Speaker: Andre Visser Pied Piper bait station is designed to attract rats and exclude non-target species such as possums from accessing the bait. The stations: Can hold 700g of pindone and uses a grate system so that rats have to enter the station and feed. They cannot ‘cache’ bait – ie remove the bait and take it back to their nests where … [Read more...]
2018 Workshop Presentations
What Are Those Kids Doing?
Speaker: Susan Karels Group/Project: NRC Enviroschools 98 schools & kindies in the program Students killing pests at primary schools Experts from the industry teaching kids what they need to know to have a career like them. https://youtu.be/0uxd7RY_RhM … [Read more...]
What’s Happening in the Deep South of Northland? – Waipu Kiwis
Speakers: Graeme Giles & Dave Cullen Group/Project: Waipu Kiwis Waipu Kiwis is a community based group bringing together a significant number of trappers and land owners to work on a coordinated large scale pest management project initiated by Marunui Conservation in 2010. 43 Kiwi were released in stages in the Marunui Conservation … [Read more...]
Clearing Out Those Trapwise Predators
Speaker: Pete Graham Project/Group: NRC Biosecurity Officer Research in the Whangarei Kiwi Sanctuary* showed predator trapping over time became less and less effective as a residual population of ‘trap-wise’ or ‘trap-shy’ predators built up and kiwi chick survival rates decreased A controlled pulse of a toxin with secondary poisoning … [Read more...]
Communities Saving Sensitive Species – initial Grey Faced Petrel Breeding Success on the Northland Mainland.
Speaker: Adam Willetts Group/Project: Ranger/Project Manager - Bream Head Conservation Trust Species success through intensive control and monitoring. Grey Faced Petrel breeding success took 3 years 2015 – 2018 Used acoustic equipment in 2015 to establish ground breeding calls and found a burrow site with 3 eggs. All eggs were predated … [Read more...]
Restoring the Health of Russell State Forest
Speaker: Warren Morunga Group/Project: Russell State Forest Hapu Collective Russell State Forest Collective involves eight hapu who have worked with DOC to develop a 20 year health plan. The challenge is in accepting all the tools in the tool box including 1080 aerial drop Working in collaboration with govt depts, NGO's community … [Read more...]
Kiwi Coast – Mid North: Progress Towards Landscape Scale Predator Control
Speaker: Andrew Mentor Group/Project: Mid North Coordinator, Kiwi Coast 16 established groups covering 45,000 hectares Pests removed in 2017 = 25,000 42% of Kiwi Coast Pest Tally 11 new groups emerging 20 Year History of Waimate Landcare Puketi Trust & Project Island Song doing the “hard yards” for threatened species. … [Read more...]
Setting the Local Scene – Kaimamaku Landcare
Speaker: Mick Kelly Group/Project: Kaimamaku Landcare Aim: To accelerate the restoration and regeneration of the native bush and related ecosystems of the area, primarily through more effective pest control Supported by Landcare Trust, Northland Regional Council, Kiwi Coast, Reconnecting Northland, QEII National Trust Trapper - Rowan … [Read more...]
Kiwi Coast Update – Kiwi Forever, Everywhere!
Speaker: Ngaire Tyson Group/Project: Kiwi Coast Coordinator, Kiwi Coast Now 112 entities linked into Kiwi Coast and working together 145,725 hectares collectively managed for pests 229,372 animal pests trapped by groups and projects over 5 years Supporting projects to connect and build continuous trapping networks over thousands of … [Read more...]
Animal Pest Control Across Northland
Speaker: Kane McElrea Group/Project: Biosecurity Projects Manager, Northland Regional Council NRC Long Term Plan – pest control rate Supporting community, iwi and hapu led pest control across Northland Working with partners to achieve a strategic regional approach https://youtu.be/Z26JhZANXco … [Read more...]