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Final push to make Miramar Peninsula predator free in 2019

The final push to make Miramar Peninsula predator free is about to begin – this means no rats, stoats or weasels and more kākā, kākāriki, kereru and geckos.James Willcocks, Project Director, Predator Free Wellington said this is the first stage of the wider plan to make the whole of Wellington city predator… Read more

Posted: 31 January 2019

Are rats using Miramar storm water pipes as a super highway?

Around the world, rats are known to use storm water pipe networks to move around cities. This is a concern for our goal of a Predator Free Wellington and is a risk we are considering as we begin our planning to make Miramar Peninsula predator free next year. Predator Free Wellington is fortunate to have great… Read more

Posted: 1 October 2018

Wellington to become world’s first predator free capital city

Major funding announced today from Predator Free 2050 Limited brings Wellington a step closer to becoming the world’s first predator free capital city. Speaking at the funding announcement event, Ed Chignell, CEO Predator Free 2050 Limited said he would love for Wellingtonians to have a city free of possums… Read more

Posted: 8 August 2018

Goodbye possums, hello tui

Did you know that in the 1990s tui were a fairly rare sight on the Miramar Peninsula? The success of the 2003 Miramar Peninsula Possum Eradication Programme led by Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council, had a positive, and long-lasting effect on other elements of the local ecosystem… Read more

Posted: 9 April 2018

Reprise of the rat census

The second census of rats and stoats on the Miramar Peninsula got under way yesterday (19 March) as volunteer groups worked with Greater Wellington Regional Council to place 281 chew cards on one day throughout the peninsula. The chew cards are laid to follow up last year’s study into the scale of rat and stoat… Read more

Posted: 20 March 2018

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