Ms Ailsa McGilvary-Howard, of Kaikoura, QSM, for services to conservation, particularly wildlife conservation
Ms Ailsa McGilvary-Howard, of Kaikoura, QSM, for services to conservation, particularly wildlife conservation.
Ailsa McGilvary-Howard is Chair of the Kaikōura branch of Forest and Bird and a Trustee of Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust. She has been motivated by a concern that the local Banded Dotterel population might be declining due to unsuccessful breeding. She has presented research at The Australasian Shorebird Conference, the BRAID annual symposium, and Wader Quest in the United Kingdom, as well as to many community groups. She takes part in environmental initiatives including Braided River Aid and the East Coast Protection group. Mrs McGilvary-Howard was a founding member and Chair of the Kaikōura Youth Trust.