Media
An archive of The Cacophony Project in the press.
‘There were stoats in kitchen cupboards’: AI deployed to help save Orkney’s birds
— The Guardian, October 18, 2025
2025
Predator Free Timaru takes possession of AI cameras in fight to bring native birds back
— The Press, June 28, 2025
Dawn chorus returns after millions pumped into possum problem; now it’s threatened
— Newsroom, May 9, 2025
Lone Motutapu Island rat declared dead after long hunt
— RNZ, October 2, 2024
2024
Tracked on thermal imaging camera, and eliminated: The one rat on Motutapu island
— Stuff, October 2, 2024
Lone Motutapu Island rat declared dead after $50k hunt
— The New Zealand Herald, October 2, 2024
Auckland’s Motutapu pest free once again
— Department of Conservation, October 2, 2024
New AI predator detection tools available
— Department of Conservation, July 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence monitoring birdsong in Port Hills
— The Press, June 22, 2024
AI keeping a close eye on birds at Barnett Park
— Star News, March 5, 2024
How used scooter batteries could power our fight against pests
— RNZ, October 11, 2023
2023
Old scooter batteries powering hunt for possums, stoats and rats
— Stuff, October 11, 2023
DOC funds five new predator-free tools
— Department of Conservation, July 24, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Joins Predator Free Fight
— One News, July 23, 2023
A view to a kill: Making NZ predator free with an autonomous kill-bot
— Rural News, September 23, 2020
2020
Bringing the cacophony back to the bush
— Stuff, June 09, 2018
2018
Recording Christchurch's birdsong cacophony
— Stuff, March 14, 2016
2016
Canterbury man calls on IT sector to destroy pests
— Newshub, March 6, 2016