Stop the Drop 1080 protesters (from left) Greenwitch, Jon Vaudrey, Lyle Cottenden and David Denny display their anti-1080 signs at a protest in the Octagon in Dunedin on Saturday. Police reported small numbers gathered in the Octagon, in Dunedin, and in Invercargill, while about 170 turned out in Te Anau. "They were peaceful protests with no issues and no arrests," a police spokeswoman said. Stop the Drop 1080 protest rally promoter Angela Jowett said up to 20 people joined the protest in Dunedin’s Octagon. The protests in Dunedin, Invercargill and Te Anau coincided with others around the country and more than 149,000 people had signed an online petition put forward by the protest’s organisers.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 09, 2016 17:03 UTC