Summary

This report summarises the findings of three field studies carried out at four locations in 2019 and 2020. The purpose of the field research was to: Investigate whether sodium fluoroacetate (1080) is present in inhalable particulate downwind of an aerial baiting application. Ambient air quality monitoring was undertaken downwind of the following aerial applications of bait containing 0.15% 1080: • Kaitake range in Taranaki on 1 May 2019 • Te Maruia (Marble Hill) near Lewis Pass on the West Coast on 1 November 2019 • Te Maruia (Palmers Road) near Lewis Pass on the West Coast on 2-3 November 2019 • Waitaanga Plateau in Taranaki on 2 December 2020.