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Trapping

The Lake Kaniere Community Association (LKCA) is leading a community-wide trapping programme to protect our birds from introduced predator species. The aims and principles of the programme are explained in the Overview page.

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LKCA members have funded, built and put in place over 120 traps in the public Kahikatea Walk and Hans Bay Islands, and many residential backyards. The traps are cleared and re-lured by community volunteers on a monthly schedule.

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Stories from our regular trapping and monitoring activities are also being shared in our Trapping blog and results reported on the Trap.NZ site. 

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The LKCA is now raising funds to expand the trapping and monitoring across more of the public access areas including more of the Kahikatea Walk, Canoe Cove, the Water Race and other parts of the scenic reserve around Hans Bay, the Landing and Sunny Bight. We're excited to be supporting the increased involvement of young people, particularly in monitoring and statistical reporting activities, from the Westland area.

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Donations

To make donations to support the expansion and maintenance of our trapping and monitoring programme:

Direct credit our account:

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Lake Kaniere Community Association
ANZ A/C 06-0665-0588689-00
Reference Birds for Life

Or

Use this "Donate" button below for multiple payment options:

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Trap clearing schedule

The clearing and re-luring of traps is a community event run every four weeks per the schedule below. Actual dates may vary from the schedule subject to weather and availability of local team leads.

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To participate in trap clearing events, please contact Paul Dunn on 0278028181 or Ian Anderson on 021332387 and they will add you to the WhatsApp trapping group. This way you can be kept informed of any changes to dates and times.

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A typical trap clearing event starts at 10.00 am and last 60 - 90 minutes, led by someone with knowledge of where the traps are and experience in clearing and re-luring them. It is intended to be an enjoyable community experience followed by morning tea.

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The 2026 schedule is:

  • 17th January 2026

  • 14th February 2026

  • 14th March 2026

  • 11th April 2026

  • 9th May 2026

  • 6th June 2026

  • 4th July 2026

  • 1st August 2026

  • 29th August 2026

  • 26th September 2026

  • 24th October 2026

  • 21st November 2026

  • 19th December 2026

 

This schedule will be reviewed and extended regularly.

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