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Catio chalets made with recycled materials. Catios can come in all shapes sizes and prices. Image credit: Wendy Powell

Best of both worlds: 5 fabulous catios 

Catios give pets outdoor enrichment while protecting them from cars, fights, and disease, and help keep wildlife safe, too.
79% of New Zealanders support Predator Free 2050, new survey finds

79% of New Zealanders support Predator Free 2050, new survey finds

Nearly eight out of ten New Zealanders support the ambitious goal of completely eradicating introduced predators.
A possum near a trap with party decorations.

Parties, decorations, snacks: how to get possums into your traps 

Possums are visual, social and promiscuous creatures. Throwing a party and catching possums have more in common than you might think. 
A stoat with a non-toxic sausage bait

A new way to remove stoats at scale: sausages

Stoat detections dropped by more than 95% in Fiordland trials using a new toxic sausage bait, raising hopes for controlling stoats in remote places.
Kea showing the orange under its wing

Brainy, beautiful and beloved: so why are kea disappearing?

Dubbed ‘the clever clowns of the Alps’, kea are much loved for their cheeky spirit and keen intelligence.
A volunteer walking

From sadness to action: East Porirua blends social and environmental justice

Aotearoa Pasifika Men’s Group felt the absence of birdsong in Porirua. So they did something about it.
Photo of Otago Peninsula with garden produce and native birds superimposed

When possums disappear, gardens rebound on Otago Peninsula

Otago Peninsula is possum free, and residents have been enjoying thriving native gardens and more native birds than many can remember.
Predator Free Wellington worker using a stick to push a bait station into rat habitat.

Do it yourself: 5 homemade predator control tools

Homegrown Kiwi innovation is doing heaps for predator control, and it’s not just the big players with fancy products. 
The DOC AI Cam with an inset false colour night image of a possum

AI thermal camera gives new insights for better trapping

A new AI thermal camera watching traps overnight revealed some surprising results that are changing the way this trapping group targets predators.
A kōkako in a tree

Super mum: oldest known breeding female kōkako still going strong

In human years, she wouldn’t quite qualify for a Gold Card, but in kōkako years, Ruahine is a living legend.
a group of smiling people with traps

Thousands of dollars invested in backyard trapping

Supported by the Simplicity Foundation, these community groups across Aotearoa have received funding from our Predator Free Communities Funding Programme.
Illustration of a mountain biker seeing a kiwi on a trail at night.

How 10 cm of wood helped bring kiwi back to Wellington

Kiwi are finally back in the hills above Wellington. What got them there was years of controlling stoats – and unexpectedly, a ten-centimetre piece of wood. 
A before and after of a trap, after showing it cleaned up

Keep going: five more things to do if your trap isn’t catching rats

Tried some of our troubleshooting tips but still struggle to catch predators? It doesn’t mean there aren’t any left. Here are five *more* things you can do.
An injured kōtare on a towel

Cats drive 93% of predation admissions at Auckland wildlife hospital

New preliminary research shows cats are responsible for nearly all predation injuries treated at BirdCare Aotearoa.
Runnings wearing medals and holding posters with NZ wildlife on them.

Running for kiwi: 600 people trail run to bring the birds back

A sold-out trail run raised thousands of dollars for predator control to bring kiwi back to Muriwai, an hour northwest of Auckland.