New Zealand seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds
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New Zealand plans to wipe out every last rat, possum and stoat. Can the plan work?

On a bright Sunday morning the wildlife-lovers gather in Miramar, a scenic peninsula. They are on an exterminating mission.

Predator-Free Miramar aims to protect birds in this area of Wellington, New Zealand's capital, by ridding it of rats - every last one of them.

After donning hi-vis jackets...

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