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  • Airport Safety Week 2023
    October 16, 2023 Phoebe Johnson

    Airport Safety Week 2023

    This years theme is Safety & Sustainability, it highlights the importance of creating safe and resilient environments for all users.

    Airport Safety Week is the perfect time to review your wildlife management strategy and ensure you are doing all you can to mitigate the risk of wildlife strikes.

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  • Introducing the New Pestgard Tunnel Trap MK2
    September 12, 2023 Phoebe Johnson

    Introducing the New Pestgard Tunnel Trap MK2

    We saw a need in the market for a strong, durable, robust trap that could handle New Zealand's extreme coastal conditions, and was manufactured in New Zealand.

    After many ideas, designs and prototypes the Tunnel Trap MK2 entered the scene.

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  • Large cage Trap
    May 10, 2023 Phoebe Johnson

    Why use live capture cage traps?

    Why use live capture cage traps?

    - Humane
    - Target a wide range of pests
    - Easy to release non target animals

      Live capture cages are ideal traps to use for pest control

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    1. Bird Control Guide for Kiwifruit
      August 4, 2022 Maintrac Group

      Bird Control Guide for Kiwifruit

      Loss of Kiwifruit flower buds to birds, at bud burst, can occur very quickly and can be devastating to orchards, causing loss of revenue for both growers and the kiwifruit industry.Fortunately there are a variety of methods available for protecting...

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    2. Bait Tips for Successful Trapping
      May 25, 2022 Phoebe Johnson

      Bait Tips for Successful Trapping

      It is important when trapping to use the correct bait to suit your target animal.

      This minimizes capturing non target animals.

      View our bait tips for successful trapping of cats, possums, rabbits, mustelids, rodents and magpies.

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    3. Lasers used as bird deterrent at Central Otago vineyard
      March 1, 2021 Maintrac Group

      Lasers used as bird deterrent at Central Otago vineyard

      Article first published in the Otago Daily TimesViticulturist Barry Hunt with "Birdzout" auto bird scare laser to be used at Ewing Stevens' Anthony James Vineyard near Alexandra.  Using lasers to control birds might sound like science fiction but Ewing Stevens...

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    4. Lasers target pesky birds
      February 25, 2021 Maintrac Group

      Lasers target pesky birds

      Article first published in the Farmers Weekly Using lasers to deter birds draws on images of deadly ray guns shooting the flying targets down in a smoking pile of feathers. The reality is somewhat less spectacular, but proving equally effective...

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    5. Technology is changing bird control
      November 30, 2020 Maintrac Group

      Technology is changing bird control

      Technology is powerful and cost effective. 'Moores Law" a theory put forward in the 1970s, stated that the power of computer processors would double every 2 years, whilst halving in cost. In the main this has proved to be true,...

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