Rangitaane01

Rangitaane01 is an iwi led, community driven led predator trapping project, aimed at creating a predator free buffer zone around the Wildbase Animal Rehabilitation Centre in the Palmerston North Esplanade Botanic Gardens. The project led by Paul Horton the Rangitaane iwi environmental officer at Te Ao Turoa Environmental Centre based at Maxwell's Line Awapuni PalmerstonNorth. This project is consistent with the aims of the national initiative to become predator free by 2050.
It involves using a suite of Goodnature A24 and A12 self reset traps in and around the raiparian zones of the iner-city reach of the Manawatu RIver.
Paul Horton, the project leader, following the completion of a post grad dip in Zoology at Massey University, has several years experence in pest monitoring and management as part of the Maanaki Whenua Landcare Research Ltd. wildlife team.