Fight for The Wild Screenings on Waiheke Island

To Korowai o Waiheke has teamed up with Waiheke Cinema to bring Fight for the Wild to the big screen next month. The four-part documentary screens in the little cinema over the first two Sundays in August and for admission, a jar of smooth peanut butter will be accepted in place of a ticket.

The documentary series, previously shown on TVNZ, takes viewers deep into the heart of Aotearoa to follow the ongoing battle between native species and the onslaught of introduced predators. Every year the eggs and chicks of some 26 million native New Zealand birds are devoured by predators, as well as countless insects, amphibians, reptiles and plants. There are currently more than 4000 natives on the threatened species list and many more vulnerable to predation.

Fight for the Wild explores the notions of Predator Free 2050 (from which Te Korowai o Waiheke was born), walking with the kaitiaki, ecologists, inventors and community trappers who dedicate their time defending our country's taonga species.

After the first screening on Sunday 1 August, Predator Free 2050 Senior Project Support Manager, Brett Butland will speak and answer questions about New Zealand’s predator-free journey. Brett has a wealth of experience in pest management. He was the Pest Free Auckland programme director and directed the multi-species eradication operation on Rangitoto and Motutapu with the Department of Conservation.

Peanut butter collected in lieu of a ticket will find its way into traps and monitoring tools for the upcoming rat eradication pilot, contributing to Waiheke’s own fight for the wild.
To pay with smooth peanut butter, please bring an unopened jar per screening day or alternatively a suggested koha of $10.

On both Sunday 1 and 8 August, the showing begins at 4.30pm and there will be light refreshments available.

Fight for the Wild is produced by Fisheye Films and made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund, with support from The Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho, NEXT Foundation, Predator Free 2050 Limited, and Regional Councils of New Zealand Biosecurity & Biodiversity Forum.