Auckland Council is asking the public to help identify rogue gardening contractors dumping vegetation in public parks, including a cemetery.
Offenders face a $400 instant fine if caught.
The call comes after the illegal dumping of an estimated 10 truckloads of vegetation in the Hillsborough Cemetery earlier this year for which the offender was fined $400 and ordered to remove the vegetation.
But despite that fine, two more incidents of dumping at the cemetery have occurred since and the council is warning of a crackdown.
Ian Maxwell, Auckland Council's Manager of Parks, Sports and Recreation, says that while Hillsborough Cemetery is a closed cemetery, the dumping is illegal, the vegetation obstructs the public visiting grave sites and is a health and safety risk.