This article was originally written by Bernard Lagan and published by The Times on January 1st 2023. See original article here. Wellington tries to give rats the boot. Eliminating rodents from Wellington should inspire others to save native birds – editorial. Read more
Posted: 1 January 2024
Eliminating rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula was an epic collective effort. It relied on the support of 20,000 locals, and involved almost every business, school and kindergarten, every third household, hundreds of volunteers, Predator Free Miramar and technical experts. We are hugely… Read more
Posted: 1 December 2023
On the 4th November 2023 at the beautiful Te Tūhunga Rau community centre in Strathmore Park, we marked the completion of our Phase 1 project on Te Motu Kairangi! Elminating ship rats, Norway rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula has been a huge challenge over the last three years, so it’s a… Read more
Posted: 14 November 2023
Predator Free Wellington and the Miramar Peninsula community are celebrating the elimination of rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula. James Willcocks, Project Director for Predator Free Wellington, describes this as a massive milestone that has been hard won. “It takes a lot of persistence… Read more
Posted: 4 November 2023
The 2023 annual 5-minute bird count results have revealed a 71% increase in native birds on Te Motu Kairangi Miramar Peninsula, since the project began. This has been driven by a 500% increase in the number of pīwakawaka (NZ fantails), a 340% increase in riroriro (grey warbler), a 72% increase in the mean… Read more
Posted: 29 September 2023