- 1080 or no 1080? Department of Conservation’s forest canopy results are in.....      7 August 2024

Flying high is helping the Department of Conservation get the lowdown on possum control work in the Coromandel - and confirming the efficiency of the controversial 1080 pest control poison.

https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350370226/1080-or-no-1080-department-conservations-forest-canopy-results-are?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=3&utm_source=localised_module#cxrecs_s

Miramar volunteers trap lone stoat invader  ........ 8 July 2024

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350334693/miramar-volunteers-trap-lone-stoat-invader/?utm_source=stuff_article&utm_medium=referral

- 1080 drop completed...   3 July 2024   https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/350328366/1080-drop-completed-waitutu-forest-after-beech-mast

- Cat fences and the rise of the 'cat containment' industry   17 October 2022

Australia has got tough on cats ravaging its wildlife, and New Zealand is beginning to get the benefit as “cat containment” technology is imported here.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/busine...

- Giant feral cats are 'absolute muscle' from dining out on the best native wildlife, 02 Sept 2022

As giant, feral cats ravage Canterbury wildlife, conservationists are pushing for a national policy on cats.

Forest and Bird estimates there are 2.5 million feral cats in New Zealand, about double the number of domestic cats, and in Canterbury, a pest controller says they are at “plague” levels.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/enviro...

- A new generation lays a cloak over Remutaka Forest Park, 23 April 2022

The newly announced Hem of Remutaka restoration project was on Thursday granted $1.56 million from the Government’s Jobs for Nature fund, which will kick-start a three-year project to restore coastal and wetland landscapes east and south of the Remutaka ranges, and create 19.5 full-time jobs.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/enviro...

- Massive effort to eliminate pests from Banks Peninsula, March 2022

The first traps went live last Monday, launching the ambitious plan to rid Banks Peninsula and Kaitōrete Spit of predators by 2050.   

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-pr...

- Fish and Game cancel cat cull competition.  20 April 2021

An online backlash against a competition encouraging people to kill feral cats has resulted in the plan being cancelled.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/enviro...

- Predator Free Wellington gets $7.6m funding boost. 7 Sept 2020.

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage’s announced a major funding injection for Wellington’s predator-free vision on Monday. The additional $7.6m investment over the next five years was expected to create 42 new jobs....

https://www.stuff.co.nz/enviro...

- Cameras, peanut butter and 'Disneyland for rats' could finalise eradication from Miramar.  20 July 2020

Predator Free Wellington (PFW) has declared two large urban areas in Miramar Peninsula “rat free” after months of trapping, tracking and now filming the rats.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/122165445/cameras-peanut-butter-and-disneyland-for-rats-could-finalise-eradication-from-miramar

- 6 Kea part of Conservation Trust study group found dead near Wānaka, following an aerial 1080 predator control operation in Otago. March 2020.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/119941884/six-kea-found-dead-in-matukituki-valley-near-wanaka

Related articles from 2019 and 2009;

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/116727401/kea-in-crosshairs-of-1080-operations-ahead-of-mega-mast-rodent-buffet

http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/1385259/1080-solution-to-avert-kea-deaths

- Wild weather puts dent in Arthur's Pass mouse plague. December 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/118407270/wild-weather-puts-dent-in-arthurs-pass-mouse-plague

- Miramar likely to become first predator-free urban area in the world by New Year. November 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/117534823/miramar-likely-to-become-first-predatorfree-urban-area-in-the-world-by-new-year?cid=app-iPhone=

- Hundreds of dead rats on Buller beach following heavy rain. November 2019

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/117300105/hundreds-of-dead-rats-on-buller-beach-following-a-1080-drop

- Hedgehogs and mustelids a big menace in the Mackenzie Basin. September 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/115672635/hedgehogs-and-mustelids-a-big-menace-in-the-mackenzie-basin

- Tūi are taking over Hamilton with a 25-fold increase in counts of the native birds. August 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/114750555/halo-project-sees-25-fold-increase-in-t-numbers  

- Natureland Tuatara died from secondary rat poisoning. July 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nation... 

- St Heliers rats: Pests burrowing under boardwalk and living in bus stop roof. July 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/114117391/st-heliers-rats-pests-burrowing-under-boardwalk-and-living-in-bus-stop-roof

- Aerial 1080 to drop in lower South Island. July 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/114281665/aerial-1080-to-drop-in-lower-south-island-as-rat-plague-threatens-endangered-bird-population

- Two related issues; Monster rats' in Wellington the size of small possums and Mt Albert infested with rats, note first article contains short 45 sec video. June 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/113720739/monster-rat-trend-catches-on-as-wellington-residents-kill-rats-the-size-of-small-possums#comments

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/113731048/aucklands-mt-albert-infested-with-rats-locals-say

- DOC to launch huge predator control programme in response to 'mega mast’, contains short 90 sec video. April 2019.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/111880511/department-of-conservation-to-undertake-huge-predator-control-programme-in-response-to-mega-mast