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 The brushtail possum is a reviled feral pest in New Zealand’s North Island Photograph: Animal Health Board Inc/AFP/Getty Images
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Skies above remote parts of the nation’s back country will host new technology designed to drop baits in the path of rats, stoats and possums...A drone, which is seven metres long and looks like a mini-helicopter, is being developed to wipe out pests in areas that humans simply can’t access due to steep cliffs, deep ravines and impenetrable vegetation...Drones are more precise than helicopters, and are able to drop their bait loads within centimetres of the target...

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