As at the end of July, here's what has been recorded on trap.nz.

After the recent cold snap it feels like spring is on it’s way, the birds are certainly busy. Time, therefore, to step up trap checking and ensuring those traps are baited and ready.

A recent hui - No Pests In the West - discussed the idea of pest animal control at a landscape scale.

PFKC have been working with Predator Free Waikanae to start trapping up the Waikanae River East of the Old Highway bridge.

Ōtaki Pestival is on Sunday 11 October, 10am-2pm, Ōtaki Memorial Hall - come and bring your whānau along!

Applications are open now for the regional council's Kāpiti Community Environment Fund.

We’re seeking volunteers to trap on small DoC Covenant land sites (Otaihanga and Waikanae areas). We are also regularly on the lookout for experienced trappers to help train volunteers. 

You can do your part to help address bird flu. When out and about, keep an eye out for sick or dead birds, or birds acting strangely.

Donate, share your story, or read our stories here and via our newsletter - there’s plenty of ways to support our work.

Trap.nz is offering free training to help you log your traps - check out the dates of their scheduled trainings or learn how you can get in touch to set up a session.

Updates from groups around Kāpiti, including Predator Free Paraparaumu, Predator Free Raumati,  Friends of the Wharemauku, Predator Free Waikanae and Whareroa Farm.

A group of Year 11 students from Kāpiti College are doing a Social Studies course paper on predator free work.

We held a great session with them at Whareroa Farm.

Another vital part of working towards a Predator Free New Zealand is recording your catch data on Trap.nz. When everyone uses the same system, a massive and useful dataset is created.

Several DoC Covenanted properties in the Paraparaumu / Waikanae area are now beyond the scope of DoC’s budget and we hope to find a couple of volunteers to look after each one.