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My latest assignment for New Zealand Geographic Magazine. An in-depth look at the Predator Free 2050 initiative to rid NZ of introduced predators – being such a huge national initiative this was one of the largest articles the magazine has commissioned recently.
Visit NZ Geo to read the article online now. Otherwise, browse the gallery below to … journey through the images I shot for the story, covering the 5 main projects underway currently
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- 61301OP00 – Mahia Peninsula and Ahuriri Point, looking north from offshore. Long Point Taramahiti Point prominent at left. Aerial view. Mahia, Wairoa
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- 61304EC00 – Mahia Peninsula with regional council staff working on possum eradication, monitoring areas trapped to zero denisty. Portland Island beyond. Aerial view. Mahia, Wairoa
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- 61306WG00 – Maungawhio Lagoon, almost separating Mahia Peninsula from mainland NZ. Mahia Beach and Mokotahi headland centre. Aerial view. Mahia, Wairoa
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- 61308OP00 – Mahanga Beach and Pukenui Beach, with isthmus separating Mahia Peninsula at far left. Happy Jacks Boat Harbour right. Aerial view. Mahanga Beach, Wairoa
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- 61313EC00 – Kaya Cooper, showing equipment establish 100% possum removal. Auto mayonnaise lure dispensor (camera not attached), wireless self reporting traps, lures and poison bait. Mahia, Wairoa
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- 2924XH01 – Flying out of Perth River Valley in helicopter. Mt Adams, Westland
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- 53280BN00 – Kaka bird (Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis) amongst Kowhai flowers (Sophora sp.), North Island kākā, with pollen dusting face. Native forest parrot. NZ.
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- 61314EC00 – Residents checking predator traps. Clive Saleman & Libby Baker, share knowledge with Peter and Robby Morgan who run Kaitake Range trap lines. Oakura, New Plymouth
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- 61328EC00 – Toby Shanley, Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager, check possum radio tracking collars monitoring eradication success at Pukeiti, separating Kaitake Ranges from Mt Egmont NP. Oakura, New Plymouth
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- 61333EC00 – Samuel Salisbury (13) sharing his predator trapping knowledge and research in Oakura School outdoor classroom. Teacher Judy Zieltjes. Oakura, New Plymouth
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- 61345EC00 – Varleys Hill, over looking Hoopers Inlet towards Harbour Cone. Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group working on possum eradication. Bruce Kyle, Nathan McNally & Marcia Dale. Aerial view. Otago Peninsula, Dunedin
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- 61350EC00 – Nathan McNally and Bruce Kyle (orange vest) attending possum baitstations atop 160m sea cliffs at Cape Saunders as freezing southerly front hits. Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group possum eradication work. Otago Peninsula, Dunedin
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- 61351EC00 – Local conditions drive local invention, custom made game caller created to solve problem of drawing possums up human-inaccesible sea cliffs into traps above. Otago Peninsula, Dunedin
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- 61366EC00 – Jo Ritchie (Ops Mgr, Te Korowai o Waiheke) showing Brian Lunt, Jack Haley and Vivienne Crawshaw the stoat trap to be deployed in their backyard. Laptop shows community engagement & trap stats. Waiheke Island
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- 61368EC00 – Jo Ritchie (Ops Mgr, Te Korowai o Waiheke) leads a biodiversity walk during Waiheke Walking Festival, spotting biodiversity gains from trapping and teaching predator control. Waiheke Island
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- 61375EC00 – Predator Free Waiheke (Te Korowai o Waiheke ) all women management team meeting in the Waiheke community centre, very much a community grounded initiative. Waiheke Island
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- 61393OP00 – Matiatia Bay, with passenger ferry arriving. Aerial view. Waiheke Island
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- 61376EC00 – Dan Henry (driving force behind Miramar Predator Free) being filmed at Worser Bay school, the project has generated huge media interest. Ironically Dan is normally on the other end of the camera, the voice of Country Calendar TV. Miramar, Wellington
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- 61392EC00 – New Kiwi habitat being created as far as the eye can see, Paul Ward and Jamie McNaught of Capital Kiwi gearing up to cut tracks and lay stoat traps on Terawhiti Station, West Wellington. South Makara, Wellington
