James is an Edmund Hillary Fellow and an internationally recognised interdisciplinary marine scientist with extensive experience working in sustainability and climate change communications.
Ian McLean is the Auckland representative for Birds New Zealand, a bird expert and organiser of many local events - from birding days to beach patrols.
Our final issue of the year has a health and wellbeing theme. We look at the latest research about how being out in nature makes us feel better mentally and physically. Apparently, trappers are the happiest and healthiest conservationists!
Four-wheel drive vehicles are destroying fences aimed at protecting nesting birds and driving over entire areas of beach, after a bylaw to ban vehicles from a stretch of Marlborough's coastline south of Marfells Beach has failed to progress.
Are you considering managing a bird campaign for Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau/Bird of the Year? Not sure if you’ve got the skills or talents required to help your bird get to the top? Wondering where to get started?
Local fisheries technologist Richard Wells has worked in the commercial fishing industry for 30 years, with the last 15 years spent in large part focused on developing risk mitigation tools and processes to reduce direct effects of fishing on protected
