Protesters make a nationwide stand against 10801 NEWS Department of Conservation staff say in the past month they've had their car tyres slashed and wheel nuts loosened. Thousands of anti-1080 protesters marched across the country on Saturday imploring the Government to stop allowing the controversial poison to be used. Protesters carrying signs reading "Ban 1080" and "It kills everything" gathered at 40 sites from the top of the north to the bottom of the South Island. The protests come a day after a small group of 1080 protesters rallied outside a Marlborough property they claimed was storing the poison. ANDY JACKSON/STUFF The protest was an effort to raise awareness of how toxic 1080 was, organiser Kevin Moratti said.

Source: Stuff September 08, 2018 08:25 UTC