Who you gonna call? Our Capture team are on the frontline responding to sightings of rats in areas where they shouldn’t be. We spent the day with them to learn more. Ears to the ground. Cameras watching. A keen doggy nose. As we make more of the city predator free, our team is always ready to respond to rats… Read more
Posted: 14 August 2024
Our project continues to receive international attention. We featured on the 'What in the World' podcast from the BBC World Service. Emma Rowell, our Eradication Technical Officer, explained how we are removing rats, stoats, weasels and possums from Wellington. 'It turns out that New Zealand is basically the… Read more
Posted: 8 August 2024
This article was originally written by our Board Chairperson Tim Pankhurst and published by The Post on 27 July 2024. See original article here. What price a tūī? A kākā? A kiwi? Ten bucks? A hundred? Or are they more likely priceless? In 2016, then-prime minister Sir John Key visited Zealandia to announce a… Read more
Posted: 27 July 2024
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
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 overtrousers. While there’s plenty to learn in the… Read more
Posted: 22 July 2024