A possum nightclub might sound like a conservation nightmare, but it's a great way to give your birdlife a helping hand.

So, you've set your possum trap, hoping to make a dent in the possum population… but your trap remains untouched. Time to try our troubleshooting tips.

The possum was introduced three years before the Treaty of Waitangi was signed and can now be found throughout the country, all the way from Rakiura Stewart Island to Cape Reinga.

This lure recipe uses both smell and visual cues to encourage possums to your bait stations or traps.

The Flipping Timmy is an easy-to-use and effective possum trap designed for all capabilities. The trap is mounted vertically onto a tree or pole at a convenient height, removing the need to bend over.

The Trapinator is suitable for low-density possum control. With its one-movement-set arm and easy baiting system, the Trapinator was specifically designed to control possums in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We all want our native plants and wildlife to thrive. However, possums pose one of the biggest threats to our ecosystem by eating birds and trees.

Possum control may feel daunting over vast tracts of land, but having effective systems in place will make a big difference.

Brushtail possums pose a serious threat to our forests and native wildlife by destroying plants and birds’ nests, eating birds’ eggs and invertebrates.

We can’t fence huge tracts of wilderness – but we can potentially make use of natural barriers to stop possums reinvading cleared areas.

Possums are a serious threat to our forests and native wildlife. So, what is the best strategy for controlling them?

After learning that some volunteers were unable to set Sentinel possum traps, Dave Edwards took up the challenge to make them more user friendly.

Could dual baiting be adapted to overcome the bait-shy behaviour of possum survivors - researchers investigate.

Pre-feeding, finding a way to counteract learned bait aversion and a dual bait application could be the key to possum and rat eradication with 1080.

When software developer, Andy Saunders, returned from the UK a few years ago, he bought a property in Whiriwhiri in North West Waikato.