A community board in the Thames Coromandel District is raising the issue of 1080 use with the Thames Coromandel District Council.
The Coromandel/Colville Community Board agreed to approach council after meeting with representatives of the Coromandel Landcare Association and the Upper Coromandel Landcare Association.

Board chairperson Chris Stark says earlier reports of the meeting are inaccurate and the board has not made any decisions to ‘ban 1080'
'Part of our role is to arbitrate for our community and a lot of our community have come out quite strongly against 1080, so we resolved to invite the Minister of Conservation and our local MP to discuss the issue with us and we also resolved to advocate for the use of non residual poisons and hunting.”
Chris says the board is also suggesting that some place (possibly Coromandel/Colville) could be used as an experimental block where hunting and non-residual poisons are the only measures used.
'Then maybe lay people like me might have a better chance of seeing what would happen in such a situation.”
Chris says the area is ideal for an experiment of that sort due to its lack of bovine TB.
The Thames Coromandel District Council is due to meet on Wednesday and media spokesman Mark Ebrey says they will be receiving a report detailing what their statutory role and responsibilities are regarding 1080. Mark says they will also be receiving a deputation from the two land care groups.