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Predator Free Wellington to get fast tracked with $7.6 million funding boost

Predator Free Wellington has been given a $7.6 million funding boost today from Predator Free 2050 Limited as part of the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme. Speaking at the launch, James Willcocks, Predator Free Wellington Project Director said the new funding will generate 42 full time jobs across Wellington… Read more

Posted: 7 September 2020

New research shows health benefits for Wellington's backyard trappers

Time spent involved in backyard and reserve trapping is improving the health of Wellingtonians. Researcher Dr Danielle Shanahan from Zealandia's Centre for People and Nature surveyed 1200 Wellington residents, and found that levels of depression, anxiety and stress are lower in people who spend more time in natural… Read more

Posted: 13 April 2020

First quarterly impact report released

We've been busy behind the scenes, and have produced our first quarterly impact report. We wanted to capture all the great things happening in the predator free world and celebrate the difference all of us are making together. It is an interactive online report available here: Predator Free Wellington Quarterly… Read more

Posted: 10 April 2020

We are almost predator free on the peninsula!

As we near the end of the year, we’re excited to let you know we are almost predator free on the Miramar Peninsula.Over the last six months we’ve gone from tens of thousands of rats on the peninsula to tens of rats. We are closing in on the last few individual rats in the residential areas, we’re working… Read more

Posted: 19 December 2019

New Zealand's biggest urban eradication begins today

The country’s biggest urban predator eradication operation begins today as the Predator Free Wellington team begin installing 6,000 traps and bait stations in backyards across the Miramar Peninsula. Predator Free Wellington is a 10 year project aiming to make Wellington free of rats, possums and mustelids. The… Read more

Posted: 8 July 2019

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