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
Tom Scott is a science and technology youtuber whose channel features educational videos across a range of topics and locations around the world – and now our project can be added to that list! The common wisdom is that, once an invasive species is truly established it can't be eradicated, but we had the… Read more
Posted: 10 March 2023
We are calling for interest from local artists, residents, trappers and students to participate in our Rats v Wellington community art project. In these crazy times we are keen to bring some surprise and joy to the people of Wellington as we encourage residents to sign up for our phase 2 eradication project. Read more
Posted: 7 November 2022
The latest Miramar Peninsula bird count results reveal a 51% increase in native birds on the Miramar Peninsula. The increase in native birds has been driven by a 550% increase in pīwakawaka (NZ fantails), a 275% increase in riroriro (grey warblers) and a 49% increase in tūī. James Willcocks, Project Director… Read more
Posted: 28 July 2022
The effort to eliminate every last rat, stoat and weasel on the Miramar Peninsula – and keep them out - has many layers of defence. It’s not one magic tool or one person or organisation, it’s a systems approach with built in layers of barriers and safeguards that requires all of us to play a part. In an… Read more
Posted: 22 July 2021