Ms Gillian Bishop, of Richmond, QSM for services to conservation
Gillian Bishop is the Chairperson of the Tasman Environmental Trust, a community-led conservation organisation. She has been the driving force behind the Trust’s development of a cluster of community planting and predator control projects, and the development of a significant community conservation hub that connects many volunteer-run conservation projects in the Nelson-Tasman region. She has overseen the Trust’s support for the successful development of Project Mohua to become an active representative body for Golden Bay collaborative community conservation. Ms Bishop provides leadership to the Waimea Inlet Forum and the implementation of the Waimea Inlet Management Strategy.