Could DOC please make the Wild Animal Recovery Operation (WARO) land schedule map data available to the public each year/applied period? The geographic zones and shapes as represented on the 'Map1-18' for 2023 is ideal, but in a digital format that can be drawn and layered onto maps. Permitted, restricted, not permitted categories etc all useful to include. Find indicative PDF format maps here. https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/business-or-activity/national-wild-animal-recovery-operations/national-waro-permit-renewal-process/ Could DOC also please do the same with the Aerially-assisted trophy hunting (AATH) map data? Find indicative PDF format maps here https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/business-or-activity/aerially-assisted-trophy-hunting/#location-maps.
Making this digital data available in digital forms that aren't PDFs will enable others to build maps and guidance that incorporate AATH and WARO layers onto maps of hunting boundaries etc.
This will assist hunters to make better hunting decisions. E.g. a solo hunter, while planning, if they can easily toggle/see WARO areas, may decide to avoid an area where WARO has operated recently. This may improve their own chances at an animal. This improves recreational hunter harvest, improving the performance of incidental game animal management activity by recreational hunters (therefore improving conservation outcomes) among other benefits.
Making the data available in a useful format allows others solely focussed on improving the harvest success of recreational hunting activity to build map resources for hunters that can improve their hunting decision making.
Data not available for release
Thank you for your request. I have been authorised to provide the following response: Unfortunately, the Department of Conservation is currently not in a position to make WARO and AATH spatial data available through data.govt.nz. I am informed that the process to get these datasets into the government’s open data portal is not simple: 1. FME script would need to be built to transfer required metadata etc ready for AGOL (ArcGIS online), 2. It would need to be tested in the Dev / Test / Prod environment 3. Placed into an AGOL project, 4. Placed into the DOC Open Data Portal, 5. Placed into the Government Open Data Portal. All these actions are dependent on the availability of the Systems Support Team. They are fully committed to working on other priority tasks and this request is unlikely to be considered until the end of the year, at the earliest. You are welcome to submit a follow up enquiry after that time. Carl Jones Senior Permissions Advisor Department of Conservation
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