By James Willcocks, Predator Free Wellington, Project Director … I’ve just got back from Hawaiʻi, and one thought has stuck with me: how lucky we are in Wellington to have communities who’ve stood up and decided what kind of city they want to live in. We were invited over after presenting on our multi… Read more
Posted: 28 August 2026
Nine years of bird monitoring on Miramar Peninsula show a clear shift in Wellington's urban ecology: native birds are increasing, while introduced species such as blackbirds and sparrows are declining. What was once a landscape dominated by introduced birds is beginning to rebalance. Native species are not… Read more
Posted: 3 August 2026
This article was written by Jessy Edwards for Hell Gate , published 24 July 2026. In 2016, the government of New Zealand, where I'm from, announced a lofty goal: to make the island nation "predator free" by 2050. The plan was to eradicate all rats, plus possums, weasels, stoats (and now, feral cats), by… Read more
Posted: 29 July 2026
This article was written by Eva Corlett for The Guardian on 17 June 2026. Detector teams in Wellington react to ‘intel’ from the public about pest sightings as part of the country’s push to eradicate all introduced predators. In many places around the world, discovering a rat in your garden would barely… Read more
Posted: 24 June 2026
This story was made by Charlie Dreaver for Our Changing World on RNZ on 16 June 2026. Listen to the audio of this Our Changing World story. On a hillside in Mount Victoria, nestled amongst the branches of a fallen tree, is a bait station. There's also a camera to take a photo of any creatures that visit this… Read more
Posted: 16 June 2026