The Brook Valley Community Group's chairperson said an apparent attack on Nick Smith had nothing to do with them, nor the Sanctuary's poison drop.

The High Court has rejected the The Brook Valley Community Group's request for an injunction against the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary poison drop.

Brook Waimarama Sanctuary general manager Hudson Dodd said "the trust would like to think that this is the end of the legal process for this lawsuit given there was now two comprehensive strong decisions on this matter.

"The trust will continue with the planning for a robust and successful operation so we can move forward with the development of the sanctuary to bring rare endangered wildlife to the sanctuary."



Nelson lawyer Sue Grey, who is acting on behalf of the Brook Valley Community Group, said the group declined to comment at this stage.

A recent High Court ruling allowed the sanctuary to go ahead with a poison drop within its predator proof fence, after the community group took them to court, challenging the new national regulation for pest control in a bid to halt the operation.

Grey said most of the community group's members supported the idea of the sanctuary but were opposed to the use of poison.

The sanctuary had been planning three aerial drops, using a total of 24 tonnes of brodifacoum-laced bait within the fence between July and October.

The sanctuary needs three days with low wind and no rain for the poison drop to go ahead.