Predator-free New Zealand: No fences allowedWILL HARVIE/Stuff.co.nzEliminating predators from offshore islands is well understood. Researchers have now turned to peninsulas as the next step to ridding NZ of rats, possums and stoats by 2050. The Queen Charlotte Walkway, which crosses the neck of Bottle Rock, is straightforward if slippery in the deluge. WILL HARVIE/FAIRFAX NZ Bottle Rock Peninsula in Marlborough Sounds on a good day. Some of this technology was previously tested at Bottle Rock; other parts were being rolled out in new experiments.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2016 16:00 UTC