Since 2016, PF2050 support from local communities, iwi and key partners has helped to achieve:
- 117 islands declared as predator free
- registration of over 5000 groups and iwi to perform local predator control
- funding of DOC's National Predator Control Programme to protect PF2050 progress
- funding to defend native species from a predicted predator plague.
By building support to protect our native species and see them thrive, the Predator Free 2050 initiative has:
- increased the scale of conservation through 13 new landscape-scale partnerships
- helped to put more focus on science, innovation and research by working with six funders of control innovations.
Predator Free 2050 national strategy, 2020 - 2024
Iwi, communities, agencies, business, scientists, councils – all are part of Predator Free.
Our challenge is to create a national strategic plan that ties all the work of all these people together to achieve the bold ambition that is becoming Predator Free. To do this we have:
- held focus groups to provide direction and subject matter expertise to help us produce a discussion guide (PDF, 2,812 K). Groups involved included iwi, scientists, Predator Free 2050 Ltd, the Predator Free Trust, conservation non-governmental organisations, Ngā Whenua Rahui, business representatives and DOC staff
- provided New Zealanders with the opportunity to contribute via online survey or email
- held hui with our Treaty Partners around the country to discuss the aspirations of whānau/hapū and iwi for a Predator Free New Zealand.
Predator Free 2050 an Ambitious Goal for Aōtearoa New Zealand (PDF, 2,299K) summarises the feedback we received, including:
- the need to respect diverse values and approaches rather than ‘embrace’ these, as some will not be embraced
- that a coordinated approach is important, with the alignment of regional and national plans
- this goal belongs to everyone and should not sit with a single entity or culture.
Our next stage is to develop a strategy based on what we heard and test this strategy with Treaty Partners and key collaborators to make sure we have got it right. The new strategy for a Predator Free New Zealand will belong to all New Zealanders.
