Why Biodiversity Is Important to Our Future
Biodiversity, short for biological diversity, describes the variability amongst biological life from all sources, the communities they form and the ecosystems in which they reside. It is essentially More
Mayor Sheryl Mai shares her backyard trapping tips
If you've got friends or neighbours that need convincing about the benefits of backyard trapping, how about sharing our latest video, featuring our very own Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai! Mayor Mai is a More
Neighbourly Trapping Effort
Predator control is a great way to get to know your neighbours, as well as bringing back the birds, according to Chris Jenkins, John Ward and Roland Chiu. The trio all live on Whareora Road and have More
Predator Free Vision for Onerahi
A huge shout out to Onerahi Orbit for sharing our vision of a Predator Free Onerahi in their July 2020 edition!! Here's the article in case you missed it.... Onerahi has an exciting opportunity to be More
Renew School connects students to their environment
Renew School students have leapt at the opportunity to take on the responsibility as kaitiaki, or guardians, of their local environment, and now have their sights set on becoming a bronze More
Predator Free Whangārei is underway!
Predator Free Whangārei is a collaborative five year project that builds on years of dedicated and successful community predator control in the Whangārei area. The seed for this project was More
Rat Trapping at Whangārei Intermediate School
As an enviro school, Whangārei Intermediate School has plenty going on in the way of protecting and enhancing their local environment. As well as composting and tree planting, over the last few More
Can you name that bird?
We thought it would be fun to turn some beautiful photos of New Zealand birds courtesy of Fielden Photography into a 'Name that Bird' competition during lockdown - here are all the birds... can you More
Chew Cards & Wax Tags
Chew cards are rectangular pieces of plastic corflute that have lure inserted between the layers while WaxTags have a small wax block at one end. Pests will nibble on these devices and are identified More
Measuring our collective efforts
To understand our collective efforts and so we know how effective the Tiakina Whangarei project is we need to measure the impact our mahi is having. This means getting your help to count your More
Pest Species in Whangārei
Rats Rats are our public enemy number 1! In New Zealand we have three species (kiore, Norway rat and ship rat), but only Norway rats and ship rats are present in Whangarei. Rats are significant More
Backyard trapping – setting your first trap
For one backyard trap set-up you will need: A rat trap A mouse trap (if you are wanting to target this species too) A trap box Bait (see below) Setting your rat trap Place your trap More
