Driving out the predators

December 2019

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December 2019

our-wheel drivers check remote traps in Wellington’s Te Kopahou Reserve. Photo: Shaun Ross
A four-wheel-drive club in Wellington is transporting predator traps to remote locations that would otherwise need to be delivered by helicopter, writes Diana Noonan. They’re the clubs we love to hate, and we lay into them with all the vitriol we can muster: ‘Loud, inconsiderate yobbos driving destructive, gas-guzzling, late-model status-symbols to the top of […]

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