To protect native species, DOC is carrying out the predator control operations for 2020/21 listed below. Operations use aerial 1080 unless listed as ground control, which is mostly trapping.
All operations are by DOC, unless otherwise indicated in the site column.
Recommended operations 2020/21
| Site |
DOC district |
Estimated hectares |
Status |
| Aerial operations |
|
|
|
| Waitutu |
Te Anau |
64,815 |
Completed 4 March 2020 |
| Eglinton |
Te Anau |
7,500 |
Completed 26 May 2020 |
| Waikaia |
Murihuku |
7,014 |
Completed 23 June 2020 |
| Wet Jacket Peninsula |
Te Anau |
39,707 |
Completed 26 June 2020 |
| Punakaiki (OSPRI and DOC collaboration) |
Buller |
43,330 |
Recommended |
| New Creek (OSPRI and DOC collaboration) |
Buller |
64,230 |
Completed 12 November 2020 |
| Mokihinui (OSPRI and DOC collaboration) |
Buller |
45111 |
Completed 12 November 2020 |
| Roaring Meg |
Greymouth |
11,680 |
Completed 11 September 2020 |
| Nelson Lakes |
St Arnaud |
31,305 |
Completed 7 September 2020 |
| Aorere |
Golden Bay |
47,995 |
Completed 17 August 2020 |
| Haast TL |
South Westland |
9,603 |
8 June 2021 |
| Parininihi |
New Plymouth |
1703 |
Completed 16 October 2020 |
| Waitaanga Plateau |
New Plymouth |
19259 |
Completed 2 December 2020 |
| Pouiatoa - Taramoukou/Pouiatoa block |
New Plymouth |
3800 |
Completed 20 September 2020 |
| Pouiatoa - Taramoukou/Taramoukou block |
New Plymouth |
1850 |
Completed 20 September 2020 |
| Pirongia/Te Kauri |
Waikato |
16,028 |
Completed 21 September 2020 |
| Rotoehu |
Tauranga |
2,600 |
Completed 16 October 2020 |
| Te Kopia |
Tauranga |
4,039 |
Completed 26 February 2021 |
| Hauraki Southern Forests |
Hauraki |
24,104 |
Completed 13 November 2020 |
| Motueka (by Project Janszoon) |
Abel Tasman |
8,311 |
Completed 12 September 2020 |
| Erua Wetlands |
Central North Island |
10,794 |
Completed 11 July 2021 |
| Ground control |
|
|
|
| Stewart Island Dotterel |
Rakiura |
5,382 |
Underway |
| Haast Kiwi |
South Westland |
7,570 |
Completed 8 June 2021 |
| Landsborough |
South Westland |
2,775 |
Underway |
| Murchison Mountains |
Te Anau |
52,985 |
Underway |
| Arthur’s Pass/Lake Sumner valleys |
Rangiora |
5,671 |
Underway |
| Te Maruia |
Greymouth |
3,751 |
Underway |
| Otawa |
Tauranga |
351 |
Underway |
| Whareorino |
King Country |
635 |
Underway |
Postponed operations 2020/21
| Site |
DOC district |
Estimated hectares |
Status |
| Whataroa (by ZIP) |
South Westland |
12,892 |
Postponed until after June 2021 |
| Arthur’s Pass/Lake Sumner valleys |
Rangiora |
28,688 |
Postponed until after June 2021 |
| Heaphy Lowlands |
Buller |
19,259 |
Postponed until after June 2021 |
| Motueka (by DOC and OSPRI) |
Abel Tasman |
8,311 |
Postponed until after June 2021 |
| Depth Peak |
Fiordland |
62,711 |
Postponed until after June 2021 |
Cancelled operations 2020/21
| Site |
DOC district |
Estimated hectares |
Status |
| Hokonui Falls |
Murihuku |
6,277 |
Aerial control cancelled |