The vision for Predator Free Port Hills is to protect native species and to see their populations flourish in our lifetimes. Ultimately they want the Port Hills to become predator free with thriving native wildlife in our neighborhoods, local parks and reserves, farmland and bush areas. This will also mean no rats scavenging from compost bins, more birds nesting, no more pesky possums eating garden plants, fruit trees and native bush, and more birdsong from a wider variety of birds. Predator Free Port Hills will cover the Port Hills and the urban fringe bounding Banks Peninsula so that our pest control efforts will act as a buffer zone to Pest Free Banks Peninsula. Have a trap in one of every five households by 2024, Target possums, ferrets, stoats, weasels and rats. These are some of our major predators and are easily caught in a small backyard trap. Focus on the urban fringe of the Port Hills, from Taylors Mistake to Halswell, and the harbour from Lyttelton to Purau as well as rural areas between Halswell and Motukarara including Tai Tapu. Contribute to the wider Pest Free Banks Peninsula initiative. Collaborate with local and central government, other conservation groups, residents and landowners.