Part V: Moving Forward

A month on from the decision made by Auckland Council as to harmonise the budgets of local wards for vegetation management, we reconvene to discuss what happens now. 

We were once again joined by;

Hana Blackmore - Community researcher and founder member of the Weed Management Advisory - working for environmentally sustainable and non-chemical weed management since 1996.

Charles Merfield - Non-chemical weed management scientist with a specialism in thermal weeding

Jodie Bruning - Researcher/writer; founder RITE-demands.org, trustee of Physicians and Scientists for Global Responsibility. 

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy - For the Love of Bees vision holder and citizen on the weed advisory group Auckland Council

Jamey Holloway - Team Member and collaborator with For The Love of Bees. 

We started by asking Hana Blackmore to unpack the final decision made by Auckland Council.