Supported by the Simplicity Foundation, these community groups across Aotearoa have received funding from our Predator Free Communities Funding Programme.

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

Each spring, pukunui (Southern dotterels) head to Rakiura’s mountaintops to breed. All summer, Glenda Rees waits, heartsick, fearing which won’t return.

With support from Predator Free New Zealand Trust and Simplicity Foundation communities are proving that predator control doesn’t just happen in the bush.

Native bird numbers are up 32% in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) eastern bays — thanks to thousands of locals bringing back the birdsong.

You won’t find a supermarket or even a dairy in the tiny town of Minginui. But you will find a backyard trapping community.

What do you do when saving nature burns you out? On the West Coast, three groups found the answer in partnership.

When travellers sign up for Workaway in North Canterbury, they don’t expect to be plucking possum fur or wrestling with the ethics of killing hedgehogs.

With funding from the Simplicity Foundation, communities across the country are gearing up to engage their community in the growing predator free movement. 

Rowan Nicholson has been there for moments few have witnessed: nocturnal mating of ruru (morepork) and the wide-eyed wonder of newly hatched chicks.

A surprise population of rare whio (blue duck) has sparked the expansion of traplines in Fiordland’s isolated Kaipo Valley.

The kōkopu lays its eggs on land, making them an easy target for rats, mice and hedgehogs. A mix of muscle, native seedlings and rat traps are helping keep them safe.

A wave of community-led conservation is sweeping across New Zealand, powered by passion, dedication, and now, an exciting new round of funding.

A new report reveals the extent of the problems with community conservation funding and provides a to-do list for fixing them.

What do a mechanic, a cartoonist, and an oceanographer have in common? The Huia Trapping Group.