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The Trust's primary goal is to connect and energise communities [6] across New Zealand to participate in predator control activities. [7] It emphasises the importance of local involvement in conservation efforts, [8] encouraging individuals and community groups to engage in monitoring, trapping, and educating [9] others about the impacts of invasive species on native wildlife. [10]
The Fiordland Islands restoration programme is run by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. [1] The purpose of the programme is to eradicate pests on key islands around Fiordland National Park, once the islands are considered predator free endangered native species will be translocated to the islands.
The exclosures are now predator-free and were used as holding areas for native species while the main fence was being built. [ citation needed ] In November 2005 a 3 hectare area adjacent to the Southern Enclosure, the Tautari Wetland, was gifted to the Trust by the Tauroa family for takahē and other wetland birds.
The largest and most forested islands are Ōtata and Motuhoropapa; Orarapa and Maria/Ruapuke are also significant. After a rat eradication campaign in the 1960s, Maria was the first New Zealand island to become predator-free.
The Predator Free 2050 goal is built on a foundation of strong community conservation efforts [10] with over 2,000 community groups across New Zealand taking part in predator control efforts. Those community efforts are supported by the Predator Free New Zealand Trust , a charity founded in 2013 with express purpose of advocating for community ...
Chalky Island or Te Kākahu-o-Tamatea is an island in the southwest of New Zealand, and is part of Fiordland National Park.It lies at the entrance to Taiari / Chalky Inlet, next to Rakituma / Preservation Inlet, at the southwestern tip of the South Island, 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Puysegur Point, 15 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of West Cape, and 140 kilometres (87 mi) west of Invercargill.
After a programme of translocation to other predator-free island reserves, the population of the South Island saddleback has increased from 36 birds to over 1,200 birds on 15 islands. The North Island subspecies had increased from 500 birds to over 6,000 birds on 12 islands. [ 2 ]
The descendants have been released onto Motuora and Tiritiri Matangi Islands. Additionally adults from Hauturu/Little Barrier Island have been transferred directly to Motuora. It is hoped that the released D. heteracantha will eventually build up self-sustaining populations on these additional predator free islands. In 2016, an adult female was ...
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