M Kirkham suggested in their letter last week that it is a matter of opinion whether the sound of a rare bird is more important than a family being able to live on natural healthy unfarmed food ie wild deer.
It is incredibly frustrating that so many people just do not understand the desperate struggle our native biodiversity is having to survive the impact of people in New Zealand.
The sound or sight of a native birds in the forest is an indication of forest health. The more birds the healthier the forest. Without an intensive pest control programme the forest is unnaturally quiet.

Rats and stoats kill the birds, opossums kill the trees. Without the use of 1080 the remaining 25% of native forest in New Zealand will disappear. And, eventually, when it is too late we will realise just what a mistake we have made.
Might not even have any wild game left either.

Amanda Besley, Katikati.