Best Practice Guides
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Trap Audit Manual
Effectively identifying problems, make any necessary adjustments, and ensure that each DOC200 and DOC250 mustelid trap operates at its maximum potential.
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Trap Build Manual
The PFHCCT Trap Building Manual is a detailed, step-by-step instruction manual on how to build mustelid traps.
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Ferret Catching Protocol
If you trap a ferret, please follow these steps to help us keep track of ferrets’ movements across the peninsula.
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Mustelid Summit
Hosted by Predator Free Hauraki Coromandel, the day-long Mustelid Summit was a chance for some of those on the frontlines in the war on stoats to share their wealth of knowledge with local community conservation groups.
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Predator Free NZ Trust Toolkits
Predator Free NZ have developed a range of helpful toolkits for knowing your predators, trapping and baiting, schools, conversation groups, and monitoring.
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Vertebrate Pest Control: Manaaki Whenua
This decision support system aims to help New Zealanders, from novices to experts, select the most appropriate options for controlling vertebrate pests in a particular locality.
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Learn about Maramataka
Have you heard of Maramataka? Meaning ‘the turning of the moon’, Maramataka is the Māori lunar calendar, traditionally used to guide planting and harvesting, fishing and hunting. Maramataka can be used to determine the best days for trapping and planting, thereby tapping into knowledge first brought over from Hawaiki and further developed over hundreds of years in Aotearoa.
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DOC: Practical Guide to Trapping
The 'Predator Free 2050 Practical Guide to Trapping' was developed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) to support your valuable work in protecting Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique and highly vulnerable native taonga species.
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Science Learning Hub
Science Learning Hub makes it easy for teachers to educate their students on the Predator Free 2050 movement. There is fantastic background information and lesson plans to follow.