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Mauri Oho's first trapline

In the wilderness of the Ruahines, on Aorangi Awarua, Awarua o Hinemanu and Te Koau trust land, Mauri Oho volunteers lay out the first trapline to protect growing populations of whio and kiwi.

Notes from the field

Your complete trapping solution


Once a year the prefects from New Plymouth Boys High School don their red band gumboots and head out to the Taranaki bush to get stuck in servicing traps and picking up some leadership skills along the way. Read Story


For the last 18 months, Rob Paulin and his crew have been boating to Matapara / Pickersgill Island to volunteer and give birds a helping hand by servicing and monitoring a trapping network to keep rats and stoats at bay. Thanks to their efforts, the 96 hectare island is now covered in regenerating forest and birds are starting to call it home. Read story


When a new Goodnaturist joins the team, co-founder Robbie Van Dam takes them 'bush' north of Wellington, to where our story first began. Then it's back to the workshop where they make their own A24 trap. Robbie tells us why it's such an important part of their Goodnature journey. Read story


As we turn 15, we want to say thank you and give back to some of the people that have been on this journey with us. Read the stories of these amazing people and the incredible work they're doing. We are so proud to be a part of this adventure... and it’s just the beginning! Read story

Notes from the field

Leading the way


Once a year the prefects from New Plymouth Boys High School don their red band gumboots and head out to the Taranaki bush to get stuck in servicing traps and picking up some leadership skills along the way. Read Story 

Restoring Matapara


For the last 18 months, Rob Paulin and his crew have been boating to Matapara / Pickersgill Island to volunteer and give birds a helping hand by servicing and monitoring a trapping network to keep rats and stoats at bay. Thanks to their efforts, the 96 hectare island is now covered in regenerating forest and birds are starting to call it home. Read story

New Beginnings


When a new Goodnaturist joins the team, co-founder Robbie Van Dam takes them 'bush' north of Wellington, to where our story first began. Then it's back to the workshop where they make their own A24 trap. Robbie tells us why it's such an important part of their Goodnature journey. Read story

Celebrating trapping heroes


As we turn 15, we want to say thank you and give back to some of the people that have been on this journey with us. Read the stories of these amazing people and the incredible work they're doing. We are so proud to be a part of this adventure... and it’s just the beginning! Read story

Great Island: trapping to protect island sanctuaries


In Fiordland National Park New Zealand, the sea meets the land in a maze of inlets and islands covered in lush, untouched rainforest. Remote and hard to access, many of these islands host conservation projects in a bid to save critically endangered endemic species. Read story

Notes from the field

Your complete trapping solution

Leading the way


Once a year the prefects from New Plymouth Boys High School don their red band gumboots and head out to the Taranaki bush to get stuck in servicing traps and picking up some leadership skills along the way. Read Story 

Restoring Matapara


WFor the last 18 months, Rob Paulin and his crew have been boating to Matapara / Pickersgill Island to volunteer and give birds a helping hand by servicing and monitoring a trapping network to keep rats and stoats at bay. Thanks to their efforts, the 96 hectare island is now covered in regenerating forest and birds are starting to call it home. Read story

New beginnings

Celebrating trapping heroes


When a new Goodnaturist joins the team, co-founder Robbie Van Dam takes them 'bush' north of Wellington, to where our story first began. Then it's back to the workshop where they make their own A24 trap. Robbie tells us why it's such an important part of their Goodnature journey.
Read story


As we turn 15, we want to say thank you and give back to some of the people that have been on this journey with us. Read the stories of these amazing people and the incredible work they're doing. We are so proud to be a part of this adventure... and it’s just the beginning! Read story

Trapper stories

Meet Anna,
Urban trapper


We meet Anna, mother of four and a keen urban trapper, as she installs her first Goodnature A24 trap. Anna's house backs onto a newly created nature reserve. With the support of local group and involvement of the Aro community.

Meet Tom,
Urban trapper


Tom lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He owns a flat in the central city with a small backyard and shares it with his four flatmates. He needed the most simple, effective way to catch rats, one that would keep on working even when he’s away.

Meet Laura,
Urban trapper


Laura from Wellington invites us to her garden to install her first A24 Automatic Rat & Stoat Trap. She shares with us what motivates her to keep trapping and why she hopes to see native bird species return.

Jonathan had a
rat problem


Jonathan had a rat problem. Right outside his window he watched four rats climbing in and out of his rubbish bag.

Trapper stories

Meet Anna, Urban trapper


We meet Anna, mother of four and a keen urban trapper, as she installs her first Goodnature A24 trap. Anna's house backs onto a newly created nature reserve. With the support of local group and involvement of the Aro community.

Thanks to Bluetooth tech, ongoing kill monitoring can be checked from the backyard of a neighbour with the Chirp App on their smartphone and reported back to the team, without anyone having to trek right to the trap.

Meet Tom, Urban trapper


Tom lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He owns a flat in the central city with a small backyard and shares it with his four flatmates. He needed the most simple, effective way to catch rats, one that would keep on working even when he’s away.

The A24 Rat & Stoat Trap, enabled with Chirp is a perfect product for the backyard trapper. A top up of consumables (think bait and the C02 canister) every six months is all that’s required. No nasty bodies, no need to reset. Perfect.

Meet Laura, Urban trapper


Laura from Wellington invites us to her garden to install her first A24 Automatic Rat & Stoat Trap. She shares with us what motivates her to keep trapping and why she hopes to see native bird species return.

The A24 Rat & Stoat Trap, enabled with Chirp is a perfect product for the backyard trapper. A top up of consumables (think bait and the C02 canister) every six months is all that’s required. No nasty bodies, no need to reset. Perfect.

Jonathan had a rat problem


Jonathan had a rat problem. Right outside his window he watched four rats climbing in and out of his rubbish bag.

Jonathan took a few simple steps to get his rat problem under control. He put the rubbish in a sealed bin, used the Goodnature system to find the best trapping site, install his certified humane trap and get amazing success without the need for toxins.

Trapper stories

Meet Anna, Urban trapper


We meet Anna, mother of four and a keen urban trapper, as she installs her first Goodnature A24 trap. Anna's house backs onto a newly created nature reserve. With the support of local group and involvement of the Aro community.

Thanks to Bluetooth tech, ongoing kill monitoring can be checked from the backyard of a neighbour with the Chirp App on their smartphone and reported back to the team, without anyone having to trek right to the trap.

Meet Tom, Urban trapper


Tom lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He owns a flat in the central city with a small backyard and shares it with his four flatmates. He needed the most simple, effective way to catch rats, one that would keep on working even when he’s away.

The A24 Rat & Stoat Trap, enabled with Chirp is a perfect product for the backyard trapper. A top up of consumables (think bait and the C02 canister) every six months is all that’s required. No nasty bodies, no need to reset. Perfect.

Meet Laura, Urban trapper


Laura from Wellington invites us to her garden to install her first A24 Automatic Rat & Stoat Trap. She shares with us what motivates her to keep trapping and why she hopes to see native bird species return.

The A24 Rat & Stoat Trap, enabled with Chirp is a perfect product for the backyard trapper. A top up of consumables (think bait and the C02 canister) every six months is all that’s required. No nasty bodies, no need to reset. Perfect.

Jonathan had a rat problem


Jonathan had a rat problem. Right outside his window he watched four rats climbing in and out of his rubbish bag.

Jonathan took a few simple steps to get his rat problem under control. He put the rubbish in a sealed bin, used the Goodnature system to find the best trapping site, install his certified humane trap and get amazing success without the need for toxins.