It’s harder for wallabies to access the Mackenzie Basin across the Tekapo/Takapō River as the next stage of a wallaby-proof fence is completed.

More than half (about 30 km) of the 51km wallaby exclusion fence is finished with another 8km to be completed in the next six months.

The finished fence will run along the western border of Canterbury’s wallaby containment area, from Lake Benmore through to Lake Tekapo/Takapō. The fence is a key tool in the strategy to restrict wallabies within this area.

Wallaby spread into the Mackenzie