Predator Free news / Taranaki Regional Council

Chewbacca defeats 'Boba' ferret

Fri 13 Dec 2019

The force is strong with this one – meet Chewbacca, a feisty Long Haired Jack Russell who is helping lead the crusade to restore and revitalise native wildlife and plants in rural New Plymouth.

New Plymouth’s top trapping communities – Oākura and Merrilands

Thu 05 Dec 2019

Oākura, Merrilands and Westown are New Plymouth’s top trapping communities, restoring native wildlife and plants, with the most predator catches recorded, in backyards.

Protecting whio - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki

Fri 22 Nov 2019

They used to be extinct from Taranaki Maunga, but a family of six whio surfing down rapids in the upper Whaiwhakaiho River are a good reminder as to why rural predator control is so vital.

Predator control paves the way for kiwi’s return

Thu 07 Nov 2019

Native species, such as kiwi and the North Island robin, are returning to Pukeiti for the first time in decades.

Sweet 'n salty bait is best

website Oakura trapper and bait investiation 2 horiz

Mon 07 Oct 2019

Taranaki rats prefer a sweet and salty combination when it comes to bait, an investigation by a keen Oākura trapper has found.

No ‘bogeys’ on this course

Wed 25 Sept 2019

They take their birdies seriously at Westown Golf Club – native birdies, that is.

Oil and gas workers redirect careers to Towards Predator-Free Taranaki

Fri 13 Sept 2019

Two oil and gas contractors have made a career u-turn into Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, the region-wide project helping native wildlife and plants.