Stoats can eat at least half their bodyweight a day, representing a significant toll on native wildlife. Photo Patrick Garvey

Ten thousand dollars was recently approved by the Waiheke Local Board towards trapping what some thought might be the island’s ‘last’ stoat.

“There’s at least three,” says Jenny Holmes, chief executive of Te Korowai o Waiheke, a pest eradication trust. “It could be as many as half a dozen. It’s not 50. But it’s not one either.”

• Jason Brown

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