Waingake Pest Control

⁠⁠⁠Gisborne District Council (GDC) requires effective ungulate control across three water infrastructure properties at Waingake: the 1650ha Waingake Restoration area, the 1122ha QEII-covenanted Waterworks Bush, and the 424ha Mangapoike Dams area, as well as areas within a 1km buffer zone of these blocks (Figure 1.). For the purposes of this contract these four areas combined will be referred to as the Waingake Ungulate Management Area (WUMA). The key objective of this procurement is the eradication of ungulate pests in order to protect GDC’s native tree plantings and foster vigorous natural regeneration of native plant species at Waingake. The 1650ha restoration block is at the heart of the project, however not all the land within this block will be available for ungulate control, with the total area gradually increasing year by year as land is handed back from Council’s forestry partner, Juken New Zealand Ltd (JNL).