Media
Recent coverage in the media:
16 Apr 2024 bFM: The Wire
11 Apr 2024 As It Happens: NZ Stoat
2 Apr 2024 RadioNZ: DOC spent nearly $500,000 to kill one stoat in Fiordland
1 Oct 2023 NY Times: Should children join the killing in New Zealand’s war on invasive species?
27 Jun 2023 BBC: New Zealand seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds
25 May 2023 bFM: The Wire
8 May 2023 NZ Herald: Big roadblocks to NZ’s bid to be rodent-free
19 Apr 2023 NY Times: Contest for children to hunt feral cats Is scrapped in New Zealand
28 Nov 2022 NZ Herald: Mission possible: How to purge pests from NZ’s biggest subantarctic island
17 Oct 2022 NZ Herald: Genetic modification in New Zealand: Scientists call for 20-year rethink
5 Sep 2022 NewstalkZB: Auckland University conservation biologist says he’s optimistic Predator Free 2050 goal will be reached
5 Sep 2022 NZ Herald: Pest Purge: Is this how we finally rid NZ of pesky predators?
25 Aug 2022 bFM: The Wire
24 Aug 2022 Anthropocene: The war on island invaders is more successful than you might think
17 Aug 2022 The Guardian: New Zealand leads world in island pest eradication, study finds
12 Aug 2022 Business Desk: NZ leads the world in clearing islands of animal predators
12 Aug 2022 RadioNZ: NZ responsible for nearly 1/4 of island pest eradications
11 Aug 2022 Stuff: New Zealand leads the world in island pest eradication, study finds
11 Aug 2022 Cosmos: Good and bad news: eradication of pests on islands is working – New Zealand and Australia lead the way
11 Aug 2022 Today FM: How is New Zealand tracking in terms of pest eradication
11 Aug 2022 Newshub: Study finds Aotearoa is world leader in pest eradication, expert praises ‘number eight wire’ approach
11 Aug 2022 TVNZ: New Zealand world leader in pest eradication – study
10 Aug 2022 The Guardian: Driving out invasive species on islands has high success rate and big benefits – study
10 Aug 2022 TVNZ: NZ leading world in eradications
15 Apr 2022 RadioNZ: Birds killed by avian botulism spread through hot Auckland summer
1 Feb 2022 Scientific American: Track New Zealand’s bid to take back nature
16 Nov 2021 TVNZ: Bird enthusiast spots rare bellbird in Auckland
11 Aug 2021 TVNZ: New housing development near Auckland only accepts humans
11 Jun 2021 RadioNZ: Northern muttonbird slowly returning to onshore nesting sites
1 Jun 2021 TVNZ: Is Aotearoa on track to be predator free by 2050?
1 Feb 2021 NZ Herald: NZ’s predator-free dream on path to failure without new tech
9 Oct 2020 BBC: The rats evicted from paradise
8 Jul 2020 NZ Herald: DNA breakthroughs bad news for NZ’s stoats and rats
7 Jul 2020 PFNZ: Lockdown project reveals abundance of backyard birds
28 Jun 2020 Stuff: Maukahuka Pest Free Auckland Island halted until funding is secured
23 Jun 2020 BBC: The sting in the tail
1 May 2020 NZ Geographic: Decoding enemy secrets
24 Apr 2020 RadioNZ: Survey to stocktake biodiversity in cities starts today
3 Apr 2020 RadioNZ: Pest and predator control on hold
3 Apr 2020 Stuff: Prolonged coronavirus lockdown will lead to rise in pests and predators – experts
9 Mar 2020 Newshub: Government unveils Predator Free 2050 plan
9 Mar 2020 NewstalkZB: Government launches Predator Free 2050 strategy
9 Mar 2020 The Spinoff: Is the Predator Free 2050 goal actually possible?
9 Mar 2020 Newsroom: Predator-free goal needs bolder message
9 Mar 2020 NZ Herald: NZ’s great pest-free quest: can we get there?
9 Mar 2020 SMC: Predator Free 2050 strategy
21 Jan 2020 NewstalkZB: Why tiny mice pose a big headache for NZ’s war on pests
20 Jan 2020 NZ Herald: Why tiny mice pose a big headache for NZ’s war on pests
15 Jan 2020 The Guardian: Relocating koalas to New Zealand is a nice idea, but it isn’t a good one
14 Jan 2020 E360: Native species or invasive? The distinction blurs as the world warms
14 Jan 2020 Newsroom: Importing Australia’s chlamydia bears
13 Jan 2020 TVNZ: Idea of introducing koalas in NZ after bushfires ‘rings alarm bells’ for conservationist
1 Jan 2020 NZ Geographic: The ethics of killing
27 Dec 2019 Otago Daily Times: Rat and mouse numbers concern
23 Dec 2019 Filling Space: How does synthetic biology affect sustainability?
16 Dec 2019 Stuff: Starving rats and mice prey on birds and reptiles after mega-mast food runs out
22 Nov 2019 Newsroom: What killed the Westport rats?
14 Nov 2019 The Guardian: The dawn chorus that heralds fresh hope for New Zealand’s wildlife
8 Nov 2019 RadioNZ: Bird of the year voting drawing to a close
13 Aug 2019 Hakai: The rat spill
13 Jun 2019 Mongabay: Predator-free by 2050? High-tech hopes for New Zealand’s big conservation dream
3 Jun 2019 NZ Herald: Taranaki’s great pest purge gives hope for NZ’s 2050 mission
2 Jun 2019 NZ Herald: Taonga under threat: The six reasons our seabirds face extinction
31 May 2019 Stuff: New Zealand’s North Island sea bird population in ‘serious decline’
31 May 2019 NZ Herald: Up to 90% of northern seabird populations at risk of extinction
31 May 2019 TVNZ: Up to 90% of northern New Zealand seabirds at risk of extinction, report reveals
20 May 2019 Stuff: Kiwis must change to achieve predator-free New Zealand, report warns
20 May 2019 TVNZ: New study suggests Predator Free 2050 goal is fraught with obstacles
20 May 2019 RadioNZ: Behaviour change needed to make NZ Predator free
20 May 2019 RadioNZ: Petrels & Icelandic woman at war
20 May 2019 RadioNZ: Predator-free NZ goal under threat – report
20 May 2019 RadioNZ: Warning predator free goal faces ‘conflicts’ and uncertainty
20 May 2019 NZ Herald: Why public buy-in is critical to NZ’s great pest wipe-out
20 May 2019 Breakfast: Can we achieve Predator Free 2050?
9 May 2019 Wanaka Sun: Extinction rebels with a cause
7 May 2019 Newshub: One million species at ‘imminent’ risk of extinction due to humans – UN report
7 May 2019 RadioNZ: Nature in dire straits
7 May 2019 Stuff: A million species are threatened with extinction, and the rates are accelerating
7 May 2019 Breakfast: Damning global report on biodiversity
6 May 2019 Local Matters: Kawau plays key role in global study
5 Apr 2019 RadioNZ: NZ among the best places for endangered species in the world
2 Apr 2019 Northland Age: Northland’s Motukawanui Island may be a species saver: Researchers
31 Mar 2019 Foreign Policy: How Alberta won the rat race
28 Mar 2019 NZ Herald: Great Barrier among ‘arks’ to save world’s most threatened species
27 Mar 2019 Atlas Obscura: How alarming is it that islands are just disappearing?
10 Mar 2019 NZ Herald: Predator Free 2050: New call to discuss gene technology in war on pests
16 Feb 2019 ABC: The Chase 3 – Trouble in paradise
9 Feb 2019 NZ Herald: What these creatures are telling us about climate change in NZ
30 Jan 2019 NZ Herald: Death from above: Kiwi drones helping save island
9 Jan 2019 Newshub: Department of Conservation plans biggest-ever 1080 drop
9 Jan 2019 RadioNZ: SPCA wants humane alternatives to 1080 poison for pest control
10 Oct 2018 Hakai: The rats are dead. Long live the rats
26 Sep 2018 The Atlantic: When conservationists kill lots (and lots) of animals
18 Sep 2018 bFM: Green Desk
18 Sep 2018 RadioNZ: Pre-panel & one quick question
14 Sep 2018 RadioNZ: 1080 explained
13 Sep 2018 RadioNZ: 1080: temporary halt to Hunua drop
10 Sep 2018 Newshub: 1080 dump puts human health at risk, lawyer argues
5 Sep 2018 NZ Herald: Q&A: Experts share the real facts on 1080
1 Sep 2018 The Fringe: Oi return to Titirangi
20 Aug 2018 Wilderness: NZ could be possum-free by 2030
29 Jul 2018 NZ Herald: One-two 1080 punch promising weapon in war on pests
28 Jul 2018 Stuff: People with selfie sticks are harming endangered yellow-eyed penguins
24 Jul 2018 Stuff: Mother who lived in rat-infested house with three kids awarded $3000 compensation
24 Jul 2018 bFM: Ready, Steady, Learn
16 Jul 2018 NZ Herald: Researchers air criticisms of NZ’s 2050 pest wipe-out mission
3 Jun 2018 NZ Herald: The Kiwis behind the world’s biggest rodent eradication
2 Jun 2018 NZ Herald: Can New Zealand really kill every rat, possum and stoat?
31 May 2018 Newsroom: Predator Free NZ closer to reality
13 May 2018 NewstalkZB: Conservation expert wants politicians to ‘put their money where their mouth is’
8 May 2018 Science: Rat begone: Record eradication effort rids sub-Antarctic island of invasive rodents
1 May 2018 BBC: Newsday
22 Mar 2018 Earther: New Zealand just exterminated 200,000 mice from a single island
27 Jan 2018 North & South: Catastrophe: Is NZ’s debate about feral cat control too political?
20 Jan 2018 Stuff: Should we learn to live with introduced species rather than wipe them out completely?
17 Jan 2018 Piauí: Estranhos no paraíso
6 Dec 2017 Stuff: Auckland’s war on rats is looking positive, experts say
6 Dec 2017 TVNZ: NZ playing key role in US military’s research into controlling rats
5 Dec 2017 NewstalkZB: US military investing millions in NZ pest control
4 Dec 2017 NZ Herald: What happened when one expert killer was visited by the US military’s science agency
4 Dec 2017 NZ Herald: Consortium eyes NZ islands for genetic trials on pests
17 Nov 2017 SMC: Caution urged over gene drives for conservation
16 Nov 2017 The Atlantic: New Zealand’s war on rats could change the world
14 Nov 2017 bioGraphic: Eradication nation
20 Oct 2017 AA Directions: Defending our free land
22 Sep 2017 BBC: Should we kill one species to save another?
21 Sep 2017 RadioNZ: The ethics of predator control
19 Sep 2017 NZ Herald: Predator-free NZ’s tricky ethical issues
11 Sep 2017 North & South: Brace for impact
2 Sep 2017 Geographical: Radical Eradication: wiping out New Zealand’s predators
1 Sep 2017 BBC Wildlife: Beyond the headlines
24 Aug 2017 Newsroom: A predator-free NZ our latest obsession
10 Jul 2017 Science: New Zealand aims to eradicate invasive predators, but winning public support may be big challenge
10 Jul 2017 BBC: Reporting Scotland
10 Jul 2017 BBC: Good Morning Scotland
30 Jun 2017 Smithsonian: This beautiful species could be trouble for native birds
14 Jun 2017 TV3: The Project
13 Jun 2017 Stuff: The world’s top 15 alien species New Zealand is trying to keep out
4 Jun 2017 RadioLive: Environews
1 Jun 2017 TVNZ: Breakfast
31 May 2017 SMC: Native birds in dire straits
14 May 2017 TRT World: New Zealand’s radical plan to make the country predator-free
12 May 2017 The Telegraph: New Zealand’s ambitious plan to save birds: kill every rat
24 Apr 2017 North Harbour News: Involving residents to bring back birds and get rid of predators on Herald Island
2 Mar 2017 Singularity Hub: Natural selection is about to be overpowered by the first-ever mammalian gene drive
1 Feb 2017 New Scientist: The great extermination: How New Zealand will end alien species
25 Jan 2017 NZ Herald: Predator-free NZ: The seven big questions
24 Jan 2017 ABC: Climate change now driving New Zealand’s Battle for the Birds
18 Jan 2017 SMC: Predator Free NZ: what will it take to achieve our own ‘moonshot’
12 Jan 2017 Nature: Behind New Zealand’s wild plan to purge all pests
11 Jan 2017 NZ Herald: Summer Science: The battle for our islands
5 Dec 2016 The Listener: The natural born killers lurking in our forests
27 Oct 2016 Vice: These mammals must die
27 Oct 2016 NZ Herald: Kiwis take research to Brando’s paradise
14 Oct 2016 La Dépêche: Tetiaroa lutte contre des rats
3 Oct 2016 NZ Herald: Tread carefully with GE pest control, Govt warned
26 Sep 2016 CCTV: New Zealand gov’t aims to make country predator-free by 2050
26 Sep 2016 NZ Herald: Wellington to be ‘world’s first pest-free capital’
9 Sep 2016 North & South: Weasel Words: pesky critics cast doubts over two flagship environmental policies.
29 Aug 2016 Wanganui Chronicle: Will public buy into pest purge?
17 Aug 2016 NZ Herald: High-tech tool could boost bid to make New Zealand predator-free
16 Aug 2016 Stuff: North Shore community sets pest-free goal in ‘landmark’ environmental strategy
8 Aug 2016 Stuff: Predator free New Zealand by 2050: will it work?
4 Aug 2016 RadioNZ: A conservation summit on Predator Free NZ 2050
2 Aug 2016 NZ Herald: Giant leap to pest-free NZ is attainable
27 Jul 2016 Science Alert: New Zealand says it will wipe out every invasive predator by 2050
27 Jul 2016 NewsHub: How NZ’s pest cull will change the ecosystem
26 Jul 2016 Science: New Zealand’s ‘mind-blowing’ goal: Rat-free by 2050
26 Jul 2016 bFM: Dr James Russell on a predator-free NZ
26 Jul 2016 NZ Herald: Scientists fret about long-term support for pest programme
25 Jul 2016 NY Times: The end of the rat race? New Zealand aims to become rat free
25 Jul 2016 Washington Post: New Zealand vows to kill every weasel, rat and feral cat on its soil
25 Jul 2016 NewstalkZB: Govt announce plan to make NZ pest-free by 2050
20 Jun 2016 RadioNZ: Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne
13 Jun 2016 Stuff: What’s next in controlling predators?
6 Jun 2016 North Shore Times: Rats targeted to save environment
1 Jun 2016 The Fringe: Meet the ‘hoopy bird’
14 May 2016 NZ Herald: Meet NZ’s extreme scientists
2 May 2016 Stuff: Mice-eradication programme about to begin on the subantarctic Antipodes Island
25 Apr 2016 NZ Herald: Call for care of quirky seabirds
2 Apr 2016 RadioLIVE: NZ pest eradication legacy
24 Mar 2016 bFM: Ready, Steady, Learn
22 Mar 2016 RadioNZ: New Zealand leads world in island conservation
22 Mar 2016 ODT: Wiping out pests on islands crucial
22 Mar 2016 NewsHub: NZ a world leader in pest eradication techniques
9 Mar 2016 Sciblogs: Big South Cape: an invasion, a rescue and an eradication
4 Mar 2016 ICMBio: ICMBio promove palestra sobre espécies invasoras
4 Feb 2016 New Yorker: The last of the Channel Island turkeys
21 Dec 2015 RadioNZ: NZ’s biodiversity going backwards
21 Dec 2015 RadioNZ: Call for DOC funding boost
5 Dec 2015 The Economist: Day of the triffids
5 Nov 2015 ACAP: Tropical Shearwater found breeding for the first time on Desroches Atoll, Seychelles – in the presence of rats
26 Oct 2015 NZ Herald: Save Kiwi Month: The ultimate kiwi savers
26 Oct 2015 NZ Herald: Why New Zealand is losing the kiwi
24 Oct 2015 Today in Seychelles: Eradicating rats: possible for Seychelles?
10 Oct 2015 North & South: Scene of a crime
17 Sep 2015 NZ Herald: Five clever ideas to beat our pests
7 Sep 2015 Frontiers in Ecology & Environment: Dispatches
21 Aug 2015 NZ Herald: Auckland is a biodiversity paradise
4 Aug 2015 RadioNZ: Biosecurity needs tightening
8 Jul 2015 bFM: Ready, Steady, Learn
3 Jun 2015 M$M: Winter in the Subantarctic – a film by James Russell
20 Apr 2015 M$M: What about the mice on Auckland Island?
28 Mar 2015 RadioLIVE: DoC’s commercial partnerships
27 Mar 2015 NZ Herald: Auckland Islands pigs draw scientists’ interest
26 Mar 2015 RadioNZ: ‘Team Rat’ completes world’s largest island eradication
26 Mar 2015 RadioNZ: ‘Team Rat’ makes last drop
25 Mar 2015 NewstalkZB: Conservationists research better funding
23 Mar 2015 CarbonNews: Nine billion reasons to get rid of our forest pests
19 Mar 2015 NZ Herald: Shortage in skilled workers creating more jobs than candidates
16 Mar 2015 NewsTalkZB: Price to make New Zealand predator-free revealed
11 Feb 2015 WhaleOil: How big were those mice?
11 Feb 2015 NZ Herald: Mice take over island in months
28 Jan 2015 ZY: Let ’em sink
27 Jan 2015 M$M: The impact of mice on invertebrates – Antipodes Island
22 Dec 2014 New Yorker: The big kill
16 Dec 2014 Gisborne Herald: ‘Particular enthusiasm’ for islands led to expedition
