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
Cr Eugenie Sage.
Ph: (03) 329 3177 
 

Biosecurity Manager
Graham Sullivan is responsible for how the policies in the Regional Pest Management Strategy are implemented. He works from Timaru but has responsibility for the whole region.

The Biosecurity Section is organised into 3 teams:


Northern
Biosecurity team leader: Laurence Smith
Biosecurity officers: Jan Crooks, Terry Charles, Peter Morgan, Lance Smith, Lindsay Scott (all of Amberley)
Noel Crump, Tom Kirkwood (both of Cheviot), Peter Adams (Kaikoura).

Central
Biosecurity team leader: Rob McCaw
Biosecurity officers: Stephen Brown, John Thacker, Gemma Bradfield, Sam Thompson (all of Christchurch)
Errol Barnes (Darfield), Jock Bulman (Little River).

Southern
Biosecurity team leader: Brent Glentworth
Biosecurity officers: Terry Broughton, Glen Currall, Bridget Keenan (all of Timaru).