Crowds attend trapping event aimed to help the region become predator free

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Toby Shanley, Project Manager of Towards a Predator-Free Taranaki.
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Toby Shanley, Project Manager of Towards a Predator-Free Taranaki.

More than 300 people from the Kaitake community turned out to support an initiative to help them get rid of stoats, rats and possums on their properties.

As part of the Taranaki Regional Council’s aim to become predator free by 2050 people were urged to sign up and purchase a trap as part of the Restore Kaitake project to help restore biodiversity in the Oakura, Okato, Omata and surrounding areas.

Imogen Webber, 10, was busy assembling a trap with her family and said they weren’t hard to build.

Restore Kaitake open day and predator workshop held at Oakura Hall.
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Restore Kaitake open day and predator workshop held at Oakura Hall.

“I wanted to help save our natural environment,” she said.

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