Solutions for the management, enhancement and protection of wildlife in Aotearoa

Solutions for the management, enhancement and protection of wildlife in Aotearoa

Solutions for the management, enhancement and protection of wildlife in Aotearoa

With more than two decades of experience, Habitat NZ has a proud and proven heritage of efficient management, accurate diagnosis, and innovative wildlife management solutions.

About

Habitat NZ has been part of some of New Zealand’s most significant wildlife management projects adding depth and breadth to our experience and expertise. View some of our recent projects.

Our approach blends tried and true techniques with outside-the-box thinking to deliver robust, pragmatic and cost‑effective solutions. This means we achieve results no matter how complex the task.

Whether you are looking to develop a wildlife management programme or have an existing programme that could benefit from specialist input, you can be assured Habitat NZ has the skills and experience to achieve the results you are looking for.

“Tangible results and project diversity excite us. Our unique skill set, knowledge and experience ensures we provide future-focussed solutions. Implementation is effective, and achieves the results our customers want.”

-Keith Barber

Director & Principal Wildlife Manager
MSc. hons. Ecology & Wildlife Management (Lincoln)

Do these problems sound familiar?

  • Got a development that impacts wildlife and need a solution?

  • Ki te tiaki i tetahi taonga kararehe kei a koe? Do you have a special species you want look after?

  • Got a pest issue that has failed to be fixed with previous attempts?

  • Tricky resource consent you want to get right to avoid non-compliance or rework?

  • Wondering how big your problem is and what the cost-effective solutions are?

  • Me tiaki to whenua mai I nga karahe mohoa? Do you want to protect your land from wild animals?

  • Need a complex wildlife or environmental issue explained in a practical, easy-to-understand way? 

Get in touch we can help!

Services

  • Wildlife impact assessments

  • Wildlife surveys & monitoring

  • Pest control plans & auditing

  • Wildlife salvage, relocation & translocation

  • Animal pest control & monitoring

  • Implementation of ecological effects management programmes

  • Habitat enhancement planting / ecological restoration

  • Operational wildlife management advice

  • Resource consent & wildlife permit applications

  • Predator exclusion fence design & predator eradication

Working Together

What our customers and partners say…

  • "Habitat NZ’s interaction with us was always friendly. They always sought our opinion and accommodated our recommendations even though their experience spanned a greater variation in landscapes and scale than we were used to."

    Scott, Greater Wellington Regional Council

  • “It was reassuring for Habitat NZ to look at our property and explain what we were seeing. It was a relief to hear our problem was quite simple and didn’t need an expensive fix.”

    Emma, Waimaumau Investments

  • "Habitat NZ were flexible in their service, and dealt well with project requirements and unplanned interruptions. They encouraged teamwork through good communication and helped us develop in an area that we were not very familiar with."

    Darren, Waste Management

  • "One of our contracts was shaping up to become a major issue. HNZ helped us quickly work through the issues, and made the problem go away in a simple & painless way."

    Angela, Treescape Environmental

Past Projects

Not afraid to challenge the norm, Habitat NZ always collaborates to design and implement a solution that best serves their client, wildlife species of interest, and the environment. 

Backed by more than 20 years of experience, we are a team of experts in their field and have a proud history of delivering projects of all sizes and complexities across New Zealand and internationally.   

  • Rabbit control over 160 hectares of sand dune & peat swamp on the Kapiti coast. Reduced dense rabbit population (measured at 7 on the Modified Mcleans Scale) zero density.

  • Providing technical advice to broad-scale intensive wallaby control programme.

  • Field coordination of extensive Hochstetter frog survey near Wellsford, NZ.

  • Development of solutions to mitigate bird issues at a complex working landfill.

  • Provision of technical advice to eradication Technical Advisory Group.

  • Responsible for field capture & transportation of geckos allowing their re-introduction to Tiritiri Matangi Island.

  • Led a multi-year survey of long-tailed bats / pekapeka near dense native forest near Wainui, Auckland, NZ.

  • Development & operationalisation of native planting & wildlife management activities for New Zealand’s Largest Quarry development environmental compensation programme to date.

  • Attachment of satellite transmitters to feral pigs (Sus scrofa) on Auckland Island to determine movement and habitat use of pigs on the island.

  • West Coast vector management programme design & implementation: multi-species programme covering approx. 450,000 ha of ground and aerial-based animal control.

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