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
Results from a recent chew card study on the Miramar peninsula shows community trapping efforts are successfully lowering rat numbers, especially in the suburbs. In urban areas where we have a high number of residents’ trapping, we’ve found rat numbers have reduced - only four cards chewed in 2019 compared… Read more
Posted: 27 May 2019
The first stage of our wider plan to make Wellington city predator free kicked off this year with Miramar Peninsula. Our three community liaison officers, Emma, Phil and Joakim have been out on the peninsula every day, walking the streets of Miramar, Seatoun and Strathmore, speaking with the community about how… Read more
Posted: 26 May 2019
Wellington residents are right behind making Wellington the world’s first predator free capital city, and more people are rolling up their sleeves to get involved. A massive 92% of Wellingtonians have said they support the project, this is significantly more than 84% when we last surveyed in 2017. Over one… Read more
Posted: 24 May 2019
Wellington has seen a huge increase in wildlife in recent years while more and more Wellingtonians are getting involved in making our city predator free. Already, over 6,500 households are actively involved in trapping across the city, and Wellington City Council is supporting over 30 volunteer groups who are… Read more
Posted: 22 February 2019