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Kōrero: Rabbits

Bulldozing rabbit warrens

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Bulldozing rabbit warrens

One way of destroying rabbits was to bulldoze their warrens. The entrances to the burrows can be seen in the foreground. Bulldozing was only of temporary use, at best – the remaining rabbits soon colonised new areas, and in time returned to their old sites.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 55 K 3822

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Robert Peden, Rabbits – Controlling rabbits with poison, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15256/bulldozing-rabbit-warrens (accessed 4 June 2026).

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