Wellington Airport sponsorship to turbo-charge Predator Free Wellington

Wellington Airport is ramping up its partnership with Predator Free Wellington (PFW) and the fight against rats, stoats and weasels by coming onboard as PFW’s first ‘Wellington Family of Five’ sponsor.

Wellington Airport’s chief executive Matt Clarke says the airport is proud to support the goal of creating the world’s first predator free capital city.

“We want to make Wellington a better place for locals and visitors, whether they’re humans or wildlife.

“Supporting this cause is a meaningful way we can support Wellington’s biodiversity, given that the airport itself forms a crucial barrier between the predator-free Miramar Peninsula and the rest of Wellington.

“We’ve been working with Predator Free Wellington for the past five years and have seen the results of their work on our doorstep. With their support we have an extensive network of traps and devices along our perimeter and neighbouring airport land.

“Now we’re excited to help turbo-charge this work further into Wellington, and we’d encourage other businesses to come onboard and help make this awesome vision a reality.”

Predator Free Wellington’s Project Director, James Willcocks, says: “To see the airport step up with financial support to help us make the rest of Wellington predator free is a great boost.”

“Our project has a huge amount of innovation underway, and this funding will help us to constantly refine our tools and techniques, allowing us to make more of Wellington predator free faster.

“Our ‘Wellington Family of Five’ is a special sponsorship category for proud Wellington companies that share this game-changing vision and mission to create the world’s first predator-free capital city where people and nature thrive.”

Predator Free Wellington is currently in Phase 2 covering Island Bay to the CBD. Good progress is being made with Rongotai, Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie and parts of Hataitai having joined Miramar as predator free, however the complexity of the area has increased.