Highlights

Following a visit to the Chatham Islands in September 2019, CEO Ed Chignell helped draft a MOU between Predator Free 2050 Limited, DOC and the Chatham Island Community Council to support the vision and work of the Chatham Islands Landscape Restoration Group. A job description was prepared to guide the appointment of a jointly funded coordinator to progress a Predator Free Chatham Island project. New Zealand Geographic cover story ‘Predator-Free by 2050?’ in January/ February 2020 was one of the longest articles the magazine has published. It offered a 34-page stocktake of progress around the country. “All of the projects are seeking, and finding, a sweet spot between agency implementation, community ownership and individual action,” wrote

author Kennedy Warne.

Predator Free 2050 Limited’s new student grant scheme launched in September 2019 enabled four students to scale-up their fieldwork.

University of Auckland’s Therese O’Malley investigated possum detection and removal at low densities, and their interaction with rats, as part of the Taranaki project.