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We are creating the world’s first predator free capital city where our native species and communities thrive.

Predator Free Wellington will remove every single rat, possum, stoat and weasel from the Wellington area – a transformational world-first project made possible through the collective efforts of thousands of locals.

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      • Native birds are closing the gap on introduced birds on Miramar Peninsula
      • Measuring economic impact
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      • Why Predator Free Wellington is built on community partnership
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    • Knowledge hub
      • Our urban predator free blueprint (2024)
      • Most Significant Change (2025)
      • Return on investment (2025)
      • The value of volunteers (2024)
      • Habitat preferences of Ship rats (2023)
      • Social-ecological research (2022)
      • People, nature and wellbeing (2020)
      • Predator Free Miramar: How to kill rats and engage a community (2019)
      • Biosecurity: Rat or mouse?
      • Biosecurity: Rat or wētā droppings?
      • Biosecurity: Chew marks and chew cards
      • Biosecurity: Tracking tunnels and prints
      • How to get trapping (guide)
      • How to build a trapping tunnel
      • How to rat proof your compost
      • How to make a wētā hotel
      • How to build a corflute trapping tunnel
      • H2Zero trial – case study
      • Improving our biosecurity – case study
      • Using dog detectors early – case study
      • How to maintain your Victor rat trap
      • How to run a tunnel building workshop
      • Conceiving an unfenced urban ecosanctuary at Mātai Moana (2024) – external link
      • Estimating the impact of Predator Free Wellington on tree wētā (2025) – external link
      • Assessing the effects of predator control and habitat on lizards in an urban landscape (2025) – external link
      • Webinar - Analysis of Predator Free Wellington data from Miramar (2024)
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