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Island Bay Natural Heritage Charitable Trust

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Paekawakawa Reserve is an area of community land in Island Bay that is being developed as a bush and bird reserve. Paekawakawa Reserve is 1.4 ha (3.5 acre) of land which forms part of the prominent ridge in Island Bay and takes its name – meaning the place of many Kawakawa – from the Māori name for the local area. Get in touch to get trapping!

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      • Our urban predator free blueprint (2024)
      • Most Significant Change (2025)
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      • The value of volunteers (2024)
      • Habitat preferences of Ship rats (2023)
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      • People, nature and wellbeing (2020)
      • Predator Free Miramar: How to kill rats and engage a community (2019)
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      • Biosecurity: Chew marks and chew cards
      • Biosecurity: Tracking tunnels and prints
      • How to get trapping (guide)
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      • H2Zero trial – case study
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      • 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)
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