‘They’re not rampaging down Queen St. Yet.’ Auckland’s lead rat hunter speaks

It was the story that circled the globe – giant rats, writhing across Titirangi. But rats were here long before it was fashionable or “newsworthy” – as were rat hunters. Don Rowe talks to Phil Brown, Auckland Council’s head of biosecurity about the realities of fighting rats in the big smoke.  Last week I journeyed … Read more