Environment / Auckland Region

Central Auckland rat infestation 'out of control'

13:15 pm on 11 August 2022

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Usually we think of rat infestations as being out of sight and underground.

But if you go into a central Auckland suburb right now, you'll see big sewer rats out and about in broad daylight.

Pest controller Owen Stobart discovered the infestation, he talks to Jesse about both the size of the problem and the rats themselves! (Look to the right in the photo below.)

Rat feeding from a bin during daylight in a central Auckland suburb Photo: supplied