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The Hauraki Gulf Forum wants Auckland Council to make a bigger effort to combat the spread of the invasive marine pest caulerpa.
At a governing body meeting on August 1, the forum called on council to step up its advocacy to central government.
Forum co-chair Toby Adams said funding had so far been piecemeal. “If it was something that was visible at the Botanic Gardens, you’d be jumping on it to get it cleaned up,” Adams said.
He was concerned that government funding would focus on the Far North, leaving caulerpa to spread in other areas.
Cr Richard Hills asked where efforts on caulerpa should be centred.
“When you are looking at 160 to 200 hectares of caulerpa at Aotea Great Barrier, limited government money and the likelihood that full removal won’t be possible, where should the focus be if we can’t do it all,” Hills said.
