NZ declares war on Australian possums

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Updated November 27, 2009 20:19:45

Australia and New Zealand are long-time rivals on cricket pitches and rugby ovals, where the rough and rumble's usually over and done with at the end of play, but possums are a different matter. New Zealanders have never forgiven Australia for the possum. Introduced 150 years ago in a bid to set up a domestic fur industry, possums have been catastrophic for New Zealand's environment, and over the past two decades there's been a massive effort to halve the possum population.

Presenter: Kerri Ritchie
Speaker: Stew Bennet, possum hunter

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