Predator Free Dunedin has received seed funding from Predator Free 2050 to scope an expansion that would accelerate predator control across Dunedin. It comes as part of the government’s Covid-19 recovery fund to create jobs and improve outcomes for biodiversity.

Predator Free Dunedin and the Halo Project are trialing an innovative new trap to create a permanent control network for possums.

The team from Predator Free Dunedin recently spent a day with staff and volunteers from the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group to encourage conversation, share learnings from different parts of the project and get to know one another.

City Sanctuary was at Tent City during Orientation Week to find out if students have rats in their flats.

The Predator Free Dunedin Trust welcomes Gareth Hughes and Jordana Whyte as its newest trustees.

The work of hundreds of volunteers and Predator Free Dunedin’s 22 member organisations has produced impressive results this year. We celebrated their success in our annual report, launched at our annual general meeting in November.

Launched in October, Kei Hea Ngā Kākā? is a citizen science project initiated by Orokonui Ecosanctuary to learn more about where kākā are going, what they are doing and whether they are safe.

With bird breeding season upon us, Halo staff and volunteers have been setting up traps as fast as they can.

Differing types of predator excluder fences have been trialled over the years. While many are very effective at keeping out four-legged foes, the cost of building such fences is off-putting if not prohibitive.

She’s passionate, talented and gets things done. Jinty MacTavish is known to many people and has a rich history in serving Dunedin’s communities.

With their large bodies, tiny heads and white singlets — we all know the “whoosh-whoosh” of kererū wings overhead (and the crash of branches that often follows).