Resources
Guides, reports and every newsletter.
Pest control 101
How-to guides.
Blaze for possums and rats
Make your own flour blaze to lure possums and rats, from a simple three-ingredient recipe.
Myna control with Pestoff
Six steps that matter, including pre-feeding, preparing a lure and timing.
Five tips for cleaning traps
Traps get grungy and stop working well without some love and attention. From Predator Free NZ.
Annual reports
What we achieved each year.
Restoration projects, volunteer contributions, finances and the difference we’ve made.
Newsletters
48 issues of the monthly eNews.
Our work on pests and biodiversity, Trap.NZ results, events, volunteer stories and ways to help.
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- JuneHave You Seen a Matuku-hūrepo? · Memorandum of Understanding renewal with The Forest Bridge Trust · Welcome Gary, Our New Trapper · Thank you Judith Williams Trust · Monthly Spotlight: Volunteers at Huawai Bay
- MayKeegan joins the Trapping Team · Upcoming Events · Fernbirds Heard at Te Muri Estuary · Growing Our Restoration Team · Monthly Spotlight: Blue Star Group Donation
- AprilLess in the trap, More at stake · Introducing Maxine Finlay · Mahurangi Estates Ltd Donation · Volunteer Support & Volunteer Planting Coordinator Position
- MarchFarewell Nada · Nature Walk · Trailer needed · Hub Coordinators wanted
- FebruaryResignations & New Appointments · Regional Park Buffer Zone Contract · Stoats In Search Of New Territory
- JanuaryHuawei Bay Reforestation Project · MWP 2025 Pest Stats · EcoFest – Sustainable Living Event · Calling on Paper Road Volunteers · Mahurangi West Pest’s 60th Edition!
202512 issues
- DecemberSpecial Edition
- November‘Stone Cold Killer’ – Now Listed Pest · Trap.NZ Results & Rise in Possums · Paper Rd Volunteers Gift 64 Hours · Tui Tops Spring Bird Counts
- OctoberOur [Joint] Annual Event a Success! · Paper Road Volunteer Planting Day [Sunday, 9 November] · WhatsApp Trappers Group · Pest Controllers [Wanted!] · Trap.NZ Data For October
- SeptemberOur CRG and MWP Annual Event will be fun for everyone! · Online Toxin Talk (from Restore Rodney East) · Trap.NZ Data for September · Remediation and Biodiversity
- AugustCalling for planting volunteers for Saturday, 6 September · Report on August 9 Planting Day (Cnr Opahi Bay and Jamieson Bay Roads) · Spring into Action with Lures · Trap.NZ Data for August · Date set for our joint CRG & MWP Annual Event ( Sunday 12 October )
- JulyKikuyu Lacks Biodiversity! [Calling on volunteers to transform an overgrown site] · Five Years Of Council Support · Volunteering For The Birds · Trap.NZ Data For July
- JuneMazda Foundation sponsored Our Trappers’ Event in June · Trap.NZ Data 10,000+ Pests! · NZ-Made Herbicide Gel Pens An Alterntive To Spraying Weeds · Friendly Competition – Capturing Myna Birds
- MayInnovative! (DIY trapping ladder) · Possums Eat Meat · Resolving Trap.NZ Data Issue · Mazda-sponsored Trappers Event Reminder (Saturday 7 June from 4pm) · A Cat-Shaped Hole (DOC submissions) · Trap.NZ Data for May
- AprilManufacturing Trap Boxes · The Innovative Side To Trapping · Traps Gifted Through Grants · Lead Pest Controller · More Traps From Grants & Donations · Volunteers On A Mission · Pest Control Coordination · Trap.NZ Data For April
- March
- FebruaryOne-Hour Weed Cafe Schedule · Asparagus Fern Control Update · Volunteering Can Slow How You Age · Hugh Offers Wasp Control Service · Donations to MWP · Trap.NZ Data for February
- January
202412 issues
- DecemberDonations / Regular Payments (how you can help MWP reach its goals) · [Auckland] Council’s Northern Team Visit (to Mahurangi West) · Wanted Volunteer Hub Coordinator · Kaka At Gemini Golf · Trap.NZ Data For December · Annual Report July 2023 to June 2024
- NovemberTrappers BBQ & Workshop · Have your say on cat control [Submissions Close 8 December] · What’s up with myna on What’s App? · Society Member Rosanna Whaanga · Are you passionate about plants? [join our team as planting coordinator] · Trap.NZ data for November [184 possums this month!]
- OctoberAnnual Trappers BBQ Social At Hall (Saturday, 16 November, 5-8pm) · 400+ Myna & Counting · Cutting The New Ridge Track (a 2km trapline) · Autotrap Success Protecting Nature (video link) · Trap.NZ Date For October (2,483 pests in past year)
- SeptemberA Foundation North grant is a boost for our Trainee Trapper · Auto traps from Foundation North · Buffer zone asparagus fern update · Generosity Corner, Warkworth, thanked for its donations to MWP · Trap.NZ data for September
- AugustBittern Monitoring Event At Hall [ Sunday, 8 September ] · Myna Meet And Greet At Hall · Aerial To Keep Track Of Cage Traps · Possum Control Programme [3-6 Month Council Initiative] · Trap.NZ Date For August [New Myna Count From August]
- JulyMyna Meet & Greet (Community Hall, Friday 16 August) · Council Renews Coordinator Wage · Update on our Bat Research · Controlling Wild Ginger (plus Buffer Zone update) · Trap.NZ Data For July (plus a message from Jeff Marsh)
- JuneEnviro Expo a Huge Success · How to Dig Out Asparagus Fern (roots ‘n all) · Esplanade Reserve Planting (Sunday June 9) · June’s Trap.NZ Data
- MayEnviroExp (Saturday 22 June) – sponsored by Restore Rodney East & The Forest Bridge Trust · First Quarter Bird Counts · Planting Morning & BBQ (Sunday 9 June) · Join Dotterel Protectors In Spring? · Trap.NZ Data For May · Myna Social Event & Workshop (watch this space)
- April(Report on) Informative Community BBQ · Another hub for Hugh Kininmonth (Hub 6, West Mahurangi West) · Trap.NZ data for April (Celebrating recording our first 5,000+) · Massive Attack on Bay’s Weeds (Jamieson Bay Esplanade Reserve) · Bait the traps – it’s peak rat season! (Plus get behind the National Cat Act)
- MarchRestore Rodney East (RRE) hosts us at the A&P Show · One Date Two Events coming up ( 14th April – Weedathon / CRG MWP joint events) · Trap.NZ Data for March (doubling the numbers!) · Predator Free NZ Backyard Grant (Diana catches 20+ rats in 2 months) · Issues with recording trap data? (how to get assistance …)
- FebruaryPukapuka Milestone (200th Possum at Gemini Golf Course) · Trap.NZ Data For February · Not Catching Any Possums? (Predator Free NZ tips) · Find Us At The Show · Women’s Trapping Workshop (The Forest Bridge Trust)
- January
202312 issues
- DecemberMustelid Adolescence · Replace Your Old (Victor) Traps · Trap.NZ Data for December (twice the number of rats caught this month) · First Kiwi Chicks In 50 Years (Mt Tamahunga near Omaha) · Foundation North (Grant) Opportunity · Live Captures with Tāwhiti (smart cages)
- NovemberInaugural Volunteer Trappers Social · Trap Data & Masting Events · (Kids) Pest Monitoring & Trap Workshop · Buffer Zone Weedathon (winners)
- October3 EVENTS (for November): · Trap.NZ Data for October (breeding season) · Buffer Zone Weed Liaison Update
- SeptemberBreaking news from Foundation North – Grant for $11,439 · The Forest Bridge Trust donates 60 wooden trap boxes · Look out for endangered Green Mistletoe (Pirita) · Rare sighting of the Matuku-Hurepo (Australasian Bittern) · Trap.NZ data for September – 4,000 + pests recorded to date
- AugustTrap.NZ data (traps in the field 1,009) · Rodney Community Board Assistance · Regional Park Buffer Zone update · Ferrets and other mustelids a threat · Roadside Planting Bee (corner Mahurangi West and Opahi Bay Rds) · The Forest Bridge Trust lends a hand (with native seedlings)
- JulyPlanting Bee Reminder – Cnr Opahi Bay and Mahurangi West Rds – Sunday 20 August · TrapNZ Data for July · The Gift that Grows – Surplus Mānuka Seedlings · Helping Nature and People Thrive (Ministry of the Environment) · Should Feral Cat Control be Funded? · The Forest Bridge Trust (acknowledgment)
- JuneOur environment project matters (support from Restore Rodney East) · TrapNZ Data for June (3 times the no. of possums this month!) · Sunday 20 August – put it in your diary – Our Next Planting Bee · On the hunt for a good lure (thanks to Mike Neil) · Thinking of volunteering? (we need to get 1,000 traps out in the field) · Preying on our forest birds (possums eat kiwi, kereru and kokako eggs and chicks)
- MayPic’s Peanut Butter = 20kg Of Bait! · Hugh Kininmonth – Our (new) Bullock Track Coordinator · Trap.NZ Data For May · Bats Prefer Old Trees With Cavities (100 years old is best!) · Sign up to Restore Rodney East news & events
- AprilBuffer Zone Assessments / Update · TrapNZ Data · The Great Cat Debate · Wanted – A Mavic drone volunteer
- MarchKeep fit as a trapline volunteer – we urgently need more! · Buffer Zone around the Regional Park – update on assessing weed infestations. · Trap.NZ data for March – logged captures reach over 3000! · Not a ‘myna’ pest plague – introduced bird more than a nuisance – online tips
- FebruaryReminder for Saturday 4th : Joint Community BBQ with the Mahurangi West Community Response Group · Should cats be kept indoors? · Asparagus control work continues … · Trap.NZ data for February
- JanuaryPredators kill 25 million birds a year (in New Zealand) · Community Event Saturday 4 March · First dotterel chick in decades · Trap.NZ data for January
20224 issues
- December2022 Facts and Figures · Trap.NZ Data – a fall in numbers or catches not reported? · New Trail Cameras Calibrated · Bat Research Team Update
- NovemberMost common birds tauhou (silvereye) and tui · Trap.NZ data for November (18-fold increase in possums in one year!) · Two stoats caught ‘back-to-back’ (a record 7 caught in one month) · More on Regional Park’s buffer zone weed control · Kids’ Christmas gift book idea (It’s my egg and you can’t have it!)
- OctoberUpdated new look, logo and name for Mahurangi West Pest · Trap data shows double the number of pests caught this month · Biggest turnout for our October Weedathon on Opahi Rd/Mahurangi West Rd/Corner site · Introduction to our new Weed Control & Planting Programme Coordinator – Gay Miers · Buffer Zone spraying starts in November 2022
- SeptemberWeed-a-thon on Saturday 8 October 9am to Noon · A record catch of possums for the Pukapuka · Seeking a Weed Control Coordinator (or combined role with Planting Coordination) · MWP launches its first Annual Report · TrapNZ Data – slightly ahead of last month’s figures overall · An update on the Buffer Programme for control of asparagus weed · MWP – A booming success – thanking our donors · Breaking news – we now have our own bank account
20212 issues
- JuneEvery donation helps the cause … · New Community Position · Planting at Te Muri · Plant Pest – Tradescantia (Wandering Willie) · Trapping update – call for more volunteers · Trapping update – Areas 2 Jamieson/Opahi Bay & Area 3 Bullock Track · Pest Plant – South American Pampas · Weed Eradication update
- AprileBirders Update with Auckland Council Ranger · Planting Co-ordinator role · Community Event – Forest & Bird support · Pest Plant – Old Man’s Beard · Stoats · Pest Control – Hungry Creek, Iwi land · Community Event – Mahurangi West Community Response Group and Mahu West Pest · Possum Damage – Community Hall