When possum numbers get really low, and the landscape is massive with steep cliffs and dense scrub, our teams turn to technology to find them. From AI-enabled traps to thermal drones and data-driven detection modelling tools, our team uses all the tools in their toolbox to protect our native taoka!

Meet some of the real-life conservation crew from Predator Free Dunedin and the Halo Project as they share some of the clever tech they use to target possums, stoats, rats and other pest species, along with stories from the field about how it all fits into real-world conservation.

From helping to hunt down the last possums on the Peninsula to helping keep our native manu/birds safe around traps, technology plays an important role in how our teams look after our wild places. Come along to check out examples of the tools in action, see what kind of data they collect and how we use it, and chat with the people using them on the ground.