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

... have been detected on Motutapu and Rangitoto since the last of three aerial drops of bait containing brodifacoum in August last year. Trapping, hunting and spotlighting to ensure the eradication of feral ...

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

... and plants on islands around the world." No rats, mice or stoats have been detected on Motutapu and Rangitoto since the last of three aerial drops of bait containing brodifacoum in August last year. ...

3. A recent writer to the NZ Herald stated that 'DOC is only supposed to aerial drop over rugged and inaccessible areas - but Motutapu 'is 95% pasture....'
(FAQs/Pest Eradication FAQ)

... hit (in this case, in the three aerial drops of brodifacoum). Aerial application of bait has allowed some of our most precious wildlife to avoid extinction - aerial brodifacoum drops have helped to restore ...

4. Is 1080 now used only by DOC for possum control?
(FAQs/Pest Eradication FAQ)

DOC uses a wide range of tools to target the onslaught of introduced pests and predators in New Zealand. Ground control, using traps, bait stations or culling of pests is the most widely used method of ...

5. ...and how does Brodifacoum work?
(FAQs/Pest Eradication FAQ)

Brodifacoum is an anti-coagulant and animals get a lethal dose before they start to experience symptoms. For this reason, it is the only poison that works on bait and trap-shy rodents. Brodifacoum, like ...

6. Motutapu Medication
(News/Current News)

... with them for food. Helicopter aerial drops using spreader buckets and GPS technology will cover both Rangitoto and Motutapu dispersing brodifacoum bait. In conjunction with hand laying of bait in buildings ...

7. 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) ...

8. Treasure Islands
(News/Media Releases)

... is going exceptionally well. No Stoats, rats or mice have been seen or caught since the bait drop. No cats have been caught for 2 months now and only one rabbit has been seen (and caught) since the drop. ...

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

... world." said Mr Butland. Rodents are to be targeted first with an aerial application of bait containing the poison Brodifacoum, a common rat poison which can be bought from the supermarket or hardware ...

10. The Ecological Project
(Restoration/Ecological)

... pest eradication program is going well, dogs specially trained to find rats are not finding any, and there is very little sign of any other pests either. The next (and last) bait drop is due any time now ...

11. The DUAL2010
(Projects & Events/Events)

... aerial bait drop. We are 8 months into the eradication programme but still need to wait 2 years before our islands can be declared totally pest free)   Volunteers Needed for the 2010 event - Free ...

12. The Pest Eradication
(News/Current News)

It's been a year since the first aerial rodent bait drop! Where are we at with the Pest eradication? click here The massive $3million Pest Eradication programme currently taking place on the islands ...