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This is where it gets exciting for mainland eradication projects! The Possum Free Whangārei Heads field team, backyard trappers, community groups, have …

Meet Cam and Nesha – a conservation dog handler and his certified possum indicator dog. Nesha is highly trained and specialised to …

On this road towards Predator Free 2050 we have the dedicated help of volunteers, rangers, community groups… and Artificial Intelligence! Alongside the …

The Possum Free Whangārei Heads team has expanded with three new Biosecurity Field Officers joining to help achieve the Possum Free goal …

From chirps, to mimicries, to booming noises – there are so many unique tunes that get sung by the birds of Whangārei! …

We’re glad to have another Biosecurity Field Officer join the Possum Free Whangārei Heads team! Holly is a multigenerational Whangārei Heads local and loves being able to work in the place she calls home.

The 9,100+ ha possum elimination project in the Whangārei Heads has now been operationally active for almost 18 months – how is this progressing?

From endemic bats, to geckos, to invertebrates, to kiwi! Join us on a journey through Whangārei’s wondrous landscapes to meet the unique native species that call this place home. Kia mōhio koe ki ēnei taonga o te taiao. Get to know these treasures of nature.

We would like to welcome a familiar face into the Manager role! We’re pleased to introduce Oliver Hopwood as the new Predator …

The Possum Free Whangārei Heads project is asking for help from the community to report possum sightings from the area.

We recently said ka kite to Su Sinclair, who was the Operations Lead for Predator Free Whangārei. We welcomed a familiar face into the new role with a Q&A – let’s get to know Zac more!

There has been lots of highlights, as well as learnings, this past year. Read more about what has happened in the past funding year, and what’s to come as we head into the next year.

Where is the possum eradication project at? How many possums have been caught? What are the next steps? Find the answers in this article here.

The presence of kiekie can tell us that pest control is working. It’s a sought-after plant for not only introduced predators, by native birds and mammalians, including humans!

Are you a trapping champion and running a community pest control group? You may be eligible for some funding and support! The …

This month’s field journal was written by Biosecurity Officer, Gaelyn Dewhurst It has been a very busy couple of months in the …

The Garden Bird Survey is a simple yet important activity that can help inform policy makers, scientists, and many other organisations. Birds …

Interim findings from a new study raise health and safety concerns for Northland trappers, as up to one third of possums (4/12) …

We have trialled our customised live leghold traps with success, catching the eradication project’s first possums last month. These traps are known …

This month’s field journal was written by Biosecurity Officer, Riley Edwards April has been a momentous month for the project, being able …

Meet the AT220 – set it up and they’re ready to go to service itself on its own! As much as we …

This month’s field journal is written by Biosecurity Officer, Zac Coffin. With the close of the month of Maehe, the Possum Eradication Team at Whangārei Heads enters a long awaited and exciting phase of going ‘live’.

We were grateful to have had Matua Winiwini Kingi provide insight into the te ao Māori way of approaching Reotahi maunga and …

Each year we survey areas around Whangārei to find out more about the pest mammal populations in our city. This is crucial for the work we do to make sure we are on track to achieving our objective of becoming a predator free city! We can’t do this without the data to support us, so we use these surveys as a way to inform what we do, how we do it and where we do it!

Say cheese! We’ve been using smart image technology to help us determine the presence of possums in the Whangārei Heads area.