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Can Wellington become the world's first rat-free capital?
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was originally written by Bernard Lagan and published by The London Times on January 1st 2023. See original article here. Wellington tries to give rats the boot. Eliminating rodents fro Wellington should inspire others to save native birds – editorial.
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Watch: Predator Free Wellington is on the move!
- Predator Free Wellington
- Eliminating rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula was an epic collective effort. The project 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, technical experts, and our…
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Miramar Peninsula celebration, a special day!
- Predator Free Wellington
- On the 4th November 2023 at the beautiful Te Tūhunga Rau community centre in Strathmore Park, we marked the completion of our Phase 1 project on Te Motu Kairangi! Elminating ship rats, Norway rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula has been a huge challenge over the last three years, so it’s a…
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Rats, stoats and weasels have been eliminated from the Miramar Peninsula
- Predator Free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington and the Miramar Peninsula community are celebrating the elimination of rats, stoats and weasels from the Miramar Peninsula. James Willcocks, Project Director for Predator Free Wellington, describes this as a massive milestone that has been hard won. “It takes a lot of persistence…
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Miramar Peninsula's bird numbers flying high
- Predator Free Wellington
- The 2023 annual 5-minute bird count results have revealed a 71% increase in native birds on Te Motu Kairangi Miramar Peninsula, since the project began. This has been driven by a 500% increase in the number of pīwakawaka (NZ fantails), a 340% increase in riroriro (grey warbler), a 72% increase in the mean…
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Predators all but wiped out on Miramar
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was originally written by Andrew Williams and published by The Post on September 16th 2023. See original article here. Wild predators posing a risk to native birdlife have been almost eradicated from the Miramar Peninsula, as work continues to turn Wellington into the world’s first predator-free…
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NZ seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was originally written by Henri Astier and published by BBC News on June 26 2023. See original article here. On a bright Sunday morning the wildlife-lovers gather in Miramar, a scenic peninsula. They are on an exterminating mission. Predator-Free Miramar aims to protect birds in this area of…
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The coolest little capital has a big goal!
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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…
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Why does logging your trap results matter?
- Predator Free Wellington
- This article was originally written by Simon Wong and published by Predator Free NZ Trust (April 11th 2023). The key to keeping track of your contribution to predator free 2050 is likely already in your pocket. You might even be using it to read this story. Logging when a trap goes snap may seem like a tiny…
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Mission "Impossible" with youtuber Tom Scott
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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…
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Our Rats vs Wellington pop-up art campaign is live!
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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.
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Equity in outcomes
- Predator Free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington isn’t just on a mission to make Wellington the world’s first predator free capital city - we also want to make people’s lives better. Our eradication work on the Miramar Peninsula has enabled involvement from residents across the community that represent a diverse range of…
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Bird numbers soar to new heights on Miramar Peninsula
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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…
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Bird numbers soar to new heights on Miramar Peninsula
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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…
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How worried should we be about rats getting back onto the peninsula?
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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…
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How worried should we be about rats getting back onto the peninsula?
- Predator Free Wellington
- 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…
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Predator Free Wellington to get fast tracked with $7.6 million funding boost
- Predator Free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington has been given a $7.6 million funding boost today from Predator Free 2050 Limited as part of the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme. Speaking at the launch, James Willcocks, Predator Free Wellington Project Director said the new funding will generate 42 full time jobs across Wellington…
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New research shows health benefits for Wellington's backyard trappers
- Predator Free Wellington
- Time spent involved in backyard and reserve trapping is improving the health of Wellingtonians. Researcher Dr Danielle Shanahan from Zealandia's Centre for People and Nature surveyed 1200 Wellington residents, and found that levels of depression, anxiety and stress are lower in people who spend more time in…
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First quarterly impact report released
- Predator Free Wellington
- We've been busy behind the scenes, and have produced our first quarterly impact report. We wanted to capture all the great things happening in the predator free world and celebrate the difference all of us are making together. It is an interactive online report available here: Predator Free Wellington Quarterly…
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We are almost predator free on the peninsula!
- Predator Free Wellington
- As we near the end of the year, we’re excited to let you know we are almost predator free on the Miramar Peninsula.Over the last six months we’ve gone from tens of thousands of rats on the peninsula to tens of rats. We are closing in on the last few individual rats in the residential areas, we’re working…
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New Zealand's biggest urban eradication begins today
- Predator Free Wellington
- The country’s biggest urban predator eradication operation begins today as the Predator Free Wellington team begin installing 6,000 traps and bait stations in backyards across the Miramar Peninsula. Predator Free Wellington is a 10 year project aiming to make Wellington free of rats, possums and mustelids…
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Latest chew card study shows community trapping makes a difference
- Predator Free Wellington
- Results from a recent chew card study on the Miramar peninsula shows community trapping efforts are successfully lowering rat numbers, especially in the suburbs. In urban areas where we have a high number of residents’ trapping, we’ve found rat numbers have reduced - only four cards chewed in 2019 compared…
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After thousands of conversations we’re almost there!
- Predator Free Wellington
- The first stage of our wider plan to make Wellington city predator free kicked off this year with Miramar Peninsula. Our three community liaison officers, Emma, Phil and Joakim have been out on the peninsula every day, walking the streets of Miramar, Seatoun and Strathmore, speaking with the community about how…
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92% of Wellingtonians support a predator free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington
- Wellington residents are right behind making Wellington the world’s first predator free capital city, and more people are rolling up their sleeves to get involved. A massive 92% of Wellingtonians have said they support the project, this is significantly more than 84% when we last surveyed in 2017. Over one…
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Momentum building for Predator Free Wellington
- Predator Free Wellington
- Wellington has seen a huge increase in wildlife in recent years while more and more Wellingtonians are getting involved in making our city predator free. Already, over 6,500 households are actively involved in trapping across the city, and Wellington City Council is supporting over 30 volunteer groups who are…
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Final push to make Miramar Peninsula predator free in 2019
- Predator Free Wellington
- The final push to make Miramar Peninsula predator free is about to begin – this means no rats, stoats or weasels and more kākā, kākāriki, kereru and geckos.James Willcocks, Project Director, Predator Free Wellington said this is the first stage of the wider plan to make the whole of Wellington city predator…
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Are rats using Miramar storm water pipes as a super highway?
- Predator Free Wellington
- Around the world, rats are known to use storm water pipe networks to move around cities. This is a concern for our goal of a Predator Free Wellington and is a risk we are considering as we begin our planning to make Miramar Peninsula predator free next year. Predator Free Wellington is fortunate to have great…
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Wellington to become world’s first predator free capital city
- Predator Free Wellington
- Major funding announced today from Predator Free 2050 Limited brings Wellington a step closer to becoming the world’s first predator free capital city. Speaking at the funding announcement event, Ed Chignell, CEO Predator Free 2050 Limited said he would love for Wellingtonians to have a city free of possums…
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Goodbye possums, hello tui
- Predator Free Wellington
- Did you know that in the 1990s tui were a fairly rare sight on the Miramar Peninsula? The success of the 2003 Miramar Peninsula Possum Eradication Programme led by Greater Wellington Regional Council and Wellington City Council, had a positive, and long-lasting effect on other elements of the local ecosystem…
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