John is a lecturer, conservation biologist, and MÄtauranga MÄori adviser with over 20 years experience. He has a passion for New Zealand indigenous species and history. His background in education, consultation and research is broad and includes the implementation of several research and species management projects and MÄtauranga MÄori mentoring programmes for students working towards degrees in science.
The personalities of birds such as hihi can be affected by their diet as chicks in the nest, according to research by Massey University PhD student and Hihi Specialist Group member Kate Richardson. The latest chapter in Kate’s PhD thesis, which she is in the process of writing up, is entitled ‘Personality in hihi: the […]
