Predator Free Waiu Park

Waiu Park consists of a 7 hectare remnant wetland surrounded by a catchment of approx 63 hectares, it is situated in Parkway, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt.
The wetland area is undergoing enhancement through pest plant control and enhancement planting, the surrounding catchment is a mixture of regenerating scrub and mature beech forest.
The two areas already have predator control already consisting of 4 DOC 200 and 35 bait stations maintained by the HUtt City Council and the Wellington Regional Council.
The first stage of animal predator control will be concentrating on the wetland area with 24 Box rat traps, then gradually moving to the catchment area with 120 box traps.
We intend to use boxes with Victor rat traps and mouse traps with additional DOC 200s.