The Department of Conservation has initiated an independent review of a 1080 drop in which cows were killed.
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DoC says it is taking the "extraordinary step" to provide public confidence in its operations.

I have to admit to a few doubts.
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In a recent press release about the planned 1080 drop in the Hunua Ranges I ended with the statement, "I would be happy to drink the water from the reservoirs downstream of the 1080 operation."

A Newshub article on the dumping of 1080 poison in a national park was inaccurate and unbalanced, the Media Council has found.
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The article - published on July 12-reported poison dumped in a Stewart Island swamp by a Department of Conservation contractor had the potential to kill hundreds of animals.

​ Damon Rusden recognizes some of the issues raised by those against the poison 1080, but argues most fears are misplaced, debunked and more at home in the fake news movement.

Ardent conservationist Peter Grant was the man who blew the whistle on birds being killed by 1080 carrot bait in the poison's early, experimental days.

​Facebook is flooded with rabid anti-1080 activism, but the poison is the only barrier between many of New Zealand's native species and extinction. Hayden Donnell goes into some 1080 facts.
Anti-1080 activism has erupted into the mainstream recently, with its leaders using belligerent and intrusive social media tactics to create an increasingly radical base of believers

The use of 1080 poison has sparked debate in New Zealand. So what are the issues? The experts speak: