A "monster" wasp nest in South Auckland has been destroyed with exterminators taking two days to get rid of over 200,000 wasps. The multi-generational nest was in a Conifer tree on a farm in ...

“The burning ashes of the wasp’s nest gradually peeled off and fell ... Blue Sky said it has destroyed 11 hives so far. There are more than 100 to go.

The hover fly and wasp-nest beetle were given the green light by the country's Environmental Protection Authority. They target the nests of wasps, which have overrun parts of the South Island.