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Miramar Peninsula's bird numbers flying high

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

Predators all but wiped out on Miramar

This article was originally written by Andrew Williams and published by The Post on September 16th 2023. See original article here. Wild predators posing a risk to native birdlife have been almost eradicated from the Miramar Peninsula, as work continues to turn Wellington into the world’s first predator-free… Read more

Posted: 20 September 2023

NZ seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds

This article was originally written by Henri Astier and published by BBC News on June 26 2023. See original article here. On a bright Sunday morning the wildlife-lovers gather in Miramar, a scenic peninsula. They are on an exterminating mission. Predator-Free Miramar aims to protect birds in this area of… Read more

Posted: 12 July 2023

The coolest little capital has a big goal!

This article was originally written by Tui Lou Christie and published by Massive Magazine on April 12th 2023. See Issue 6, pg 24–26. Predator Free Wellington is an initiative taking on what some are calling an impossible task— turning Wellington into the world’s first predator-free capital city. That’s the… Read more

Posted: 12 April 2023

Why does logging your trap results matter?

This article was originally written by Simon Wong and published by Predator Free NZ Trust (April 11th 2023). The key to keeping track of your contribution to predator free 2050 is likely already in your pocket. You might even be using it to read this story. Logging when a trap goes snap may seem like a tiny… Read more

Posted: 11 April 2023

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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)
      • Exploring the Social Dynamics of Landscape Scale Predator Eradication (2025) – external link
      • Understanding community commitments to urban predator control (2026) – external link
      • Multi-species Elimination Design for Towards Predator Free Taranaki – file download
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