Dale Williams, Bay of Plenty Regional Council Biosecurity Officer responsible for wallabies, pictured with a stuffed wallaby at the wallaby fence in Rotorua Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
The wallaby control fence on the outskirts of Rotorua is among tools to try and stop the Dama and Pama wallaby from spreading beyond a 260,000ha containment area.
Also in the armoury of those trying to control the pest are surveillance cameras, indicator dogs, a public reporting campaign, guns and poison.
It's feared, if not controlled, the wallabies could cover a third of the North Island by 2065, threatening forests and farmland.
Country Life got an update from Bay of Plenty biosecurity officer in charge of wallaby control Dale Williams at the fenceline on SH5.
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Dale Williams is in charge of the wallaby control programme at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
The skirt at the base of the fence on the edge of Whakarewarewa Forest near Rotorua designed with wallabies in mind Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
A sign urging people to report wallaby sightings on the 12.5km wallaby control fence alongside SH5 Photo: RNZ/Sally Round