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Current pest control funding for Transmission Gully is just $16,400 for a 27km stretch of highway, which is "incredibly light" and could be the "tip of the roadkill iceberg", says Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Daran Ponter.
Pests

Hundreds of pests trapped, squashed along Transmission Gully

Pests killed between November 2022 and January 2024 include stoats, weasels, hedgehogs, mice, ferrets, possums, and rabbits.
Yet another rat has been caught and old nests have been discovered in wall cavities at Countdown Ōtepoti/Dunedin South.
Pests

Rat nests discovered in walls of Countdown South Dunedin

Staff found old nests inside wall cavities at the supermarket.

Watch: Woolworths New Zealand's director has apologised, three weeks after a rat was spotted at a supermarket in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.
Pests

Woolworths apologises three weeks after rat found in Dunedin supermarket

The Australian-owned giant apologised to customers on Friday.
Watch: Invasive pest species, including plants like thistle and gorse - and animals like cats and hedgehogs, are costing the NZ economy billions every year, and it's getting worse.
Pests

'Threatens our economy': Introduced pests costing NZ billions every year

Invasive alien species cost the global economy more than $423 billion in 2019.