Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa, 9781988550701
Hardcover
A century of fighting for New Zealand’s wild heart and soul.
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Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa

a conservation history of forest & bird 1923-2023

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  • Hardcover

    350 pages

  • Release Date

    27 September 2024

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Summary

A Century of Conservation: The Inspiring Story of Forest & Bird

Force of Nature Te Aumangea o te Turoa, written by David Young and Naomi Arnold, is the inspiring history of New Zealand’s oldest and most successful conservation organisation: Forest & Bird.

For over 100 years, Forest & Bird has been at the forefront of environmental protection. To mark their centenary in 2023, this book was commissioned to document their remarkable history.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781988550701
ISBN-10:198855070X
Author:David Young and Naomi Arnold, David Young, Naomi Arnold
Publisher:Potton & Burton
Imprint:Potton & Burton
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:350
Release Date:27 September 2024
Weight:2.40kg
Dimensions:297mm x 230mm
About The Author

David Young and Naomi Arnold

David Young is a conservation historian who finds inspiration in personal and community regeneration efforts in coastal Tasman. His interest began in the late ‘60s as a young journalist with the emergence of modern environmentalism, continuing at The Listener in the 70s and 80s. He edited the resource management journal Terra Nova and freelanced in research and advocacy in essays, reviews, television documentaries and hearings, including Treaty work. He was president of the Professional Historians’ Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa. His books include Faces of the River 1986; Woven by Water: Histories from the Whanganui River 1998; Our Islands Our Selves: a history of Conservation in New Zealand 2003; Whio: Saving New Zealand’s Blue Duck, 2005; Rivers: New Zealand’s Shared Legacy, 2013. A Creative New Zealand–Fulbright enabled Wai Pasifika – Indigenous Ways in a Changing Climate in 2021.

Naomi Arnold is an award-winning freelance journalist who has been exploring science and environment stories since she began writing in 2008. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed illustrated New Zealand astronomy history Southern Nights and has published stories in most New Zealand magazines and newspapers, as well as The Guardian, The Washington Post, Pacific Standard, and the BBC. She lives outside Nelson on a few acres of hilly land that she and her husband are trapping and regenerating to encourage birdlife. A keen tramper, she walked the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa in the summer of 2024.

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