WILD CONSERVATION
A GRAND VISION was declared six years ago: to transform New Zealand into a predator-free haven by 2050. From the shores of remote islands to the depths of ancient forests, Wilderness ventures into the lives of four predator-free apprentice graduates.
The dynamic duo
Aidan Braid and Jamie Hickling work for the Mammalian Corrections Unit (MCU) in Ōtepoti / Dunedin. Their job could see them in a helicopter flying over ancient forests to install trap networks, or jet boating around Fiordland bays and onto an uninhabited island to service stoat traps.
They are used to working in rugged wilderness areas and the installation of an intensive mustelid trap network in the Hikaroroa / Mt Watkin Reserve, was a memorable challenge. The reserve
