Second day of moth spraying postponed

After a good start yesterday high winds have forced the postponement of the second day of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s targeted aerial spray operation against the painted apple moth in west Auckland.

Most of the zone was completed yesterday before the operation was called off due to rising winds.

Areas finished yesterday include include the Waikumete Cemetery, the seaward margins of the Avondale Peninsula and Waterview ;low lying land alongside the north-western motorway between the Lincoln Road and Point Chevalier/Waterview motorway ramps, including Traherne Island; vegetation along Henderson Creek and across to Central Park Drive, a small area at the bottom of the Te Atatu Peninsula; land on both sides of Huruhuru Creek in Massey West and Henderson, extending south through Swanson Rd and Universal Drive intersection to the railway line in Henderson, a small area between Malam St, Tahi Terrace and Rua Road Reserve in Glen Eden.

Still to be completed are the seaward margins of Te Atatu, Glendene and Kelston

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