We checked our first station and discovered a very maggoty rat. We placed 3 new rat traps along our line and also came across a possum we had caught. As we approached station 5 we heard a rattling and banging in one of the traps. This was the first time we had discovered a very […]

This was Te Ara Kahika/ OTP’s 2nd solo trip to the dam this term. It included Piper, Carter, Jayden and Scott. We caught 2 rats and a mouse. We set up a new trap at station 1 for possums. Scott drilled the possum box into a plank of wood to attach it to a tree. […]

Hi we are Kirwan, Georgia, Carter, Scott, Piper and Jayden from One Tree Point School. Today was our turn to check the traps as the Pukekauri Dam. Sadly, we only caught one rat, which appeared to have been trapped only by its foot (a bit of a sad end for that rat). During our trip […]