Community Vibe Check: Poisons in Public Spaces

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions about the issue of herbicide use in public places.

We’ve heard from a few locals who have had concerns about the use of toxic weed killers (herbicides) in the city’s urban spaces. We are interested as to if anyone else has concerns about this. We’re hearing worries about herbicide use in city spaces like parks, school grounds, sports fields, streams, drains, riverbanks, and our playgrounds.

The health risks to people and nature are front of mind for many. Questions about links to cancer have come up several times, given recent court rulings against Bayer and Monsanto on their glyphosate-based products such as RoundUp™.

Please help us sense the community vibe on this issue by completing this quick survey. We need to know your views and what you’d like to see done about this issue to help shape a community-led response.

Please also feel free to share this survey with any Palmy-based friends and whanau so they can contribute as well.

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* 1. Are you aware that weedkillers are sprayed around playgrounds, sports fields, parks and other high use spaces on a regular basis?

Yes

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* 2. I’m concerned about the following potential human health and environmental impacts of weed killers being used in public places in Palmerston North (1 = not concerned / 5 = highly concerned)

	1	2	3	4	5
Risk of cancer	Risk of cancer 1	Risk of cancer 2	Risk of cancer 3	Risk of cancer 4	Risk of cancer 5
Impacts on young children	Impacts on young children 1	Impacts on young children 2	Impacts on young children 3	Impacts on young children 4	Impacts on young children 5
Impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes	Impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes 1	Impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes 2	Impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes 3	Impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes 4	Impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes 5
Impacts on nervous system	Impacts on nervous system 1	Impacts on nervous system 2	Impacts on nervous system 3	Impacts on nervous system 4	Impacts on nervous system 5
Impacts on hormones	Impacts on hormones 1	Impacts on hormones 2	Impacts on hormones 3	Impacts on hormones 4	Impacts on hormones 5
Effects on freshwater systems	Effects on freshwater systems 1	Effects on freshwater systems 2	Effects on freshwater systems 3	Effects on freshwater systems 4	Effects on freshwater systems 5
Effects on bees and other insects	Effects on bees and other insects 1	Effects on bees and other insects 2	Effects on bees and other insects 3	Effects on bees and other insects 4	Effects on bees and other insects 5
Effects on soil health	Effects on soil health 1	Effects on soil health 2	Effects on soil health 3	Effects on soil health 4	Effects on soil health 5
Effects on animals including pets	Effects on animals including pets 1	Effects on animals including pets 2	Effects on animals including pets 3	Effects on animals including pets 4	Effects on animals including pets 5

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* 3. I'm concerned about herbicide use in these public places in Palmerston North. (1 = not concerned / 5 = highly concerned)

	1	2	3	4	5
Playgrounds	Playgrounds 1	Playgrounds 2	Playgrounds 3	Playgrounds 4	Playgrounds 5
School grounds	School grounds 1	School grounds 2	School grounds 3	School grounds 4	School grounds 5
Parks and reserves	Parks and reserves 1	Parks and reserves 2	Parks and reserves 3	Parks and reserves 4	Parks and reserves 5
Sports grounds	Sports grounds 1	Sports grounds 2	Sports grounds 3	Sports grounds 4	Sports grounds 5
Urban streams	Urban streams 1	Urban streams 2	Urban streams 3	Urban streams 4	Urban streams 5
Manawatū River	Manawatū River 1	Manawatū River 2	Manawatū River 3	Manawatū River 4	Manawatū River 5
Streets, footpaths and berms	Streets, footpaths and berms 1	Streets, footpaths and berms 2	Streets, footpaths and berms 3	Streets, footpaths and berms 4	Streets, footpaths and berms 5

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* 4. I feel like there’s enough public information available about which weed killers are being used in which public places in Palmerston North

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What next steps would you like to see happen to curb weedkiller use in Palmerston North's Public places? (tick all that apply)

More information shared with locals about the use, risk and alternatives to herbicide use.

Workshop to share ideas and plan a community-led response to herbicide use in public places.

Public meeting to raise awareness about herbicide use and alternatives to it

Test low and no-spray solutions in urban and freshwater spaces.

Petition to councils to adopt and implement low and no-spray policies.

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* 6. How might you like to be involved as this goes forward here in Palmerston North? (tick one)

I have capacity and interest and would like to be very involved in organising any next steps to curb weed killer use in our public spaces.

I might have capacity, and would be happy to have a chat about how I could help organise any next steps to curb weed killer use in our public spaces.

I don’t have capacity to help right now, but am keen to be kept in the loop as a local response to this issue builds.

I’m not interested in being involved or kept aware of local response to this issue

Community Vibe Check: Poisons in Public Spaces

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions about the issue of herbicide use in public places.

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* 1. Are you aware that weedkillers are sprayed around playgrounds, sports fields, parks and other high use spaces on a regular basis?

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* 2. I’m concerned about the following potential human health and environmental impacts of weed killers being used in public places in Palmerston North (1 = not concerned / 5 = highly concerned)

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* 3. I'm concerned about herbicide use in these public places in Palmerston North. (1 = not concerned / 5 = highly concerned)

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* 4. I feel like there’s enough public information available about which weed killers are being used in which public places in Palmerston North

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* 5. What next steps would you like to see happen to curb weedkiller use in Palmerston North's Public places? (tick all that apply)

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* 6. How might you like to be involved as this goes forward here in Palmerston North? (tick one)

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* 7. Personal details (these are all optional)

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* 8. Email

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* 9. Phone