In 2016 I took a trip with a family member into the nearby Taranaki district to see the site of a little known colonial land battle near the tiny township of Normanby...
This post comes from our graduation exhibition in 2018. It was written and featured at envirowatchnz.com
If you read the information on 1080 poison at the Dept of Conservation's website you will be told it is harmless and dilutes and breaks down quickly in water.
In 2020, NZ's Greymouth Star published an article by Dr Jo Pollard, BSc (Hons), PhD, concerning the poisoning of our native Kea population.
You may not be aware perhaps that water is fast becoming the new 'gold'.
The year 2013 was the beginning of my introduction to NZ's prolific and disturbing use of poisons to control pests and weeds in our environment.