Make your gully, garden & local wildlife safer

Predator Free Tamahere is a community-led project helping residents reduce rats, mice, possums and mustelids to protect native birds, bats, gardens, gullies, streams and river edges

Together, we're making Tamahere safer for wildlife.

Choose your next step

Whether you’re already trapping, just getting started, or keen to support local wildlife, there’s a simple way to get involved.

  • Already trapping on your property? Find tips on how you can improve your setup, try an AT220, share results, or add your property to our local trapping coverage picture.

    Already Trapping? Click here

  • Start simple with practical trapping options for gardens, sheds, fruit trees, lifestyle blocks and larger properties. We can help you choose traps that suit your place.

    Getting Started? Click here

  • Share your trapping stats, offer local knowledge, come along to events, volunteer, sponsor traps or donate. You can also help by spreading the word. Every contribution strengthens predator control across Tamahere.

    Ways to get Involved - click here

Map showing trapping activity with hexagonal grid overlay, indicating areas with high and low catches and traps, with labels for nearby locations.

Community Impact

Over 13,500 pests removed

Over 580 registered traps

Community-led since 2022

Explore our live Trap.NZ map to see where predator control is happening across Tamahere and view our latest community trapping statistics. The map shows traps and catches shared with our Trap.NZ project.

Many local residents are also trapping privately, and we'd love to hear from you if you're helping protect Tamahere's wildlife.

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