How to get rid of rodents: best mouse and rat traps in NZ

If you find evidence of rats or mice in your home or garden, your first port of call is likely to be the pest control aisle of your local hardware store.

Once there, you can face a range of options and prices from $2 snap traps to $200 smart traps. Some rodent traps operate on CO² canisters, and some can even send a notification to your phone when they’ve been triggered. But what really works?

To learn about the best options, we spoke to Dr Paul Craddock, executive councillor and training and technical manager at the Pest Management Association of New Zealand, and an expert with over 20 years in the field of pest control.

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Duncan K.
31 Mar 2026
We've had pretty good results with the good ol' DOC200. You can get them from Predator Free NZ (https://shop.predatorfreenz.org/products/doc-200-trap-stoats-rats-hedgehogs). You have to keep clearing it, though.

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