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Rachel M wants to protect our native birds, and their habitats. She first started backyard trapping because she has seen first-hand the effects of pest control. “We lived near the Pukenui Forest More
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Rachel M wants to protect our native birds, and their habitats. She first started backyard trapping because she has seen first-hand the effects of pest control. “We lived near the Pukenui Forest More
Native wildlife residing in Parihaka Reserve - Whangārei’s iconic landmark - will be better protected over the next decade thanks to new funding. The Whangārei District Council has allocated More
Bats/Pekapeka are New Zealand's only native land mammals and we are lucky enough to have them populating the Pukenui Forest, fringing the western edge of Whangārei. The winged mammals were crowned More
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
Claire Pearson and her husband Mark have been the owner-operators of Bream Head Coast Walks since its inception in 2008. “We offer two or three-day packages that include walking, accommodation, More
Lewis Foulkes knows that predators damage our New Zealand bush and wildlife. Our city’s areas of bush can only benefit from becoming predator free! This is a goal that will allow our native bush, More
The Whangārei Men’s Shed has been hard at work making custom-built rat trap boxes for Tiakina Whangārei for the past two years and has now started selling Rat Trap Starter Packs from their central More
Trish Clarke is a local artist, sculptor, and designer. She was one of the three project leaders for the Camera Obscura in Whangārei, an 8m weathering steel sculpture within which is a Camera 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