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Search for information about this year’s operations using the filters or view the complete list of operations below. Descriptions of the operation status:
- Planned: DOC intends to carry out predator control in this location this year. Planning processes are underway, which include consultation, pest monitoring, obtaining DOC and Public Health Unit permissions
- Underway: for ground control operations this means traps and/or bait stations have been installed and are being actively managed
- Complete: the predator control operation has been carried out. Pesticides may still be present in the area – follow local warning signs and track alerts.
Northland
Omahuta, Bay of Islands, Northland
Areas included or near by: Ōmahuta- Puketī Forest Conservation Park
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 4,000
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kiwi, kūkupa, kauri snail, pekapeka/short and long tailed bats, toutouwai/North Island robin, forest and Northland green gecko
Waimā, Kauri Coast, Northland
Areas included or near by: Waimā Forest Conservation Park
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 3,200
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kōkako, kiwi, kūkupa, pekapeka/ long tailed bats, kauri snails
Waipoua, Kauri Coast, Northland
Areas included or near by: Waipoua Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 17200
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kōkako, pekapeka/long-tailed bats, kiwi, kauri snails
Puketi, Bay of Islands, Northland
Areas included or near by: Ōmahuta-Puketī Forest Conservation Park
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 2,000
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kōkako, kiwi, kūkupa, kauri snail, pekapeka/short and long tailed bats, toutouwai/North Island robin, pua o te reinga/wood rose, Northland green gecko and kauri coastal forest
Waikato
Mapara, King Country, Waikato
Areas included or near by: Mapara Wildlife Management Reserve
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 1945
Date: Winter/Spring 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kōkako, pekapeka/long tailed bats, kārearea, toutouwai/North Island robin
Rangitoto Ranges, Pureora, Maniapoto , Waikato
Areas included or near by: Rangitoto and Pikiariki Ecological Area
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 32,393
Date: Winter/Spring 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kōkako, pua o te reinga/wood rose, pekapeka/short tailed bats, kākā, yellow-crowned kākāriki/parakeet, Archey’s and Hochstetters frogs, kereru, titipounamu/rifleman, fernbird, kārearea, toutouwai/North Island robin
Hauturu-Awaroa, King Country, Waikato
Areas included or near by: Hauturu-Awaroa forest areas
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 12000
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kārearea, rock hebe (Veronica scopulorum)
Coromandel
Moehau, Whitianga, Coromandel
Areas included or near by: Te Moengahau-o-Tamatekapua/Northern Coromandel Moehau Ecological area
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 4,500
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Coromandel kiwi, kākā, kererū, toutouwai/North Island robin, Archey’s frog, Hochstetters frogs, Coromandel striped gecko/mokomoko, Moehau stag beetle
Central North Island
Tongariro Forest, Ohakune, Central North Island
Areas included or near by: Tongariro Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 20153
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Complete
Species protected include:
Whio, kiwi, pua o te reinga/wood rose
Matemateaonga-Waitōtara, Whanganui, Central North Island
Areas included or near by: Whanganui National Park and Waitōtara Conservation Areas
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 51298
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
North Island brown kiwi, whio, northern rātā, kamahi
Lower North Island
Project Kākā Western Site , Wairarapa , Lower North Island
Areas included or near by: Tararua Forest Park
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 32793
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Complete
Species protected include:
Kākā, bellbirds, kakariki, rifleman
West Coast
Kahurangi - Heaphy Lowlands, Buller, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Low altitude, species rich coastal forest lying between the Tasman Mountains and the sea.
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 26596
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Northern rātā, pekapeka/long tailed bats, rorora/great spotted kiwi, powelliphanta, whio, pīwauwau/rock wren
Kahurangi - Oparara, Buller, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Bio and geo-diverse landscape rising from sea level through the Oparara basin to Alpine ranges in the East.
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 62328
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Northern rātā, pekapeka/long tailed bats, rorora/great spotted kiwi, powelliphanta, whio, pīwauwau/rock wren
Arawhata, South Westland, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Arawhata and Waipara Valleys and the Haast Tokoeka Kiwi Sanctuary
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 49177
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Haast tokoeka, forest birds, korukoru/ mistletoe
Copland, South Westland, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Copland and Karangarua Valleys
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 19955
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Complete
Species protected include:
Southern rātā, forest birds
Abbey Rocks, South Westland, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Forests from the Paringa River in the north to the Haast River in the south including the western side of the Mataketake Range
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 49148
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
kākā and other forest birds, korukoru/ mistletoe
Haast, South Westland, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Haast kiwi sanctuary
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 7500
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Haast tokoeka/kiwi, pekapeka/bats, kākā
Hope/Cascade, South Westland, West Coast
Areas included or near by: Left of the Cascade River to the coast between the Cascade River south to Ryan's Creek
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 39118
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Haast tokoeka, tawaki, kaka, scarlett mistletoe and tree fuchsia
Canterbury
Arthur’s Pass East, Rangiora, Canterbury
Areas included or near by: Arthur’s Pass National Park and Lake Sumner Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 50419
Date: Summer 2022
Status: Complete
Species protected include:
Kākāriki karaka /orange fronted parakeet, kiwi, pīwauwau/rock wren, mohua/yellowhead
Arthur's Pass ground control, Rangiora, Canterbury
Areas included or near by: Arthur’s Pass National Park and Lake Sumner Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 5671
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Underway
Species protected include:
Kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeet, kiwi
Arthur’s Pass West, Rangiora, Canterbury
Areas included or near by: Arthur’s Pass National Park and Lake Sumner Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 54322
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Great Spotted kiwi/roroa, pīwauwau/rock wren, kea, rātā
Fiordland
Murchison Mountains, Te Anau, Fiordland
Areas included or near by: Fiordland National Park, bounded by Lake Te Anau
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 52985
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Takahē, mohua, whio, kea, kākā, kārearea/New Zealand falcon
Southland
Rakiura , Rakiura National Park , Rakiura/Stewart Island
Areas included or near by: Tin Range, Rakiura
Aerial or ground-based: Ground
Estimated hectares: 5382
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Southern NZ dotterel
Otago
Dart Caples, Wakatipu, Otago
Areas included or near by: Mt. Aspiring national park, Caples, Routeburn and Dart Valleys. From Glenorchy to the Cascade saddleWilkin.
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 46230
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Planned
Species protected include:
Kea, mohua, rockwren/tuke, whio, long-tailed bats