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 […]
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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 […]
Farrell’s Nursery – New Hub Days
Next Wednesday, Oct 14th, 10.00am – 1pm we will be running a Hub day with free trap and bait supplies. This is at Farrell’s Nursery, 46 Pollock Rd. We will be repeating these on a monthly basis in November on the first Wednesday of each month apart from January. It is an interesting development that […]
Neighbours looking after neighbours – Pest control hub day at Beachlands
It wasn’t all plain sailing at the start of our hub day in the Countdown car park at Beachlands. An ominous black cloud gathered just after 9.00 as the team began setting up our stand, and as the rain started we made a hasty relocation to under the cover of “The Franklin”. Fortunately it didn’t […]
August events: Weeding, talks and tree planting
Hi, all There are a few things coming up in August in Mauku you may want to put on your calendar. Sunday, Aug 2nd – Weed working bee, St Brides, Mauku 10.00am to 12.00 noon Join us for the annual wild woolly weed control at St Brides. Come and see how the plantings are getting […]
Lockdown: A Pest Control Success Story
We all had successes during lockdown – some focussed on up-skilling, some caught up on farm maintenance and some got on with home renovations. Some decided to give our local ecosystems a boost and catch one pest per day! A Hunua property successfully trapped one pest each day during level 4 lockdown, with some particularly […]