It’s going to take all of us to get on top of Aotearoa New Zealand’s pest wallaby problem—everyone has a role to play.

The strength of this united approach is the focus of a new video, Toward Zero, released this week by us and Biosecurity New Zealand. It looks at progress after five years of the Tipu Mātoro National Wallaby Eradication Programme with interviews with people from across the programme in Waitaha/Canterbury.

Tipu Mātoro started in July 2020, its a partnership of Biosecurity New Zealand, iwi and regional councils in wallaby-affected areas, the Department of Conservation, Federated Farmers, Forest & Bird, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), farmers, foresters, landowners, researchers, and communities.