The stoat control research programme aims to find more cost-effective and sustainable approaches to controlling stoats, which are a critical threat to kiwi.  Five reports about the Stoat Research Programme, spanning the years from 2000 to 2003, are available.  They contain bibliographies which may point you to further useful information.

The four key objectives of the programme are to:

• Make stoat control more cost-effective where it is already successful
• Develop new techniques so that control can realistically be undertaken in more and larger areas
• Expand the range of methods to ensure that stoat control, and the benefits it brings to biodiversity, are sustainable
• Seed new, longer-term projects that have the potential to dramatically increase the effectiveness of control

Cat and Mustelid Control
Click here for notes on cat and mustelid control from a recent trapper workshop in Northland.

Controlling Mustelids for Conservation in New Zealand
Click here to view a presentation (in pdf format) recently delivered at a Northland kiwi hui by Craig Gillies, Threats Science Team, Terrestrial Conservation Unit, Department of Conservation.