Eco Hunters Aotearoa

27/08/2026

Public Notice: ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA will be culling rabbits tonight in the Reikorangi area. Specifically Rangiora Road & Ngatiawa Road. I am using a high velocity rifle tonight, which is louder than usual so you will hear some gunfire, see spotlights, or people with guns moving around. There is nothing to be concerned about. We are professionals and know what we are doing. Finishing at 10pm. The Police have been notified of this activity.
Public Notice: ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA will be culling rabbits tonight in the Reikorangi area. You will hear some bang, bang, kapow, if im doing my job right! There is nothing to be concerned about. We are professionals and know what we are doing. If you have any rabbits which you would like to donate to help eradicate feral cats on Aotea - Great Barrier Island please text me your name and address. The last shipment was 139 rabbits.
Hugh

20/07/2026

Feral cat link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HeY9mjPNa/

13/07/2026

ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA will be up and around Kapiti this week. If you want your winter rabbits removed before the spring flush, please text Hugh on 021988841

19/06/2026

Finished processing rabbits for feral cat bait.

18/06/2026

This mornings task, preparing rabbits to send to Aotea - Great Barrier Island to be used as bait to catch feral cats.
Special thanks to Scott Gregory of Feather and Fur Pest Control for donating his time to pickup rabbits and donate them to this Predator Free initiative.
If you would like to donate your rabbits to Aotea - Great Barrier Island please text Hugh Shields 021988841

09/05/2026

This is a beautiful link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BUpvRPYXA/

Thank you Ani

28/04/2026

This week ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA will be based in Otaki doing pest control trapping & shooting around Otaki, Te Horo and Peka Peka. If you have pest animals which you want removed please feel encouraged to text your name and address to Hugh Shields 021988841 to arrange a site inspection.
Also note that the Pukeko shooting season starts this weekend and runs through to August. If you want Pukekos removed, now is the time to make a booking.

11/04/2026

The GOLDEN RABBIT! Does anyone know a taxidermist who could preserve this golden rabbit? I have hunted rabbits for over 50 years and I have shot or seen quite a few BLACK rabbits, but this is the first GOLDEN I have ever seen. GOOGLE will tell you that black, white or golden rabbits are a gene mutation or perhaps influenced by pet rabbits escaping, and occur in 1 - 3% of the population. That might be true of black rabbits, but I suspect golden rabbits might be more like 1 in 1000! Have you ever seen a golden rabbit?

08/04/2026

Conservation helping conservation

FERAL RABBITS KILL FERAL CATS ON AOTEA – GREAT BARRIER ISLAND

For the past few years ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA have been supplying frozen rabbit baits to Windy Hill Sanctuary, Aotea – Great Barrier Island https://windyhillsanctuary.nz/ Windy Hill is the passion project of Judy Gilbert, who bought her 8,000ha property 30 years ago. So far Judy’s Team have eradicated approximately 70,000 rats and 500 feral cats.

Recently ECO HUNTERS have commenced supplying Tu Mai Taonga https://www.tumaitaonga.nz/ with whole rabbit carcasses. “Tū Mai Taonga is a large scale conservation project on Aotea. It is unique in its indigenous Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea-led approach — underpinned by Te Ao Māori principles that connect people and place. The project involves removing rodents and undertaking one of the world’s largest ever feral cat eradications on an inhabited island. It forms part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s wider goal to become Predator Free by 2050.” Stage one of the project is focussed in Te Paparahi, where there is currently an established network of around 500 traps across 4,500ha. Stage two will see this eradication project pushed out to 26,000 hectares.

You can sponsor feral cat eradication on Aotea – Great Barrier Island by employing ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA and stipulating that you want your rabbit carcasses to go to Great Barrier.

ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA is delighted to be able to utilise the rabbit carcasses and would like to thank KAM Transport https://www.kam.net.nz/ for their assistance with logistics.

08/04/2026

FERAL RABBITS KILL FERAL CATS ON AOTEA – GREAT BARRIER ISLAND

For the past few years ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA have been supplying frozen rabbit baits to Windy Hill Sanctuary, Aotea – Great Barrier Island https://windyhillsanctuary.nz/ Windy Hill is the passion project of Judy Gilbert, who bought her 8,000ha property 30 years ago. So far Judy’s Team have eradicated approximately 70,000 rats and 500 feral cats.

Recently ECO HUNTERS have commenced supplying Tu Mai Taonga https://www.tumaitaonga.nz/ with whole rabbit carcasses. “Tū Mai Taonga is a large scale conservation project on Aotea. It is unique in its indigenous Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea-led approach — underpinned by Te Ao Māori principles that connect people and place. The project involves removing rodents and undertaking one of the world’s largest ever feral cat eradications on an inhabited island. It forms part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s wider goal to become Predator Free by 2050.” Stage one of the project is focussed in Te Paparahi, where there is currently an established network of around 500 traps across 4,500ha. Stage two will see this eradication project pushed out to 26,000 hectares.

You can sponsor feral cat eradication on Aotea – Great Barrier Island by employing ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA and stipulating that you want your rabbit carcasses to go to Great Barrier.

ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA is delighted to be able to utilise the rabbit carcasses and would like to thank KAM Transport https://www.kam.net.nz/ for their assistance with logistics.