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  • About
    • About Tiakina Whangārei
    • Learn More About Trapping
    • Support Tiakina Whangārei
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Get Involved
    • Backyard Trapping
    • Start a Trapping Project
    • Become a Community Lead
    • Volunteer
  • Projects
    • Predator Free Onerahi
  • Supporters
  • Stories
  • Resources
    • For Backyard Trapping
    • For Businesses
    • For Schools
    • Pest Species in Whangārei
    • Measure Your Trapping Success
  • Contact

Community and Conservation Stories

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Why You Should Consider Backyard Trapping (and Why Every Trap Counts!)

It’s no secret that New Zealand has a big pest problem, and a big problem requires a big solution. Becoming predator free by 2050 may sound like an unachievable goal, but every individual effort will More

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

Fun lockdown competition to ‘Name that Bird’!

If you're looking for fun ways to keep your little people entertained during lockdown, we've got a fun competition to 'Name that Bird'! We will post a new bird every few days, so keep an eye on our More

Walk and talk about conservation in the city!

We're really excited to have teamed up with Sport Northland to encourage people to walk and talk - about helping Whangārei become predator free! The first event we're taking part in is the annual More

Dedicated trapping continues in lockdown

Even in lockdown, Phill Boswell is continuing to do his bit for our local birdlife, checking and setting rat traps on his daily walk from his Whangārei property. Phill approached us at Tiakina last More

Learning from our friends in Predator Free Wellington

Recently the Tiakina Whangārei team visited urban trapping groups in Wellington to hear about the amazing community-led mahi that is underway to rid their city of rats, possums, and stoats. This trip More

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