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      <title>How Wero helps make our city predator free</title>
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      <description>Specially trained detector dogs are essential in our work to find and remove predators. We caught up with Brad and Wero as they checked for stoats on a recent visit to Wellington. Brad and Wero live near Waitangi but they’re seldom home. Instead they often find themselves on sub-Antarctic islands, running…</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2026-02-13T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Stoat detector dog gives Miramar a clean bill of health</title>
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      <description>This article was written by Justin Wong for The Post on 30 July 2025. Wero the dog and his best friend Brad Windust have just completed a sweep of the Miramar Peninsula and Mt Victoria looking for signs of unwanted stoats and weasels. They were pleased to have picked up none at this check, but Windust said…</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2025-07-31T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Wall St Journal: Inside New Zealand’s Mission to Wipe Out Predators</title>
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      <description>This article was written by Mike Cherney for the Wall Street Journal and was published on 5 July 2024. Read the full article here. Armed with a .22-caliber rifle, a GPS tracker and a dog named Scmack, Jason Millichamp set off into the hills here with a license to kill. His mission: find and eliminate…</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Predator Free Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-07-05T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Rapu the wonder dog smells a rat</title>
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      <description>This article was originally written by our Board Chairperson Tim Pankhurst and published by The Post on 15 June 2024. See original article here. Rapu smells a rat. His shoulders tense and his tail wags as he moves into hunting mode. He has tracked an intruder rat on the steep steps above the Scorch O Rama…</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Predator Free Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-06-15T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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