Our Plans & actions

What we are doing…

John setting a live capture trap on the sand dunes at Kaitōrete.

Guy setting an AT220 on the Wildside, with possum dog Scmack.

Our Vision for Phasing Through Banks Peninsula…

Phase 1: Elimination within the Wildside area and Kaitōrete. Effective control in the Port Hills and Whakaraupō / Lyttelton basin.

Phase 2: Wildside Elimination Area expanded, Kaitōrete maintained.

Phase 3: The elimination areas meet the control areas of Port Hills.

Phase 4: Aspirational vision for a Pest Free Banks Peninsula 2050 where elimination has been completed and a buffer established outside the Peninsula.

Where we are working…

To learn more about the Wildside go here >>

To learn more about Kaitōrete go here >>

Download the Pest Free Banks Peninsula Strategy 2023 in a PDF >>

The tools we are using

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What we are catching…our data

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Other community work…

In the wider Banks Peninsula community, we have been focusing on mustelid suppression, working with landowners to install BT200 & DOC200 traps. There are now catchment-based community trapping groups in Le Bons Bay, Okains Bay, Robinsons Bay & Takamatua areas where trappers take control of their own local areas. Thanks everyone!

Join a community trapping group >>

Download our Mustelid brochure >>

A Field Team member carrying traps, tools & ramps into Hinewai.

Go to our Operational Reports >>

The Biodiversity Story

Banks Peninsula has a unique and diverse flora & fauna biodiversity.

Landowners

We want to work collaboratively with landowners to achieve the vision.

Get Trapping

Your back yard matters. What you can do to help in your own back yard.

Let’s work together to help make Banks Peninsula Pest FREE!

Thank you so much for being a part of this community led, agency supported project. We really appreciate it.

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On our way to restoring this unique environment.

Who are the Pest Free Banks Peninsula Partners…