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• New Plymouth rat numbers trend down

from a record low 9.8% last year. It is still significantly less than the 33% in 2018, when Taranaki Regional Council launched the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. Programme lead Sam Haultain says this year’s result was no great surprise to her team or regional council scientists. “We’ve had amazing weather over the last year or two, which rodents love. They have plenty of food and it has been warm, so last year was always going to be hard to beat! Keeping the rate at 17% is testament to

• Environment
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• Towards Predator-Free
• Zero Possum project

A trailblazing project to eradicate possums from 9,500ha of bush and farmland. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki's Zero Possum project was a New Zealand-first when in 2018 it set out not to simply control possum numbers but to eradicate them from a 4,500 hectare area including 2,300 hectares of the Kaitake Range, 2,000 hectares of Kaitake farmland and Oākura town. In early 2023 the project was expanded by a further 5,000ha, moving the western boundary from the Timaru Stream to the Hangatahua/Stony River. This was made possible by additional funding from Predator Free 2050 Ltd. With rivers acting as natural barriers on either side of this zero possum zone, the main highway for possums to enter is through a strip of forest at Pukeiti. Using technology developed by Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP) we have set up an extensive trap barrier to stop incursions. Remote reporting traps have been placed every 10m in four lines – using a total of 1300 traps. When a trap goes off, the team receives a notification so they know which trap to check. Other tools and technologies we’ve used include cameras, possum detection dogs, thermal imaging monoculars and a “lean detection network” of about 180 traps within the Kaitake Range itself. Seen or heard a possum in the Oākura-Kaitake area? We want to know! Please report it by calling 0800 736 222 or go to www.trc.govt.nz/possum. #e2370{display:none;}@media screen and (min-width: 1080px){.pf-content p{width:850px;}.pf-content h1, .pf-content h2, .pf-content h3, .pf-content h4,{width:850px;}.pf-content ul{width:850px;}.pf-content .center iframe{width:850px !important;height:478px !important;}.pf-content .right.image{float:right;margin-left:25px;}.pf-content .right .caption{float:right;width:100%;}.pf-content .captionImage.right{float:right;}#RelatedPages, #SocialMediaBlock{width:850px;}#tpft-2-col{width:850px;}#tpft-2-col p{width:100%;}.pf-content ol{width:850px;}} @media screen and (min-width: 922px){#predator-free-elements .block .content{margin-left:30%;}}#e2371{display:none;}#e2374, #e2400{margin-top:3rem;} #e2372{display:none;}.pf-container{padding-top: 3.76471rem;}div#e2373 {background-color: #fff;background-image: url(/resources/themes/trc/images/predator-free/grey-background.svg);padding: 4rem 0rem;margin:0;}#e2373 .block{margin-bottom:2rem;}#e2373 .content{margin-left:0 !important;} What is Trap.NZ? If you’re trapping at home, register with the online database Trap.NZ, via its website or app. Then record all your catches and also your trap checks (even when nothing has been caught). This makes Trap.NZ a source of valuable data tracking the region’s efforts and identifying gaps. Visit Trap.NZ website(external link) Related links Taranaki Schools Report a possum Get a trap Record a catch Get our newsletter

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• Using Total Mobility

Information about using your ID card and using the Total Mobility scheme locally and around the country. Where can my ID swipe card be used? Your ID swipe card can be used for travel anywhere within the Taranaki region where an approved Total Mobility transport provider operates. There is a Stratford-based provider, a Hāwera-based operator, three taxi operators in New Plymouth (covering Waitara and Bell Block) and two New Plymouth-based companion driving services, Driving Miss Daisy and Freedom

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• Resource consents
• Understanding consents
• Consultation

type of your activity, but may include: Owners, occupiers and users of adjacent and nearby land Downstream water users Users of the same groundwater resource Tāngata whenua Department of Conservation Fish & Game Occupiers of land living downwind of a proposed discharge to air Taranaki Regional Council's river engineering staff For some consents, you may wish to provide written approval from persons likely to be affected using the written approval form here [PDF, 84 KB]