Predator Free Tamahere has received a Waikato District Council Mayoral Award for Environment. This recognition belongs to our whole community, and we hope it encourages even more people to keep looking after the special place we all call home.

Thanks to generous local support, Predator Free Tamahere now has a dedicated storage shed for traps, bait and equipment.

Visitors from across the Waikato joined Predator Free Tamahere for a guided walk through the Tamahere Reserve

Local Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award participants are learning trapping and conservation skills while helping protect native wildlife.

Predator Free Tamahere has formally established the Predator Free Tamahere Conservation Trust — an important step that strengthens governance and supports the next phase of community-led predator control.

Bird-song AI, good company and cake — our December gathering with Len Trigg marked our 10,000th pest removed and another strong year for Predator Free Tamahere.

Ollie has quietly checked the Mangaharekeke gully trapline since 2023. His steady mahi helps keep predator numbers low and gives local wildlife a better chance.

We’re excited to celebrate another Predator Free Tamahere milestone - removing 8000 pests!

We recently visited Matangi Primary and Pentagon Early Learning Centre to talk about pest control and trapping. The kids were really interested, asking great questions about how traps work and how we can protect our native wildlife from pests.

Our latest community event highlighted new NZ AutoTraps technology, including the advanced AT520-AI. We also celebrated our 6,000 pest milestone with another creative cake from Robyn Richardson.

We’re excited to celebrate Predator Free Tamahere’s milestone of removing 5000 pests, with special thanks to Minh for his impressive contributions and Robyn for the delicious muffins—let’s keep up the great work and aim for 6000!

Predator Free Tamahere is celebrating our second anniversary with the removal of 4500 pests, thanks to the dedication of our volunteers, supporters, and sponsors—here's to more years of working together for a thriving, predator-free Tamahere!

Enjoying Sharon's delicious peach jam is a sweet reminder that our efforts to protect local wildlife and care for our gardens are truly making a difference.

As 2023 wraps up, we celebrated hitting our goal of trapping 3000 pests with a party and cake, honoured our standout volunteers, and are excited to continue our mission to make Tamahere predator-free in the new year!

We hit a major milestone with 2000 pests caught since June 2022, thanks to Barrie’s dedication and the 2000th catch—yet another possum!

Celebrating our first anniversary with 1,335 pests removed from Tamahere! A big thanks to our supporters and to Robyn Richardson for the fantastic Korimako cake.

Thanks to Robyn Richardson, we surprised local trapper Robert McHugh with a special ratty cake to celebrate catching our 1000th pest since June 2022—huge thanks to Robert and everyone involved in trapping!