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Kōrero: Rabbits

Laying phosphorised bait

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Laying phosphorised bait

This man is laying phosphorised pollard (wheat bran) around a rabbit warren, in 1960. Rabbits are naturally attracted to fresh scratching in the soil, so he uses a mattock to turn over a sod, and then places the poisoned bait on the fresh dirt.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 55 A 6605

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Rabbits – Controlling rabbits with poison, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15255/laying-phosphorised-bait (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.