December 13, 2019 1:51 pm
The third issue of Target 0 reveals the first Products to Projects developments to be backed by the Provincial Growth Fund.
We report on innovative new approaches emerging from our large landscape projects in Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Waiheke and Dunedin.
And we share news of publications, awards and research that’s caught our attention over the last quarter, including the cover story of New Zealand Geographic’s Jan-March 2020 issue.
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November 21, 2019 9:30 am
Predator Free 2050 Limited is partnering with the private sector to create the next generation of predator control tools.
“We are excited to be working with some very clever Kiwi designers and entrepreneurs who are keen to contribute to the Predator Free 2050 mission,” says Predator Free 2050 Limited Chief Executive Ed Chignell.
Backed by the Provincial Growth Fund, the Crown-owned charitable company today announced $3.5m in funding to enable five companies to produce innovative lures, traps and toxin delivery devices. They will be designed, assembled and trialled in regional centres. …more
November 1, 2019 2:37 pm
Predator Free 2050 Limited’s Draft Predator Free 2050 Research Strategy 2020 – 2024 is now available and will guide funding investment through to 2024.
The draft strategy is being made publicly available to encourage co-funding requests from researchers planning projects that will commence in the period 2020-24. …more
September 23, 2019 1:53 pm
Predator Free 2050 Limited is seeking applications from students wishing to conduct possum, rat or mustelid fieldwork projects, particularly in urban and rural landscapes.
Up to five honours and post-graduate students will be funded up to $30,000 each, for operational and associated laboratory expenses. …more
September 18, 2019 12:07 pm
The second issue of Target 0 is out, with its quarterly round-up of news from large landscape and research projects around the country.
We now have over 72,000ha targeted for removal of at least one introduced predator and protection from reinvasion.
With Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington operations well underway, 95 jobs have been created and Waiheke and Dunedin are also hiring.
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July 29, 2019 8:00 am
New Zealand Gardener magazine talks with broadcaster Jesse Mulligan and Predator Free New Zealand Trust’s Jessi Morgan about the importance of tackling predators in our backyards. …more
July 8, 2019 10:00 am
MEDIA RELEASE The country’s biggest urban predator eradication operation begins today as the Predator Free Wellington team begin installing 6,000 traps and bait stations in backyards across the Miramar Peninsula. Predator Free Wellington is a 10 year project aiming to make Wellington free of rats, possums and mustelids. The first stage of the eradication project […] …more
June 5, 2019 3:29 pm
Predator Free 2050 Limited has launched ‘Target 0’, a quarterly round-up of news from large landscape and research projects around the country. In this issue: Signs of the impact Towards Predator-Free Taranaki. HBC already looking beyond Mahia. Stats on support for Predator Free Wellington. Daunting task for Te Korowai O Waiheke. Possum catch trends in […] …more
April 24, 2019 2:00 pm
Provincial New Zealand is keen to embrace the Predator Free 2050 goal, a recent call for expressions of interest process has found. …more
March 15, 2019 11:00 am
Predator Free 2050 Limited is seeking a Project Support Manager to work across our growing number of large landscape and science projects. …more
March 8, 2019 11:24 am
Three cadets were welcomed by Rongomaiwahine iwi at a pōwhiri at Tuahuru Marae in Te Māhia yesterday, to mark the beginning of their work towards a predator-free Te Māhia. …more
February 18, 2019 10:00 am
Predator Free 2050 Limited has initiated a second funding round to support predator eradication in regional New Zealand and fast track the production of improved predator control tools and technologies. …more
November 12, 2018 12:00 pm
One of New Zealand’s most ambitious community conservation projects kicked off this morning.
The Capital Kiwi mission is to return kiwi to the wild in Wellington’s backyard. The key goal to enable this is the elimination of stoats from the landscape. …more
November 4, 2018 12:30 pm
A memorandum of understanding to remove pest animals from Banks Peninsula was signed on 4 November 2018, by more than a dozen participating groups and agencies. …more
