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    Project area

    1750 Hectares from Akeake Reserve/Opito Bay in the east to Rangitane Stream in the west

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    Trap network

    1700+ traps and bait stations

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    Trap your property

    Live on the peninsula and like to start trapping? We can calculate what you'll need and provide traps and training at no charge.

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    Volunteer

    Meet like-minded conservation folk, trapping, planting and weeding projects ongoing

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    At night, let's all drive slowly

    Four kiwi have been killed by cars on our 10km stretch of peninsula roading in 2022. Taking a few minutes more to reach our destination may save a kiwi's life.
    Deaths: 2021 - 4 | 2020 - 5 | 2019 - 7 | 2018 - 6

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    Kiwi avoidance training for dogs

    Annual avoidance training for peninsula dogs

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    5 minute bird counts

    Results from counts over the past five years, bird numbers are increasing...

    Akeake Reserve counts
    Rangitane Reserve counts
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    Kiwi call counts

    Results from kiwi listening from sites around the peninsula

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    Feed them and they'll come

    NRC's fantastic booklet on which trees to plant to feed the birds...

    Download it here
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    Rangitane Reserve bird monitoring

    Results of 5 min bird counts at four locations within the Rangitane Reserve. 2024 was our eighth count, undertaken yearly in October. 

    We have a network of 80 traps and bait stations in the reserve and have trapped over 1,600+ pests.

     

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