A long-time campaigner against the pesticide 1080 has persuaded a council to add more cautionary details to warning signs used during aerial bait drops.
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Waikato Regional Councillor Clyde Graf got a motion passed that adds a line to warning signs which states: "Poison baits or carcasses may be present in waterways".

​A tentative start date for two planned 1080 drops near Queenstown has been set.
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Department of Conservation Wakatipu operations manager Geoff Owen said the operation, to kill the predators of native birds, would begin any time from September 5.

More than $ 6 million will be spent dropping 1080 poison on the South Island's West Coast in the coming months.
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About 230,000 hectares of the region will be targeted in this year's Battle for our Birds programme, which focuses on western and southern parts of the South Island.

Federated Farmers is mystified as to why people are still complaining about the use of 1080, long after it's been established as a key tool in New Zealand's environmental protection system.
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The Commissioner for the environment concluded five years ago that 1080 was the only viable tool for protection against pests on much of New Zealand's conservation land.