KAPITI ISLAND
RAT - INFESTED SANC TU A RY.
A recent Wellington visitor to Kapiti Island, which is a sanctuary for New Zealand flora and fauna, states that some parts of the island are infested with rats of unusual size, and brown in colour (says the Dominion). They have been doing -a good deal of damage among the seedlings in the Maori gardens there, and the visitor suggested that possibly they might also account for the fact that the wekas are not increasing as fast as might be expected. He thought a number of rats might harass the hen bird until it left the nest, when the eggs were taken by the rats. The weka is an enemy of the rat, which it is an adept at killing and skinning. Another frequent visitor to Kapiti Island confirmed the statement that rats had greatly increased in numbers on the islaiid, and were becoming a menace which would have to be dealt with in the near future. While lie did not think the wekas were decreasing just at present, a few years ago there were far more than there are now.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3820, 19 July 1928, Page 3
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188KAPITI ISLAND Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3820, 19 July 1928, Page 3
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