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Predator Free Wellington is on the move!

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 grateful to our foundation partners Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council, Predator Free 2050 Ltd, NEXT Foundation and Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika.

We are extremely proud to present this video as a marker of that milestone.

Now that we understand how we do this, we’re onto Phase 2 – west from the airport and stretching from Ōwhiro Bay to Wellington’s CBD.

We’d love your support so come and join us!

Thank you to the masterful Peter Young from Fisheye Films for capturing the people, the emotion and the hard mahi that has made this milestone possible.

Posted: 1 December 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)
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      • Predator Free Miramar: How to kill rats and engage a community (2019)
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      • Conceiving an unfenced urban ecosanctuary at Mātai Moana (2024) – external link
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      • 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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