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November 14 2014
Community action halts chemical spraying
Chemical weed-spraying on Vauxhall Road sports field was stopped by community activists – only 12 hours before it was scheduled to begin. Standing next to the field, four Cheltenham residents had pleaded with officials for over an hour on Thursday afternoon to call off the spraying with herbicide Glyphosade (also known as Roundup) planned for 6.30 am the next morning. Vauxhall Road residents Sharon and Mike Byron-McKay, Beaconsfield Road resident and mother-of-four Daryl Veal, Rata Road resident Sarah Bloomfield, and Dennis Tindall, the owner of Biothermal Technologies, a company that specialises in hot-water treatment of weeds, persuaded council to halt the work. Auckland Council Sports Turf Advisor Evan Hicks and Devonport-Takapuna Local Board member Grant Gillon listened patiently to the residents’ concerns Democracy in action… Sharon Byron-McKay in (purple hat) and residents and then the spraying of the 2 hectare low- put forward the no-spraying case at Vauxhall Reserve lying field was called off. The new plan is to use hot water treatment. the fight: “Devonport fought hard for the other council attempts to reintroduce The layer of sand that will be removed has chemical-free weed policy of 1978 and chemicals. also been increased from 50 to 60 mm. we don’t want it to get tied up into an People can still sign her petition to keep The spraying had been delayed the previ- Auckland-wide policy.” Devonport chemical-free, at New World or ous week after Sharon Byron-McKay told Bayswater Park had been treated with the Devonport Community House, she says. the local board she had collected 100 signa- Glyphosate the previous week without any tures opposing the treatment. That number local protest. had grown to 300 by the time the spraying Sharon Byron-McKay said despite the had been called off, she said. good news for the Vauxhall field, Devonport Sarah Bloomfield saidTHERAPY it had been worth residents AUTY BEAUTY THERAPY BEAUTY T need to remain vigilant about
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