Have you checked your traps and caught a pest? Record your catch now. Collecting catch data is important to us. It helps us see where pests are in the region, what kinds of pests they are, how we're going with our trapping efforts and where we need to do more. If you catch pests in your traps please record those catches with Trap.NZ by visiting their website or using the Trap.NZ app. #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
spreading to other areas. This is what we can expect to see more of as our community works together, removing predators as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, It’s great to see them settle at Pukeiti where Taranaki Regional Council has intensive predator control already in place” Mr Shanley says. He captured a video of the tiny bird in Pukeiti (video below). View and download the video: Robin 1 https://extranet.trc.govt.nz/pydio/data/public/fd00c9 Robin 2
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TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
Freshwater Abstractions Permitted
Activity Review
May 2015
Dr Mike Patrick
MERMAN Ltd
Phone 03 528 8187
Mobile 021 277 0240
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Prepared for Taranaki Regional Council
Report prepared by Dr Mike Patrick
Reviewed by TRC
Date May 2015
Report status FINAL
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Contents
1 Introduction
to the driver on getting into the vehicle, you will have to pay the full fare (for example, if you left your TM card at home or have lost it). Claims for refunds for the subsidized fare will not be accepted by the Council.
Pay your portion of the fare to the driver at the end of the trip. The remainder is paid by the Taranaki Regional Council. Can my carer or anyone else use my ID card for trips to get my groceries, etc? No, unless you are with them in the vehicle for the entire journey — the
recent Restore Merrilands urban trappers workshop. Taranaki Regional Council staff met with Merrilands residents to support them with the tools and knowledge to trap in their backyards. Trap.NZ, the national database recording trapping data around the region, shows there are 23 traps and 53 predators that have been caught since June in the Merrilands area. Project participants are encouraged to record their trap and what they catch on Trap.NZ to show predator control progress and identify gaps in the
When putting out your trap – think like a rat! That's the trapping advice from Josh La Franchie, one of New Plymouth district's most committed and youngest urban trappers. About 1100 traps have been set in the district's urban backyards by residents, who like josh, want to protect native wildlife and plants and have joined Towards Predator-Free Taranaki. "They like to hang around under trees and we seem to catch more down by the river, says Josh (7), from Oakura as he checks a rat trap nestled under vegetation next to a retaining wall. Josh and his sisters Indy and Ella have caught rats, mice and a possum since the Project started in Oakura in September this year. Josh’s parents are also pleased with efforts to reduce predator numbers, which will mean a bumper crop of fruit for their urban Linda St garden this summer, as well as encouraging native wildlife to thrive in their backyard. Many Oakura trappers talk about the huge rats which hang around the Waimoku and Wairau streams weaving through the township. However, Toby Shanley, ecologist and Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager, says even if rats are abundant, traps needs to be in the right spot to catch them. “Rats like to stay under cover and may be hanging around food or water sources. Good places for your rat trap are against a wall where rats might run along, next to your woodpile, compost, recycling, or under vegetation," Mr Shanely says. “Coming into spring we are likely to see more rats so try shifting your trap around every few weeks and try different lures/bait if you aren’t catching anything”. Like Josh, many New Plymouth residents swear by peanut butter as a lure in their trap, but you can also try nutella, or nuts. Josh and his family are also recording their trap catches on Trap.NZ, a nationwide database being used to record where traps are located and what is being caught. Logging trap and catches on Trap NZ provides valuable data to track predator control around the region, assessing progress and helping identify gaps in the region’s trapping network.
with no bait the traps are not going to catch anything.” Would you like traps for your backyard, or to look after a part of a reserve or walkway? Find out more here https://trc.govt.nz/environment/working-together/pf-taranaki2050/#Getinvolved Or call Taranaki Regional Council on 0800 736 222 or email pftaranaki@trc.govt.nz.
continue catching these predators in Oākura township, with the support of residents and their two possum dogs. “Locals have been great, telling us if they’ve seen possums through the free-calling number 0800 736 222, It’s been really helpful,” says Max. “Our possum dogs are going well also. They will be critical to locating the final possums.” The zero-possum trial builds on broader predator control efforts to restore Kaitake, as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki. Led by Taranaki Regional Council
obvious why Omata School won a Taranaki Environmental Award 2019 for inspiring students to be guardians of their local environment and restore native habitat. Would you like to start or expand trapping in your New Plymouth backyard or farm? See how you can get a subsidised trap from Taranaki Regional Council here: www.trc.govt.nz/pf-taranaki2050/
Predator control in rural Taranaki is vital to the success of Towards a Predator-Free Taranaki. High-tech traps will be used in rural areas. It forms a large chunk of the work to ultimately remove predators and prevent re-infestations across the region’s 700,000 hectares. Many landowners and occupiers are already trapping possums and doing an awesome job - dropping numbers to below a 10% residual catch rate (fewer than 10 possums per 100 traps). But we need to expand this work to restore Taranaki, protecting our native wildlife and bush. We’re utilising new IOT (Internet Of Things) technology, along with traditional, proven trapping techniques, to scale up existing trapping work. Farmers and occupiers around the ring plan will be contacted individually about this. Traps will be subsidised, with the wireless infrastructure fully funded. The new wireless trapping network will notify trappers and the Council of real-time captures and when traps need servicing, allowing more efficient trapping and on a bigger scale. In order to manage the instalment of the infrastructure, the roll-out will be in stages, starting in the rural Waiwhakaiho catchment (between New Plymouth and the mountain) in 2018-2019. Contractors will place traps along a combination of habitat, races and farm tracks, with a variety of traps to target stoats, ferrets and weasels. Contractors will ensure correct trap placement, density and connect devices to a wireless network and app, helping ensure the overall success of the program. Rural trapping technologyThis is based on the LoRa platform, described as “a very low-power wireless sensor network”. A wireless node will be placed on traps that are difficult to get to in the network. The nodes will send alerts to landowners, notifying them when a trap is sprung so they know when to reset it. Initially trap checking will be done by a contractor, but after one or two checks and testing of the wireless devices it will become the landowner’s responsibility to check and maintain the trapping network on their property. Downloads How to record your catches with Trap NZ (303 KB PDF) Predator Free School Guidelines (634 KB pdf) Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki (2.6 MB pdf) Chairman's speech at Towards Predator-Free Taranaki launch (199 KB PDF) Related links Trap.NZ website Trap.NZ Android app Trap.NZ Apple app Follow us on Facebook Towards Predator-Free Taranaki (external link)