Tamsin Orr-Walker, of Queenstown, MNZM, for services to kea conservation
Tamsin Orr-Walker is the Co-founder, Trustee and Chair of the Kea Conservation Trust (KCT). She manages the day-to-day operation of the Trust; develops, fundraises and coordinates kea research projects; and is the community engagement coordinator for the lower South Island. She developed the Kea Husbandry Manual, which has been applied nationwide. She has built relationships with South Island communities, along with international zoos that hold kea, and has raised the human-kea conflict conservation issue with the international research community. Ms Orr-Walker helped organise the Trust’s first two Kea conferences and has supported the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species work associated with kea.