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Open Space^TM magazine

Check out the QEII Open Space magazine, March 2010 (PDF 2.5MB)

Download March 2010 articles:

Gisborne: Fencing a water catchment

Tararua: Replacing ineffective fencing

Covenants protecting Olearia shrubland and moths dependent on Olearia shrubs

Wilding pine control

Forest fragments: Objectives of restoration and management

Coromandel pā site covenants

Kaharoa Kokako: Amplifying New Zealand's original song

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Next issue: Late July 2010

South Island QEII Regional Representatives

• Nelson-Tasman
• Marlborough
• West Coast
• North Canterbury
• Christchurch
• South Canterbury
• South Island High Country
• Coastal Otago
• Waiau Catchment
• Southland

Nelson-Tasman

Philip Lissaman

Philip originally trained in agricultural science and farm management and then, a while later, natural resource management.

His long-held interest in private conservation developed in Africa, when he witnessed the re-introduction of wildlife onto farms, and has continued ever since. He was Field Manager for QEII National Trust for 20 years (starting at a time when there were only 40 registered covenants nationwide) before moving to Nelson and taking over as regional rep.

Phone: 03 526 6114 Email Philip

Marlborough

Tom Stein

Brought up in the Waitakere Ranges in West Auckland, Tom moved to Marlborough in 1996. He lives with his wife, Liz, and the youngest of their three daughters, Tilly, on a small block near Linkwater in the Marlborough Sounds.

In Auckland, Tom worked for the Auckland Regional Council Parks Service. In Marlborough, he has worked with the Department of Conservation, Marlborough District Council and private landowners in various roles, particularly weed and pest management. He has a wide range of practical skills and knowledge of the local environment.

Phone: 03 574 2978 Mobile: 0274 453 890 Email Tom

West Coast

Mike Copeland

Mike is a keen advocate of environmental sustainability. He brings a bent for practical, field-based solutions to his business of supplying and installing flushable compost systems for sewage treatment.

Mike is trained in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management and previously worked as a Conservation with Communities Ranger for DOC's Buller Kawatiri area office. In this role, he greatly enjoyed working with landowners and communities to establish conservation partnerships. Mike and his wife Julie live with their two dogs on a bush block near Westport.

Phone: 03 789 7709 Mobile: 021 654 931 Email Mike

North Canterbury

Miles Giller

Miles has a nursery producing both native and exotic plants, which he runs in partnership with his wife Gillian.

Born and raised near Rangiora, he is particularly interested in the many small-leaved shrubs that are so characteristic of lowland Canterbury. These plants are a feature of the couple's ecologically-based native garden.

Phone: 03 313 5315 Email Miles

Christchurch

Alice Shanks

After leading Protected Natural Area surveys of Cass, Craigieburn and Coleridge and then Mt Hutt and Mathias Ecological Areas in the 1980s, Alice fitted short-term botanical fieldwork contracts around the demands of a family and the family business in outdoor equipment.

She is now keen to bring her botanical skills to QEII. Alice is an active caver and has spent a lot of time under Mt Owen marble and the Charleston limestone.

Phone: 03 337 1256 Mobile: 027 366 1246 Email Alice

South Canterbury

Rob Smith

Rob knows South Canterbury well having spent the last 25 years tramping, fishing and taking students into the region. As well as his QEII work, he is a financial adviser and a councillor of Aoraki Polytechnic in Timaru.

Rob lives with his partner Karen on a small block surrounded by farmland in rural Waimate and is a part-owner of a QEII covenant in the Marlborough Sounds.

Phone: 03 689 7735 Mobile: 021 073 9447 Email Rob

South Island High Country

Dr Brian Molloy

Brian is a botanist and Landcare Research Scientist. He is well-known for his knowledge of native flora and his advocacy for its protection.

Phone: 03 348 1077 Email Brian

Coastal Otago

Rob Campbell

Rob was brought up in Central Otago and has lived, worked and relaxed in much of the QEII Coastal Otago region. He has a background in forestry, having worked for the NZ Forest Service for 20 years, mostly managing indigenous forests in South Westland, Western Southland and the Catlins.

Rob and his wife Lesley live on a lifestyle block at Moeraki in North Otago. They are re-establishing part of this land in native trees and developing a small wetland.

Phone: 03 439 4333 Mobile: 021 154 1013 Email Rob

Waiau Catchment

Mark Sutton

Mark is a born and bred Southlander and his father, Roger Sutton, was the first QEII representative in the region.

As well as being QEII rep for the Waiau River catchment in Southland, Mark runs the field operations of the Waiau Fisheries and Wildlife Habitat and Enhancement Trust which funds habitat improvement within the Waiau River catchment as part of the compensation settlement for the Manapouri power scheme.

He was formerly a field officer for the Southland region of Fish and Game New Zealand for some 28 years.

Phone: 021 540 814 Email Mark

Southland

Graeme Watson 

Graeme has been sheep farming for over 30 years in Southland and has had a long involvement in wetland development and shelter design.

He is a regular host of field days encouraging landowners to develop wetlands, plant native shelter and improve water quality. Graeme's work has been recognised with a farm environmental award.

He is a fly fishing guide during the summer and is a keen surfer with a strong interest in water quality in Southland.

Phone: 03 230 4843 or 027 430 1398 Email Graeme

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