Predator control operations 2022

Northland

Waipoua, Kauri Coast, Northland

Areas included or near by: Waipoua Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 14,000
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Kōkako, pekapeka/long-tailed bats, kiwi, kauri snails

Waikato

Mapara, King Country, Waikato

Areas included or near by: Mapara Wildlife Management Reserve
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 1,945
Date: Winter/Spring 2022
Status: Complete

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: Complete

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

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: 4,674
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Coromandel brown kiwi, kākā, kererū, toutouwai/North Island robin, Archey’s frog, Hochstetters frogs, Coromandel striped gecko/mokomoko, Moehau stag beetle

Central North Island

Tongariro Forest, Tongariro, Central North Island

Areas included or near by: Tongariro Forest
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 20,153
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: 51,298
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Complete

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: 32,793
Date: Autumn 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Kākā, bellbird, kākāriki, rifleman

West Coast

Copland, South Westland, West Coast

Areas included or near by: Copland and Karangarua Valleys
Aerial or ground-based: Aerial
Estimated hectares: 19,955
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: 49,148
Date: Winter 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Kākā and other forest birds, korukoru/ mistletoe

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: 39,118
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Complete

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: 50,419
Date: Summer 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Kākāriki karaka /orange fronted parakeet, kiwi, pīwauwau/rock wren, mohua/yellowhead

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: 42,978
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Great Spotted kiwi/roroa, pīwauwau/rock wren, kea, rātā

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: 46,230
Date: Spring 2022
Status: Complete

Species protected include:
Kea, mohua, rockwren/tuke, whio, long-tailed bats