Pests & Weeds

WELCOME TO PESTS & WEEDS CENTRAL

Simply click on your region on the map below to find your Pests and Weeds

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Welcome To "Pests and Weeds Central"

New Zealand's Information Center For All Things Pests or Weeds.

Here is where you will find the best information for eradicating or managing these troublesome organisms.

A huge database created maintained and shared and updated by New Zealand's Regional Councils and the Department of Conservation

Map and Track the movement of pests and weeds across New Zealand.
Upload images and videos, with hundreds of tips, tricks, management techniques.
Join thousands of like-minded Kiwis to ensure this generation leaves our land in better shape than when we inherited it.

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Identify

Look through our library to identify, or upload your own image and our experts will identify it for you

Eradicate

Rules, regulations, eradication techniques. Information on poisons and the best times to use them

Manage

All plants, animals, and insects need to be managed...but with Pests and Weeds it is vital to ensure our delicate environment is protected

Maintain

Once you have your pests and weeds under control it is important to continue to watch and maintain your environment.

Improvement Cycle

Every month our developers add more functionality

Easy API Integration

Integrated with public systems from around NZ

Images and Videos

Add pictures and video and pin where it was taken

Map and Track

Work with a team of likeminded Kiwi's to trace and eradicate pest & weeds

ABOUT US

The Best Community & Council
For Pest & Weed Monitoring,
Mapping & Eradication

Initially developed for Northland Regional Council the Pest & Weed Hub (as it was known then) won first prize at ALGIM (Association of Local Government Information Management) Since then it has been removed from Northland and now stands alone as a shared database for a multitude of Regional Councils and Organisations.

Get The Advice You Need, When You Need It

Simply select your region and get the information you are looking for when you need it!

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Share your findings, locations, and images with the rest of New Zealand. Let's protect New Zealand's fragile ecosystems from all potential threats.

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Pest & Weed Central is improving
New Zealand's Land, Water & Environment

"Plectranthus is a trailing or straggling herb with stems covered in purple hairs. It has hairy, oval, textured leaves (5-12 x 3-7 centimetres) with serrated edges, the underside of which is purple. Erect stems (up to 30 centimetres tall) of tubular white flowers (1 centimetre long) with purple dots inside the lower lip appear from December to August. Source: Ministry for Primary Industries.

Weed Of The Month

Blue Spur Flower (Plectranthus ciliatus)

"Two spined spiders Poecilopachys australasiae are small brightly coloured spiders 7 – 8 mm in body length. The upper surface of the female's abdomen is yellow and olive with two white horn-like ‘spines' that give this spider its common name. Yellow and white bands and some red-brown markings are also visible. Males are much smaller and lack the distinctive ‘spines' of the female. The two spined spider is found in gardens on shrubs, often on citrus trees. By day, the spider will hide under leaves, emerging at night to construct a cart wheel-shaped web. The egg sac of the two spined spider is spindle shaped. Source: Ministry for Primary Industries.

Animal Of The Month

Two-spined Spider

Our Partners

Our Partners in cleaning up New Zealand

Additional Information

Useful Initiatives To Help Keep New Zealand Beautiful

Biosecurity Haumaru koiora If harmful pests and diseases get into New Zealand, they can cause damage. Biosecurity focuses on stopping them at the border or getting rid of the ones already here.

Biosecurity New Zealand

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/

What we do Established in April 2009, the Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust is a multi award-winning New Zealand charity that exists to connect people to nature and inspire change.

Sustainable Coastlines

https://sustainablecoastlines.org/

Predator Free 2050 Limited is a Crown-owned, charitable company established to help deliver the New Zealand government’s ambitious goal of eradicating possums, stoats and rats by 2050.

Predator Free New Zealand 2050

https://pf2050.co.nz/

ABOUT US

Join Pest & Weed Central Today

Join Pest & Weed Central and help us keep New Zealand beautiful.

Your information and location tracking of Pest & Weeds will help the local authorities in your region to trace the movement of unwanted Pest & Weeds throughout New Zealand

WORK PROCESS

Working Together
We Can Accomplish Anything!

Education

Many schools are using Pest & Weed Central as the basis for students extracurricular educational activities.

National Network

A combination of schools, businesses and government departments make up a national network which has been created to ensure we look after New Zealand for generations to come.

Information

Whether you are searching for information or have recorded information you wish to share with others we hope you make Pest and Weed Central the place to do it.