Funding Packages
1) Boots on the ground.
12 months of Ranger time spread between the three collaboration projects – Motukiekie, Rainy Creek and Paparoa Wildlife Trust.
Includes trapping supplies
Essential to the ongoing success of these projects
$25,000 per year.
2) Whio protection.
Additional traps to protect the whio blue duck population at Motukiekie.
30 DOC200 box traps
50 Goodnature A24 traps
Ranger time to deploy
$12,000 over one year
3) Trail camera monitoring.
Additional trail cameras at Motukiekie and Rainy Creek.
4 cellular trail cameras
6 traditional trail cameras
Monitor population trends
Artificial intelligence data analysis
To monitor kiwi, rats, stoats, goats, deer, feral cats
Sponsor online login available
$9,600 one-off purchase
4) Kiwi monitoring.
To better understand the great spotted kiwi population and density in Motukiekie and Rainy Creek.
Occupancy and call rate surveys at Rainy Creek
Censusing and individual kiwi identification at Motukiekie
The data collected from this project will form a robust baseline of the kiwi population at both sites
$25,000 over one year.
5) Rainy Creek expansion.
Expansion into the OceanaGold Globe Progress mine site.
New traps
Ranger time to deploy and maintain
$TBA
6) Island monitoring.
Monitoring predators on the Motukiekie islands.
Remote solar-powered cellular trail camera monitoring
Artificial intelligence data analysis
Will also confirm the species of seabirds on the islands
Sponsor online login available
$4,000 over three years
7) Vegetation survey.
Detailed vegetation surveys at Motukiekie and Rainy Creek.
Drone photography and GIS analysis
Gain a better understanding of the vegetation types at the two projects
Predict mast year implications
High resolution 3D photo modelling
$3,000
8) Auto-traps trial.
Trial new NZ AutoTraps resetting predator traps.
6 x AT220 multi species auto resetting and reluring pest traps
NAWAC approved for possums and ship rats with a proven by-catch of other rats, mice, feral-cats and mustelids (stoats, ferrets and weasels)
$4,500 over two years
9) Bat monitoring.
Research grade bat monitoring equipment.
Two Wildlife Acoustics bat recorders
Long term high grade data collection
Recorders left in the field for months at a time
Includes analysis software license
$5,500 over three years
10) Bird monitoring.
Autonomous bird monitoring and analysis.
AI powered bioacoustics platform
Recorders left in the field for days or weeks at a time
$TBA
11) Goodnature Smart Upgrade.
Bluetooth connection between a smartphone and Goodnature A24 traps.
Record the time and date of every kill in the app
Heatmap reporting of trap activations
$TBA
11) Thermal drone hire.
Thermal drone hire.
Detection and monitoring of possums, goats, deer population
Quickly scan large areas, locating animals day or night based on their heat signature
$2,800 for two weeks