Pest plants and animals are those that threaten land production, land management and the environmental values people place on production and recreational resources. The Biosecurity Act enables the Council to eradicate or manage pest plants and animals as specified in regional pest management strategies. You can contact the following people about plant and animal pest issues in Canterbury:

Pest Portfolio Chair
Tom Lambie
Ph: 0800 COMMISSIONERS (0800 266 647)  

Director Resource Management    
Kim Drummond

Regional Manager - Pests & Biodiversity    
Graham Sullivan (oversees Biosecurity & Biodiversity for the entire region)

Advisor    
Laurence Smith (oversees entire Canterbury region for Biosecurity)

Biosecurity Team Leader - Southern    
Brent Glentworth

Biosecurity Officer (Timaru)    
Terry Broughton                                                    
Don Eggleston
Jason Hawker

Biosecurity Team Leader - Central    
Rob McCaw

Biosecurity Officer (Central)    
Stephen Brown                                                
John Thacker                                                 
Sam Thompson                                                  
Jock Bulman (based in Little River)   

Biosecurity Officer - Info & Liaison    
Gemma Livingstone

Biosecurity Team Leader - Northern    
Leanne Lye   

Biosecurity Officer (Amberley)    
Terry Charles                                                       
Lindsay Scott                                                        
Lance Smith                                                        
James Kilgour                                                      
Rob Harrison                                                     
Cameron Doake

Biosecurity Officer (Cheviot)        
Noel Crump                                       

Biosecurity Officer (Kaikoura)      
Jan Crooks

Biosecurity Advisor - Special Projects    
Steve Palmer

Banks Peninsula Pest Management Liaison Committee
Chair: Mark Hutchinson
Members: Pam Richardson, Paula Smith, Hamish Pavey, Giles Foley, Ralph Stark, Tim Wilson, Adam Thacker, Bill Oborne, Ian Luxford plus Christchurch City Council, Department of Conservation and Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust staff representatives.

Selwyn Pest Management Liaison Committee
Chair: Pat McEvedy
Members: Jim Macartney, Andrew Gillanders, Allan Thorne, Peter Graham, Roy Veronese and Department of Conservation and Christchurch City Council staff representatives.

Contact

Please contact our Customer Services team if you wish to make contact with any of the Officers or committee members above.