Kim McPherson is delighted to have been invited to join the Trust as a Trustee. She brings experience in ecotourism as well as in community work through her involvement in the Scouting movement.
When she heard the Trust needed help with its annual census in 2010 she got the Scouts involved and, since then, the Scouts have participated each year, monitoring the penguin population between Hokitika and Arahura. Her huge enthusiasm helped the Trust gain support and funding for a coastal habitat restoration project just outside Hokitika.
Kim has gone on to establish a native bird recovery care facility to help sick or injured birds recover before being returned to the wild and is the local ‘go-to’ person for DOC, the Trust and the SPCA for injured native birds.
She is passionate about penguins and believes as New Zealander’s we have a responsibility to take care of the beautiful land in which we live and its many treasures.
