Kia ora, Friends of the Wairoa River Catchment! In this newsletter: Welcome to all of our new faces! Ballance Farm Environment Awards Recent Bait and Trap day successes Are you the 1 in 4? Upcoming events Welcome to all the new faces reading this newsletter for the first time! We have a large number of […]
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News from Friends of Te Wairoa
Kia ora to all Friends of the Wairoa River Catchment… Yes, school holidays again and time for another email to remind you to throw some bait in those stations, service and re-set the traps, and shift any around that haven’t seen much action lately. There are still stoats and ferrets around, and everyone is hungry. […]
What’s happening out there? Winter Edition
Winter is here, and the birds are getting close to nest-making season. It’s important to do a last flush of your bait stations and traps now, before spring, to give them the best chance of success. We’ve had reports of rats in plague proportions around the place, and chances are they’ve impacted your hay and […]
Autumn Updates for Western Franklin
In this brief email update: Pick up your predator control gear from Farrell’s Nursery on 14th May Join us to search for bat roost sites on 18th May Come and listen to a talk about the Hūnua Kōkako population, and how predator control has saved them from local extinction, on 10th June Farrell’s Hub Day […]
What’s happening out there? Summer Edition
In this newsletter: What we’re about Upcoming events Success so far A case for the Tāwhiti Smartcage and trapping ferrets Still need help? We can help. A reminder about bait station placement. What we’re about: “Te Ara Hīkoi and Predator Free Franklin aim to make sustainable native biodiversity gains in the wider Franklin area by empowering […]
News from Predator Free Whitford
Kia ora Predator Free Whitford trappers! Just like that, we’re in the later parts of winter, 2023. While the garden maintenance needs are low, and lambing and calving are well under way (so you’re moving around the property daily checking on things anyway), remember to factor in checking your predator control stations. We recently came […]
Ka pai from Predator Free Whitford
Kia ora trappers! Thanks for visiting the team at the most recent Whitford bait and trap day. Lovely to see so many people coming out to see us! If you or your neighbours missed out, please feel free to share this email and contact us via the email address below. If you left with some […]
Welcome to Predator Free Franklin
Kia ora Franklin! Welcome to the new format of newsletters from Predator Free Franklin. We will send out just TWO newsletters per year with event and staffing updates, while your local group will send out a few more with information specific to pest control news in your local area. Upcoming pest education events Please note […]
Rurus about
A few of us carried out 5 ruru/morepork surveys in the early evenings last month. We had a great turnout for the Patumahoe / Henry’s Bush walk and enclosed are some of the ruru team. The ruru were not quite so plentiful with only 1 being heard. We had a great evening walk with a […]
Trapping Tips
Below is a mixture of tips and tricks both from Auckland Council recommendations and suggestions that have come from members of the Friends of Te Wairoa pest control project. There is no one correct way to control pests. They are intelligent and learn to be wary of certain things, and can also pass on these […]