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National and regional plans and strategies
National pest management plans
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National Pest Control Agencies publications
A15 Determining the age of wild pigs using tooth eruption
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1.7 MB)
A1 Possum Population Monitoring Using the Trapcatch, Waxtag and Chewcard Methods
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3.8 MB)
A10 Feral Pigs: A Review of Monitoring and Control Techniques
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3.4 MB)
A11 Feral and Stray Cats: Monitoring and Control, a Preliminary Guideline towards Best Practice
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3.4 MB)
A13 Responsible Use of Bait Stations: An Operators' Guide.
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3 MB)
A4.1 Leghold Traps, A guideline for Capturing Possums, Ferrets and Feral Cats using Leghold Traps
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12 MB)
A4.2 Kill Traps: A Guideline to Trap Possums, Ferrets, Stoats and Feral Cats using Kill Traps
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8 MB)
A4.4 Possum and Ferret Traps: A report to inform and advise users of trapping products
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4.7 MB)
A5 Pest Rabbits: Monitoring and Control Good Practice Guidelines
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pdf
12 MB)
A6 Pest Rooks: Monitoring and Control
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pdf
3.4 MB)
A7 Pest Hares: Monitoring and Control
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5.7 MB)
A8 Pest Mustelids: Monitoring and Control
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2.3 MB)
A9 Wallabies: Control and Monitoring of pest Dama and Bennett's Wallabies
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pdf
2.8 MB)
B1 Legislation Guide: User Guide to Legislation Relating to Terrestrial Pest Control
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577 KB)
C4 The Possum Busters are coming Brochure (1080 Health & Safety brochure)
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1.3 MB)
C5 Cholecalciferol: Its Use for Possum and Rodent Control.
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2.1 MB)
C6 Cyanide: Its use for Possum Control.
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1.5 MB)
C7 Brodifacoum: its use for Possum and Rodent Control in Forests and Farmland.
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pdf
6.2 MB)
D1 The How and Why of Possum Control: Teachers Edition
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1.9 MB)
D1 The How and Why of Possum Control: Student's Booklet
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8 MB)
A14 Aerial 1080 control of possums and rabbits
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2.6 MB)
A16 Keep it Clean: Machinery and vehicle hygiene guidelines and logbook to prevent the spread of pests and weeds
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pdf
4.5 MB)
B2 Vertebrate Toxic Agents: Minimum Requirements for Safe Use and Handling, Best Practice Guidelines
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2.7 MB)
B7 Signage: Minimum requirements for signage where vertebrate toxic agents are laid outdoors for pest control
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1.2 MB)
B8 Tracking: Minimum requirements for tracking vertebrate toxic agents
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pdf
1.7 MB)
B5.1 Water sampling for sodium fluroacetate (1080)
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pdf
1.9 MB)
C1 Questions and answers on 1080
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792 KB)
C3 1080 and dogs don't mix brochure
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176 KB)
B6.3 How to give a good urine sample
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383 KB)
B6.1 Monitoring pest control industry workers for occupational exposure to 1080
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1.5 MB)
A3 Landowners Possum Control Guide
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pdf
4.4 MB)
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Safety
A13 Responsible Use of Bait Stations: An Operators' Guide.
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pdf
3 MB)
C4 The Possum Busters are coming Brochure (1080 Health & Safety brochure)
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pdf
1.3 MB)
Currently accredited possum monitoring operators (listed by name)
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pdf
65 KB)
Currently accredited possum monitoring operators (listed by region)
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74 KB)
Currently accredited possum control operators (listed by category)
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pdf
67 KB)
Tools
Calculator: Possum control costs
Trap catch monitoring data calculation for Designers
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xls
608 KB)
Waxtag data entry template
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xls
677 KB)
On farm pest management - AgPest
Drystock biosecurity guidelines
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pdf
3.1 MB)
Managing animal pests - SOPs and technical documents from the Department of Conservation
Mouse eradication using aerial baiting Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand
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pdf
334 KB)
Online data collection best practice options from Predator Free NZ
Public attitudes to current and proposed forms of pest animal control
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pdf
1.2 MB)
Rat eradication using aerial baiting Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand
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pdf
552 KB)
Toolkit: Predator Free 2050
Product suppliers for vertebrate pest control
Welfare
Companion Cats Code of Welfare summary
Code of Welfare for Dogs summary
Welfare performance of animal traps
Trapping best practice from Predator Free NZ
Traps & devices: Guidelines and resources
National Cat Management Strategy
Humane and Effective Vertebrate Pest Control: A Review of Best Practice Management
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pdf
466 KB)
Possum control and animal welfare
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pdf
338 KB)
Trap Testing Summary Table
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pdf
157 KB)
Trap testing guidelines: National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC)
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311 KB)