Coming Events:

Puketi Forest Trust AGM

The trust's Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday the 28th of August, starting at 7:00pm.

Venue: Pete's Pioneer & Transport Museum, 460 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri

The venue and light refreshments are being sponsored by Connovation Ltd, who will give a short talk on future developments in pest control.

Connovation supplies the toxins Feratox (encapsulated cyanide for possums) and Feracol (cholecalciferol or vitamin D for rats and possums), and Ferafeed non-toxic lure, used as prefeed with toxins and as bait in possum and rat traps. www.connovation.co.nz

Kiwi Aversion Training for Dogs

Several successful kiwi aversion training days have been held over the last few months, organised by the Puketi Forest Trust and the Department of Conservation and conducted by Pete Graham (DoC Whangarei) and Leslie Baigent (vet, Kaitaia).

Now that stoats are controlled within the trust's management area, dogs are the greatest threat to kiwi in Puketi. Aversion training, when combined with a good level of dog obedience and control, helps reduce the chances of dogs killing kiwi and is especially important for pig hunting dogs.

Kiwi aversion training will become a requirement for obtaining a hunting permit from March 2010.

The Department of Conservation intends to continue providing free aversion training twice a year.

To enquire about kiwi aversion training and to register your dog contact the Department of Conservation Bay of Islands Area Office, 34 Landing Rd, Kerikeri. (09) 407 0300.

You can get a flyer with details of the kiwi aversion training from here:  KIWI AVERSION - THE FACTS  (pdf file, 67 kb)