In 2025, a local conservation team laid predator traps around the waterways on our Waitematā Brewery site.

The traps laid around our onsite lake, Taramainuku, and along the site’s creek are part of a network of traps placed and maintained by the Ōtara Waterways and Lake Trust along the Tāmaki River and Tāmaki Estuary.

Trapping the predators that use the green spaces along our freshwater waterways prevents them gaining access to the local feeding and nesting sites of native ducks, herons, shags, and shore and wading bird species that live on and around our site.

While we can’t be sure it was due to our efforts trapping pests, DB was nevertheless incredibly proud to welcome two nesting weweia (New Zealand dabchicks) to our lake in late 2025.

New Zealand’s current weweia population sits at only 2,000 individuals scattered around the country. The species needs aquatic vegetation like raupō or sedges to build their nests and stable water levels as their nests can be easily swamped by even small disturbances such as boat wash.

Their appearance at our lake, alongside increased numbers of kōtare (kingfishers) and nesting geese, was another reminder of the importance of restoring and protecting our onsite waterways.