Get Trapping and Learn about Introduced Predators

Building for ConservationFauna: Introduced SpeciesFor EducatorsKaitiaki/Conservation
Written By Kim Manunui

Learn about introduced predators

Aotearoa is home to many unique and special birds, invertebrates (bugs), lizards, and even bats! Many of them are found nowhere else in the world. They evolved with no mammalian predators and many of them cannot cope with the huge number of mammals that have been introduced in recent times - species such as possums, rats, stoats, weasels, and ferrets. Many of our native species already become extinct and many others are now threatened with extinction. Watch the video above to learn more about why predator control is needed in New Zealand. If you would like to know more, check out our resource all about the history of biodiversity in Aotearoa.

Learn about Predator Free 2050!

Get trapping!

Help our native species by trapping their introduced predators. You can help us reach the goal of being predator free in New Zealand by 2050. Watch the Wall Street Journal video to learn more about this.

Everything that you need to know about trapping in New Zealand is on a wonderful website run by Predator Free New Zealand. You can learn how to get involved in backyard trapping or to volunteer on a trapline. Anyone can do it! Volunteering on a trapline is a great activity to get you, and your family, outdoors regularly connecting with nature, while doing something that is helping to restore our native flora and fauna. Many of these introduced animals breed quickly and have no natural predators here to keep their numbers under control. It is incredibly satisfying to know that each time you trap one of them you are helping to restore the balance, and you have saved some native species. Get out there and give it a go!

Be a backyard detective and do some monitoring!

Before trapping you may like to do some investigating to find out what pests you have lurking around your area. We have some helpful Nature Connectors for this. Check out the links below:

If you are a keen builder, or are looking for a construction project, check out our Nature Connector about building trap boxes for plans and instructions. If you are part of a school or a community organisation looking for a project, you could make these for your local predator free group, or for your community trapping volunteers. The Lions Club are supporting Predator Free Taupō by making traps and their help is greatly appreciated.

Other Activities

For Teachers

Predator Free Webinar by Cam Speedy (45 min):

This is a great starting point for high school students and community trapping groups, offering lots of great advice to improve the efficiency of your traps:

Kim Manunui

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I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

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