Are you undertaking pest control in Tairāwhiti?

We have a special event for you.......

When: 18th September 2025, 9am - 11am

Where: Tairāwhiti Environment Centre

Who for: Landowners, catchment groups, community groups, schools, Iwi and hapū taiao groups, backyard trappers

What:

The most up-to-date information on undertaking pest control, from experts doing this across the nation.
A chance to connect with other groups and individuals doing pest control in Te Tairāwhiti

We have regional and national pest control experts in Tairāwhiti for the morning to give their time to our community - providing us with advice, national trends and their wisdom on goat, deer, possum, rodents, cats and mustelids.

Experts include:

Graeme Atkins - Te Rimu
Steve Sawyer, Guido Haag, Nicola Carter - EcoWorks
David Crimp - NZ Auto Traps
Pete Shaw - Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust (private pest control over 23,000ha)

Darren Peters - Trapinator/DOC Traps
Lennard Spark - Cornerstone Ecology
Jessi Morgan - Predator Free NZ Trust
Peter Handford - Ground Truth & TrapNZ

And more......

There will be plenty of time for questions, as well as networking with other groups and individuals undertaking predator control in Tairāwhiti.

We also want to celebrate all of you, the ones doing the pest control on the ground. We will put on kai and have a special guest performance

Please RSVP to the Humantix page for catering numbers

This is a free event