The purpose of the Trust is to enable the Hawke’s Bay Biodiversity Strategy 2015 – 2050 (the Strategy) to be implemented, in particular by working to secure funds and to build an endowment fund to support future biodiversity-related activity in the Hawke’s Bay Region.
The Trust Board are bound by the terms set out in the Trust Deed and the current Hawke’s Bay Biodiversity Trust Board trustees are:
Mike Halliday (Chair)
Charles Daugherty
James Buwalda
Dr Nic Peet
Natalie de Burgh
Evelyn Ratima
The Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust acknowledges and thanks Forsyth Barr for their financial services.
The Trust and the Incorporated Society work collectively and collaboratively under the Biodiversity Hawke’s Bay brand to achieve the objectives of the strategy. The MoU outlining this active collaborative partnership can be viewed here.
18 October 2022 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Minutes
21 June 2022 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Minutes
22 March 2022 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
HB Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes 2021
21 October 2021 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
22 June 2021 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
20 April 2021 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
16 February 2021 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
20 October 2020 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
18 August 2020 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
25 June 2020 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
18 February 2020 - Hawke's Bay Biodiversity Trust Board Minutes
Charles has 35 years’ experience as an ecologist and conservation research leader, primarily at Victoria University of Wellington. He was awarded an ONZM for his work on tuatara ecology and management and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waikato. Charles has been a trustee of Zealandia and the Predator Free New Zealand Trust, and he is presently a Director of Zero Invasive Predators. He has been involved with Biodiversity Hawke’s Bay since retiring to Hawke’s Bay in 2016.
Nic Peet is the new CEO of Hawke's Bay Regional Council. The Regional Council will automatically hold one seat on the Board.
Mike has served on and chaired a number of committees and boards involved with land management and forestry issues. He is also a Trustee for the Guthrie-Smith Trust.
James’ career has included roles as a research scientist, public sector Chief Executive, and strategy consultant. He is currently Chair of the New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, the Better Border Biosecurity research collaboration and the OSPRI Stakeholders’ Council, as well as co-Chair of the Biosecurity 2025 Steering Group. James has worked extensively in governing collaborative ventures, with a strong focus on environmental issues (conservation, biosecurity, biodiversity), facilitating partnerships between research organisations, universities, government agencies and industry sector groups. After splitting his time between Hawkes Bay and Wellington for 8 years, James recently moved permanently to Haumoana.
Natalie graduated from the University of Auckland with a BSc in Ecology in 2016. Since moving back home to Hawke’s Bay she has been working for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council in a variety of roles within the Biosecurity / Biodiversity section, and more recently part of the Predator Free Hawke’s Bay team. She is particularly interested in how research can inform adaptive management and the integration of biodiversity values into agricultural systems. Since 2017 she has also had three short stints in Greece volunteering on an in-water research project monitoring loggerhead sea turtles.
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