Auckland Council biosecurity advisor Brian Shields is part of a team helping to eradicate mice from the Antipodes Islands.
With dogs Tui and Piri, he has scoured most of the northern part of the island, with the rest on their sniff list to be inspected in the next fortnight.
Read the latest updates from the mouse-hunting team members on their blog
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Conservation Minister and scientists off to check out mouse hunt in the Antipodes (TVNZ)