The community, through submissions to the strategy, has directed Environment Canterbury to ensure that no more land becomes covered in these plants.

The Canterbury Regional Pest Management Strategy sets out rules that land occupiers must comply with to achieve that goal. The purpose of these rules is to provide a defined level at which landowners must carry out control of infestations and to prevent land becoming infested through human-assisted activities.

Examples of human assistance include selling plants commercially or at fairs, the multiplication of plants for personal or commercial use or any distribution through recreational uses or other uses of land.

For further assistance please contact Customer Service on 03 353 9007 or toll free on 0800 324 636. You can also visit our website www.ecan.govt.nz