Mr Ken Laurent, of Whakatane, MNZM, for services to wildlife conservation.
Mr Ken Laurent, of Whakatane, MNZM, for services to wildlife conservation.
Ken Laurent volunteers with Whakatane Kiwi Trust as an education guide, leading ‘Kiwi Tracker’ walks in Ohope Scenic Reserve. He has helped train new education guides, was Education Volunteer Team Leader, and chairs the Team Leaders group. He assists his wife, Sue, a qualified kiwi practitioner, with kiwi monitoring and health check duties. He is Operations Coordinator, Trustee, and an Executive Team member of the Manawahe Kokako Trust, which protects a kokako habitat on privately owned land. He was a Trustee of HALO Whakatāne unfenced sanctuary project. Mr Laurent helped a volunteer team translocate 40 North Island robins to Ohope Scenic Reserve in 2014.