contractors).

The strategies also take into account the effects controlling one pest might have on another.

Purpose of the strategies

Regional Pest Management Strategies aren't compulsory.  However, a Regional Council can propose one when it’s satisfied the benefits of doing so outweigh the costs (after taking into account the likely consequences of doing nothing).

A strategy is also required if the pest or pests involved could have a "serious adverse and non-intended effect" on one or more of the following:

• Northland’s economy
• The viability of threatened species or organisms including the:
• survival and distribution of native plants or animals;
• sustainability of natural and developed ecosystems;
• sustainability of ecological processes, biological diversity, soil resources or water quality.
• Human health or enjoyment of the recreational value of the natural environment
• The relationship of Māori and their culture and traditions with their ancestral lands, waters, sites, wahi tapu and taonga.

Download your copy

To view and download a copy of the Northland Regional Pest Management Strategies, click on the links below.