The 1080 debate has re-ignited with renewed calls for aerial drops to be banned.
Last week, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright said there should actually be an increase in the use of the poison on Department of Conservation land.
She thinks it is the best way to combat rats, stoats and possums on a large scale.
But New Zealand First outdoor recreation spokesman Richard Prosser says we need to look for alternatives, as 1080 kills indiscriminately.
"It kills by disabling oxygen metabolisms, so animals or creatures depending on their size and their body weight die over a period of anything up to 48 hours, of respiratory and cardiac failure.
