by Sue Grey LLB(Hons), BSc (Biochemistry & Microbiology), RSHDipPHI Co-leader of NZ Outdoors Party, specialist in emerging legal issues and former DOC Nelson Marlborough legal advisor Why it an empty 1080 poison sack found in shed classified as a heath risk for DOC staff, yet DOC says its contents can safely be aerially spread over…
Category: Poison
All about poisons.
Not another Beirut- The NZ Outdoors Party calls on NZ Government to immediately ban storage of hazardous chemicals near residential areas
On 4-8-2020 according to the BBC a quantity of ammonium nitrate stored in a Beirut warehouse, caught fire and exploded. 137 are reported dead and 5,000 injured. The scene is of utter devastation. People are asking why was such hazardous explosive material stored near a residential area? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53668493 Today, an article appeared in the ODT…
Democracy in disarray
I led a group of representatives of the Brook Valley Community Group who were refused a hearing by Nelson City Mayor Rachel Reece at today’s “Public Forum”. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=590325888189852&id=100016373387581&sfnsn=mo The Brook community requested a speaking slot in the public forum last week, but were told this morning that a decision had been made that it was…
Lets get International Help to STOP 1080 Ecocide.
This week the Department of Conservation has admitted that 50% (six out of 12) monitored kea died following a 1080 poison drop in the Matukituki Valley, near Wanaka. We dont know how many unmonitored kea died but must assume 50% of those too. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/six-kea-found-dead-near-wanaka-following-1080-drop This follows a series of cases where our iconic and endangered…
1080 Poison- is it “deadly” or “safe”… surely something so important shouldn’t depend on who you ask?
1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) is approved and labelled as a “deadly poison”. In 2007 its re-approval by ERMA was limited to targeting possums. Rats, mast years and mega masts were not identified as a problem until recently. ERMA approved 1080 use but only where there was social licence, after consultation with affected communities, and only in…
Stop Poisoning our Wildlife
The long awaited Shark Cage Diving decision was released by the NZ Supreme Court last week. This was great news for Bluff and it’s shark cage divers Shark Experience Ltd as they are back in business when the Great Whites arrive in December as part of their annual migration. The court clarified the meaning of…
5G Planet FM Sue Grey radio interview goes live Thursday 22 August at 8am
Sue Grey: 5G – The educational imperative to share, especially with mothers of the dangers of this technology. This interview clearly explains that the NZ Health Ministry is not following the guidelines as laid down in the NZ Health Act of 1956. Tomorrow in Auckland – on RADIO 8-9am Thursday 22nd of August…
Public health officer admits one 1080 bait is close to a fatal dose for a 3 year old child
I’ve just read an extraordinary “Health Risk Assessment” by a redacted Taranaki Public Health Officer for DoC’s aerial application of 1080 to public roads and huts on Mount Taranaki and Kaitake Range. Its extraordinary firstly because the Health Officer is brutally honest about the toxicity and uncertainties of 1080 poison, admitting: Acute toxicity– 1080 has…
Poisoned tuatara, cockroaches and what else?
The first tuatara was poisoned with brodifacoum at Natureland zoo in August 2017 around the time when the Brook community was in court trying to stop the poisoning of the Brook Sanctuary. I’ve recently obtained OIA information from DoC which shows they knew about the wide array of wildlife and insects which are susceptible to…
Another 49 dead cows ….
We are still waiting for the EPA’s “independent” inquiry into the eight cows and three stillborn calves that were poisoned with 1080 by DoC at Mapara last year. Their draft report was due a month ago but it was recently postponed indefinitely by the EPA. Meanwhile there continue to be more suspicious deaths of cows….