Alison Ballance - Broadcaster and writer, Nelson (Te Apārangi Sponsored Speaker) Alison Ballance shares stories of her favourite wildlife encounters. She sheds light on her 35-year association with kākāpō, discovers the amazing journeys of New Zealand’s great white sharks and charts the ups and downs of the long-running conservation effort to save takahe. Alison is a freelance natural history writer […]

Manpreet Dhami - Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln (Te Apārangi Sponsored Speaker) Manpreet Dhami is a Senior Scientist at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and a microbial ecologist by training. She is interested in how species interact and evolve together through symbiosis, coexistence and competition. She performs experimental research to assess the contributions of microbial interactions to host health and function in systems […]