1. DoC Bellbirds Media Release 150410
(News/Current News)

... ever attempted. If the eradication is successful, Rangitoto and Motutapu will become the largest pest-free island sanctuary in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, and will increase the total area within New ...

2. DoC Bellbirds Media Release 150410
(News/Current News)

... targeted across 3,842ha, the ambitious Rangitoto/Motutapu restoration programme is one of the most complex pest eradications ever attempted. If the eradication is successful, Rangitoto and Motutapu ...

3. US Navy Magazines
(Heritage/Military)

... The concrete foundations can still be seen behind the camp ground toilets. The building was removed by RNZArmyEngineers in 1970 in what was their biggest peacetime task ever attempted at that time. 61 ...

4. Motutapu Medication
(News/Current News)

... what they describe as the most complex island pest eradication ever attempted anywhere in the world. It will rid Rangitoto and Motutapu of animal pests that eat birds, reptiles and invertebrates or compete ...

5. Post War Timeline
(About Us/The Island)

... island pest eradication ever attempted anywhere commences on Motutapu and Rangitoto 19th June targeting the seven remaining pests on the islands      ...

6. Next Volunteer Day
(News/Notices / Updates)

... project ever attempted anywhere is progressing? The aerial bait drops have completed but there is still work to be done Click here to read recent media releases from the Department of Conservation (DoC) ...

7. Discover Motutapu
(Tourism and Recreation/Exploring)

On New Years Day 2009, three hard working Motutapu Trust regular volunteers took time out. After an early night and early morning start they attempted a walking circumnavigation of the island   Did ...

8. Treasure Islands
(News/Media Releases)

... concern about the recent media reports of dog, fish and other marine wildlife deaths in the Hauraki Gulf. A number of reports in the media have attempted to link the deaths with the aerial applicaion ...

9. DoC Pest Eradication latest
(News/Media Releases)

... the most challenging island restorations DOC has ever attempted. "Our goal is to breathe life back into Rangitoto and Motutapu islands, creating an accessible, iconic nature sanctuary right on Auckland's ...

10. Govenrment Wake Up Call
(News/Media Releases)

... to highlight the significance of a united region to the rest of the nation. The failure to confer national status prior to embarking on the most complex island pest eradication attempted anywhere in the ...

11. The Pest Eradication
(News/Current News)

... is the most complex island pest eradication ever attempted any where in the world according to the Department of Conservation It is being carried out to rid Rangitoto and Motutapu of animal pests that ...

12. Early Settlers - The Reid Brothers
(Heritage/European Settlement)

...   They arrived in Auckland in Jan 1869 on the Lord Ashley and attempted to buy Motutapu Island but were unsuccessful.  The brothers then journeyed to Nelson in search of land.  Still finding nothing suitable ...