Conservationist 'Mrs Dotterel' receives New Year Honour | Stuff.co.nz

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Alison Henry has been made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for her service in conservation and community.

She has spent a lifetime in conservation pushing for government change as well as leading many restoration projects in some of New Zealand's most remote communities.

The 76-year-old, from Cooks Beach, grew up on a farm in Matamata and says environmentalism was always in her blood.

After really falling in love with birds whilst in The States, she took up a position at the Department of Conservation in Auckland. Joining a team of five women, she said she learnt a lot about New Zealand’s native species and mātauranga Māori.

Her first big gig involved pest eradication on Motutapu Island.

A stand-out moment of her time of that island, was meeting the late Dame Te Atairangikāhu – the Māori Queen.

Her involvement in replanting native species and restoring habitat on Motutapu, led her to becoming a Trustee and now Guardian of Motutapu Restoration Trust.

She and a panel – including commercial and recreational fishermen, Māori and conservationists – made ambitious recommendations to address the Gulf’s issues through a Marine Spatial Plan called Sea Change.

Now in her golden years, Henry spends most of her time replanting dunes and protecting endangered New Zealand dotterel.

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