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Common brushtail possum

The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) was introduced from Australia to New Zealand, where it has become invasive and a major agricultural and conservation pest. (In Māori it is called paihamu, a transliteration of "possum".)[1]

  1. ^ "paihamu". Maori Dictionary. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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List of Kauri Parks in New Zealand

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plantation of Kauri, however under threat from a growing population of Common brushtail possum. Ngaheretuku Reserve, a closed forest as of 2019 to prevent the...

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Invasive species in New Zealand

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1977. In 2016 the New Zealand government introduced Predator Free 2050, a project to eliminate all non-native predators (such as rats, possums and stoats)...

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Project Crimson

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introduced common brushtail possum. The vision of the project is to "enable pōhutukawa and rātā to flourish again in their natural habitat as icons in the hearts...

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significant local opposition in 2021. In New Zealand, pōhutukawa are under threat from browsing by the introduced common brushtail possum which strips the tree...

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Myrsine australis

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Sodium fluoroacetate

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Timms trap

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