Dr Gordon Hosking, of Mangawhai, ONZM for services to conservation
Dr Gordon Hosking has held positions with the Forest Research Institute/Scion Forest Health Group and the Ministry of Forestry, as well as establishing his own technology company to advance environmentally acceptable quarantine treatments. He designed an indigenous forest health assessment package. As a result of his investigation into the health of mainland pōhutukawa, a community-based project to rescue the tree was established, becoming the Project Crimson Trust. Mr Hosking has planted thousands of trees at Project Crimson events and has contributed to the Trust’s environmental education initiatives. He led operations for the Living Legends conservation project, which saw more than 170,000 native trees planted to commemorate the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Dr Hosking helped establish Trees That Count, which encourages New Zealanders to mitigate climate change by planting native trees