Mr Julian Fitter, of Katikati, MNZM for services to conservation
Mr Julian Fitter was a founding Trustee of the United Kingdom-based Falklands Conservation Trust, serving time as Vice President. He was instrumental in establishing the Galapagos Conservation Trust, serving as inaugural Chair and currently as an ambassador. He has authored several books on New Zealand wildlife. He established and is a committee member of the Friends of Galapagos New Zealand organisation, working with the Charles Darwin Foundation and The Galapagos National Park. He helped establish and chaired Maketu Ongatoro Wetland Society, to protect the breeding population of Northern New Zealand dotterel on Maketu Spit. Mr Fitter established Bay Conservation and helped establish the Bittern Conservation Trust, which he chairs.