Predator Free New Zealand Trust

New Zealand has the highest rate of threatened species in the world. Around 81% of our birds, 88% of our reptiles and 72% of our freshwater fish are endangered.

So we formed the Predator Free NZ Trust, a private charitable organisation established to encourage, support and connect New Zealanders in their efforts to control and eradicate introduced predators including rats, possums, and mustelids so our native species’ populations can increase in our lifetime.

While our foes are introduced predators, our friends are the individuals and community groups who are working to make New Zealand predator free. The Trust’s job is to connect with these community groups, families and individuals and to give them support, advice, and encouragement to help restore our unique native species.

We show groups and families how to get started, offer approved products and equipment, provide information and best practices for trapping, and run community and school programmes through the assistance of our partner at Kiwibank.

Find out more about the introduced mammalian predators we want to remove, the threatened species we want to protect, and why habitat creation is so important.

For Trapping Best Practice, click here for more information.

For Special Holiday Park support programme click here