If you’re out for a wee bike ride along the Little River Rail Trail, you’ll notice our cool new signs…we have installed an Active Fence along there. It is designed to stop pest animals (hedgehogs, possums, stoats, weasels and ferrets) entering Kaitorete, which is home… Read More »Active Fence now on Kaitorete to stop predator Reinvasion
A recent study has found that toxin-based predator control on Banks Peninsula is having a positive impact on the presence of our endemic tree wētā. The report, entitled Effects of Possum Focused Predator Control on Terrestrial Macroinvertebrates in Banks Peninsula, was undertaken by researcher, Erin… Read More »Pest Free Banks Peninsula having a positive impact on biodiversity
In what MPI described as ‘New Zealand’s largest feral goat eradication programme’, PFBP has achieved total eradication of feral goats on the true Peninsula (from Gebbies Pass) removing 4,246 goats from a 45,000-hectare area of Banks Peninsula. But we can’t rest on our laurels just… Read More »I spy with my little eye something beginning with G…
Freeing the Peninsula of pests isn’t just about trapping, poisoning and shooting vermin, it’s also about engaging with people. Pest Free Banks Peninsula’s on ground actions are supported by a range of projects that encourage community and landowner action. One of those projects is the… Read More »Restoring our past, sustaining our future
Described as ‘New Zealand’s largest feral goat eradication’, Pest Free Banks Peninsula has achieved total eradication of feral goats across a 45,000-hectare area of Banks Peninsula. This achievement was enabled by more than 300 private landowners, and supported by a range of community conservation organisations,… Read More »Pest Free programme is the G.O.A.T!