Given the recent move to Alert Level 4, here is an update on the Waiheke eradication programmes.
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For an interactive and family-friendly day out head to the Waiheke Collective’s Pestival Festival Day at Piritahi Marae on Saturday 21 August. Celebrating ecological wins and Waiheke’s unique biodiversity, the schedule is packed with workshops, speakers, stalls and more.
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Rat have plagued Waiheke Island long before many of us arrived here. They have eaten their way through many a batch, boat, and bird on this little motu. Before the ever-widening range of different traps, snaps, baits, and weights, Waihekeians of times past had to get creative in their efforts to control them.
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.
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Sightings of kākāriki on the island have raised the question; are the kākāriki coming home to Waiheke? Te Korowai o Waiheke is offering a prize for the first kākāriki photograph taken on the island so grab your binoculars and your camera and get snapping!
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The stoat eradication team is excited to have hit the 90 stoat milestone! Read what Elaine Murphy, DOC Principle Scientist, thinks…
Nicola, Giselle, and Rob will be known to many, and are excited to have the opportunity through the Jobs for Nature funding to combine their passions for conservation and the community. Their role will be gaining permissions from households and businesses in the rat eradication pilot to host rat eradication tools for the pilot project.
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Waiheke has been chosen to conduct a rat eradication pilot. Rats will be removed from chosen areas over a four-month period – May to September 2022. Read the full article to learn more…
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Interested to hear more about rat eradication on Waiheke? Please come along to one of the following community meetings to find out more.
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Stoats have been caught all over the island, with the majority caught near the coast or a waterway. Check out our stoat catch heat map and density graph.
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Did you know that recent genetic analysis shows that stoats on Waiheke are inbred? Dr Andrew Veale has analysed the DNA from stoats caught in Auckland, around New Zealand and Europe.
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Through the Jobs for Nature funding, Te Korowai o Waiheke is fortunate to be welcoming two more staff to the team for specific roles in the rat eradication pilot project.
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