Animal Pest ManagementĀraitanga Kararehe Orotā

What you can do to help

​We rely on Hawke's Bay residents to be our eyes and ears looking out and reporting unusual organisms so we can respond immediately. Whether you are a landowner, lifestyle property owner or urban resident, there are animal pests that will require dealing with at some time or another.

If you would like help with a pest control problem, or wish to report anything you think our Pest Control team should know about please visit our pest hub:

Find out more on our pest hub

Plant pests & management programmes

The animals listed below are classified as pests. Each animal falls in to one of the following management programmes:

• Sustained control - To provide for ongoing control of the subject, or an organism being spread by the subject, to reduce its impact on values and spread onto other properties.
• Site led - The subject, or an organism being spread by the subject that is capable of causing damage to a place is excluded or eradicated from that place, or is contained, reduced, or controlled within the place to an extent that protects the values of that place.
• Eradication - To reduce the infestation level of the subject, or an organism being spread by the subject, to zero levels in an area in the short to medium term.
• Exclusion - To prevent the establishment of the subject, or an organism being spread by the subject, that is present in New Zealand but not yet established in an area.
• Progressive containment - To contain or reduce the geographic distribution of the subject, or an organism, being spread by the subject, to an area over time.

Find out more on our pest hub

Possum Control Area (PCA) programme

Due to ongoing Cyclone Gabrielle recovery work in Hawke’s Bay, the move to Regional Council-led possum control has been put on hold.

Possum control remains the responsibility of landowners.

Read our latest update on the programme