Pest animal control
Integrated ground pest control of possums, rats, mice, feral cats and wallaby across our project area in the southern Mamaku.
Kaimai Kaponga is an iwi-hapu collaboration led by Tura Ngāti Te Ngakau to restore the mauri of the ngahere in the southern Kaimai Mamaku Range.
Kaimai Kaponga focuses on landscape scale animal pest control to restore the health of the forest while also increasing community and tribal understanding about invertebrates, the water, fauna through monitoring.
Te ao Māori is incorporated in all aspects of this project including hiring of local tāngata, capability building of kaimahi, kotahitanga, working with whanaunga across the Kaimai Kaimai range and aspiring to work in ways that align with Te ao Māori principles of kaitiakitanga.
Project overview
The mahi
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Invertebrate monitoring
Invertebrate assessments aimed at identifying the presence of important invertebrates required for a healthy ngahere to thrive.
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Bait stations
Supporting the installation and maintenance of a bait station network for the Mokaihaha Ecological Reserve
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Collaboration
To support the BOPRC and MPI National Wallaby Eradication Programme we are undertaking:
- Night shooting activities for wallaby on Mount Ngongotaha
- Installation of bait station network (800ha)
- Surveillance, monitoring and control on the Mamaku Plateau
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Community engagement
Engaging with a wide range of community and corporate organisations which provide support and additional resources for the project’s conservation activities.
