There was lots of press focus at the time (e.g. How NZ might make PFNZ happen;Enviroment guide; NZ geographic PFNZ plan) and academic interest too (extended info coming but most of the journal articles reference Russell et. al 2015 paper here)
Media release in 2016 announcing New Zealands Predator Free 2050 “apollo” shot.
Although I am unsure if this is even a good idea I do know from parts of my PhD research that it will be essential that New Zealands previous research, knowledge and data will be pivotal to achieving such a goal. This research has been produced in a reproducible workflow for national-scale predator control programs.
With the continued development of my PhD work I hope to be able to connect community groups with the statistical models needed to gain the timely ecological knowledge needed to response to pest control at a national scale. I believe that this will be vital for a on-going national monitoring needed for a PFNZ by 2050.