The Whakatipu Wildlife Trust work with community environmental groups to support, connect and foster predator control efforts. We represent a unified voice for wildlife in the Whakatipu Basin; working towards a predator free Whakatipu.

Why we trap

Find out about the different predator species we target and why they are such an issue to the Whakatipu’s native wildlife.

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Our groups

There are now over 70 community trapping groups within the Whakatipu basin! Find out about your local group…

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Online store

We have some brand new merchandise so you can show your support for native wildlife. All proceeds go to support our ongoing work.

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Latest News

2025 Wildlife Photography Competition – Winners Announced!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Whakatipu Wildlife Trust Wildlife Photography Competition, as judged by the wonderful Tracy Porteous, Dethmer Leemborg and Tony Paterson. Our in-person prizegiving was…

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Wildlife Photography Competition 2025

Now closed for judging! Thank you all entrants! Welcome to the Whakatipu Wildlife Trust’s annual photography competition celebrating the incredible native wildlife that calls Aotearoa – New Zealand…

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Summer Trapping Catches and Monitoring Updates

Read on for updates on catch rates and predator monitoring in the Whakatipu Basin. Catch Totals The graph above compares shows the catch totals for the first three…

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