Communities, Kaitiakitanga, Conservation | Urban Pest Control
A thriving rat population along Onerahi’s Beach Road foreshore is to become the area of focus for a joint community predator control project, with support from residents being sought to ensure its More
Tiakina Whangārei is working hard to keep pests out of Whangārei city, encouraging residents to get involved in backyard trapping, and targeting specific areas such as waterways, which research has More
Each year we survey areas around Whangārei to find out more about the pest mammal populations in our city. This is crucial for the work we do to make sure we are on track to achieving our objective of More
Over lockdown 2.0, we talked with Mark Garry, owner of Pacific Coast Kayaking about his passion to help Onerahi become predator free. He got involved in the Tiakina Whangārei Predator Free Onerahi More
Thanks to the efforts of many passionate locals over the last few months, the Predator Free Onerahi project is going from strength to strength, with over 160 traps now recorded within the Onerahi More
Living surrounded by the beautiful native bush on Parihaka, Vicki Hollings has a passion for protecting the native birds in her backyard. Vicki and her husband, Trevor, have been members of the More
Plans to build predator defences around Onerahi are ramping up following the latest steering group meeting for Predator Free Onerahi. Tiakina Whangārei identified Onerahi as an ideal location to More
So just how big is the rat population in central Whangārei? When you start talking about issues like flourishing rat populations and native birds being threatened by possums in our central city, it More
Performing predator surveys is crucial for Tiakina Whangārei and our mission to create a predator-free Whangārei. We first need to understand the problem and to do this we conduct thorough surveys More
A dedicated group of trappers in Parihaka has new evidence that rat and possum numbers can be kept at low levels with regular trapping. Parihaka Community Landcare (PCL) group undertakes rat, More
Welcome to Dragonfly Springs Wetland Sanctuary, a stormwater cleansing nature reserve with a focus on environmental education and winner of the Northland Regional Council 2020 Environmental Action in More
The Onerahi community is looking to become predator-free as local schools, conservation groups and others band together to help protect their community’s native biodiversity. Tiakina Whangārei has More
