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Some top trapping tips

Our team is currently in Phase 2 of our plan to remove rats, possums, weasels and stoats from Wellington. We’ve learned a lot and wanted to share some special tips to help out your backyard or community trapping. Keep it fresh … Would you want to eat dry or mouldy peanut butter? Neither would a rat! Keeping… Read more

Posted: 24 July 2024

A new technology trial and a new communications programme lead

New Communications Programme Lead David Klein got out into the field to help install some new technology to make Predator Free Wellington’s work faster and cheaper. It’s a drizzly winter morning in Wellington and I’m kitted out with a fleece, raincoat and over-trousers. While there’s plenty to learn in the… Read more

Posted: 22 July 2024

New technology boosting predator free fight

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 20 July 2024. See original article here. Every week a group of old geezers gather at a former bowling club greenkeeper’s shed in Hataitai. Here they saw and hammer and snip… Read more

Posted: 20 July 2024

Governor-General turns rat-catcher

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 13 July 2024. See original article here. Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro acts as King Charles III’s representative in the realm of New Zealand under a legal instrument termed… Read more

Posted: 13 July 2024

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

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