Kia ora all locals in the Waima to Langholm pest free (W2L) zone. Currently we have over 150 traps deployed in our area, but we want more, a lot more. Please join us this weekend, buy a trap and become a supporter.

Attend

Laingholm
Where: Laingholm Village Hall
When: 3pm-5pm, Sunday 25th November

The meetings are timed to tie in with our next trapping pulse. We run four pulses a year over the following months:

March - June - September - December

At each pulse we ask all our members to put their traps out and report back to us on catches. By taking a coordinated approach we can have more impact than operating individually. By collecting catch data we can grow our understanding of the challenge we face and the impact we are having. It also assists us when applying for funding.
 

Get a trap

We'll have three different types of traps available to purchase at the meeting, two for Possums, and a new option to tackle Rats & Mice. We endevour to make these traps as cheap as we can to the public and provide a consession to those who need it.

D-Rat Rat & Mice Trap *NEW*

The D-rat is a simple to use trap for Rats & Mice. It comes with mounting options and can be used indoors & out. W2L member price $25.00 ea

Timms Possum Trap

The Timms is a very robust trap, easy to place and simple to operate. W2L member price $40.00 ea

Trapinator Possum Trap

For those worried about roaming bird life and pets we have the Trapinator. This trap is designed to be attached to a tree or post at a level that birds and pets can't get at. It is also very simple to operate. W2L member price $40.00 ea

Come to this meeting to get traps for your property and to learn how to use them.

You can pre-order a trap or register your current trap by going to our Join Us page and fill in an application form.

Meeting Image by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images

We now have over 130 possum traps registered with W2L. Interested in joining to erradicate possums in our area? We can provide you a trap if you need one, or if you have one you can register it with us. Just complete and return the forms on the Join-Us page.

Thank you to all who showed up to our community hui at Laingholm Hall last Sunday - it was extremely successful - we loaned out tims traps to everyone but 1 or 2 folks in the room and so we are now managing to cover Laingholm more carefully and it can only grow (the photo is from the hui).

This on top of the extensive possum and rat trapping going in in parts of Woodlands Park and Waima already. We have plans to set up traps in the Manchester Unity Block now we have Exhibition Drive and associated areas covered (with thanks to Watercare's sponsorship and partnership in this). We are about to be trapping near Scenic Drive (thanks to Ecomatters and Auckland Council Biosecurity support). We are planning some more trap lines along private land in Laingholm. Plus we are about to launch into a major rat trapping initiative... more soon on this. Lots going on (not to mention our extremely successful ongoing Argentine Ant eradication programme). Please get in touch with us if you would like to trap away invasive pests and/or would like some support... we work with all neighbours and groups in our area.

Kia ora all locals in the Waima to Langholm pest free (W2L) zone,

W2L Public Meeting
Where: Woodlands Park School Hall
When: 3pm-5pm, Sunday 27th August

The foundation work is done and we are now ready to get local residents started with trapping on their properties. Our first target is possum control. We worked out that it will take an average resident only about 15 minutes per week or less to rid their property of possums. Come to this meeting to get a possum trap for your property and to learn how to use it. The cost of a loan trap is $40 with concessions available for those who can't afford it. You will also get a personal report link to submit your trapping results.

We Need your Help

We are also looking for additional volunteers to help with the running of W2L. If you are interested in becoming a part of the W2L team, please come to the meeting to hear about the open volunteer positions. All you need is 1-3 hours per week and a desire to make our beautiful area a thriving sanctuary for native wildlife. We are a friendly team of locals with the same vision.

What we've achieved so far

To date we have been achieving the following:

• Established a website. Please visit us at www.w2l.nz
• A new possum and rat trap line along Exhibition Drive that we are maintaining regularly (with Watercare support - and they have pledged more support to extend this trap line even further).
• 2 grants successfully awarded towards the purchase of possum and rat traps for locals across our areas (for those who would like them with thanks to Ecomatters).
• Expanded trapping for possums in the forests around Minnehaha Ave.
• More efforts to trap stoats throughout the area.
• We have permission from council to set up trapping across the Bishops Bush/Scenic Drive section of our valley and coordination with locals to set this up (we are about to apply for money for this). Our first big goal is to ring-fence our area with trapping, and we are part of the way there.

Want to help, but can't make the meeting?

Please get in touch by email at contact@w2l.nz. Or if you want to talk with someone, you can give Mark Harvey a call on 817 8506.