Ambitious $2.8m scheme hopes to eliminate damaging species from ecologically significant Rakiura/Stewart Island
New Zealand conservationists are embarking on the largest attempt ever made to eradicate introduced predators from an inhabited island.
Rakiura sits off the coast of the South Island and is about 180,000 hectares, with a permanent population of 400 people and roughly 45,000 visitors a year.The island boasts national parks, distinctive ecosystems, significant dunes and pristine freshwater systems, and is home to many vulnerable native species including native birds, geckos and bats.
In Māori legend, Rakiura is also known as Te Punga o Te Waka a Māui – the anchor stone of Māui’s canoe from which he raised the great fish . Now it will act as a motif for anchoring the country to a nationwide predator-free goal. “We relish working with local knowledge and approaches to achieving biodiversity aspirations for Rakiura.”including on the island of South Georgia
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