Ban 1080 Party

The Ban 1080 Party was a political party in New Zealand that opposed the use of sodium fluoroacetate (1080) poison, which is widely used in New Zealand for controlling mammalian pests such as possums and rats.

[5] The party was registered by the Electoral Commission in 2014[6] and deregistered in February 2018.

[7] The Ban 1080 Party's stated policy was "to develop a pathway to a solution that includes the following elements: The party considered that the Department of Conservation "has an important task in working to protect and preserve our natural environment", but believes that aerial 1080 drops harm native species and are ineffective at controlling rat and stoat populations.

[2][10] It applied for registration with the Electoral Commission in mid-2014[11] and was approved on 8 August.

Party officials were visited by police in 2015 during their investigation into threats to contaminate baby formula with 1080.