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Return of wildlife draws international plaudits

This article was part of an eight-week guest column in The Post by our Board Chair and former Post editor Tim Pankhurst, published on 6 July 2024. See original article here. Wellington’s predator free movement is an economic driver for a city badly in need of a boost. Predator Free Wellington offers much… Read more

Posted: 6 July 2024

Wall St Journal: Inside New Zealand’s Mission to Wipe Out Predators

This article was written by Mike Cherney for the Wall Street Journal and was published on 5 July 2024. Read the full article here. Armed with a .22-caliber rifle, a GPS tracker and a dog named Scmack, Jason Millichamp set off into the hills here with a license to kill. His mission: find and eliminate… Read more

Posted: 5 July 2024

Predator Free army makes gains across city

This article was part of an eight-week guest column in The Post by our Board Chair and former Post editor Tim Pankhurst, published on 29 June 2024. See original article here. A resident tūī in a scruffy tree alongside the steep Church St steps from Boulcott St up to The Terrace gives pause to those puffing… Read more

Posted: 29 June 2024

Rotary on waterfront patrol

This article was part of an eight-week guest column in The Post by our Board Chair and former Post editor Tim Pankhurst, published on 22 June 2024. See original article here. The harbour is an ironing board on a cruisy early winter Saturday morning. But Paula McKnight and Dennis Small have no time to join… Read more

Posted: 22 June 2024

Rapu the wonder dog smells a rat

This article was part of an eight-week guest column in The Post by our Board Chair and former Post editor Tim Pankhurst, published on 15 June 2024. See original article here. Rapu smells a rat. His shoulders tense and his tail wags as he moves into hunting mode. He has tracked an intruder rat on the steep… Read more

Posted: 15 June 2024

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      • 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)
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      • 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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