Mr Rod Brown, QSM, for services to conservation
Mr Rod Brown, QSM, for services to conservation.
Rod Brown helped to establish and is Vice-Chair of Guardians of the Bay of Islands, which leads Project Island Song, the ecological restoration of seven pest-free islands in the eastern Bay of Islands. He is a Far North Forest and Bird committee member. He was the founding Chair of Vision Kerikeri, an early advocate for protection of Puketi Forest, and a founding member of Carbon Neutral Kerikeri. Mr Brown set up the native plant nursery that was the beginning of Kerikeri Shade House, a group of volunteers who propagate and grow plants for community conservation projects across Northland.