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Kia ora friend of NEXT
Welcome to the NEXT newsletter “Lockdown edition” - we hope you and your families are safe and well during these challenging times.
Just as Aotearoa New Zealand was entering the Covid-19 crisis, we lost one of our giant entrepreneurial and environmental heroes. Sir Rob Fenwick - a wonderful friend, mentor and advisor to NEXT - passed away. In this newsletter we republish a video we produced with Sir Rob – “Vision for a Predator Free New Zealand” - and we have other tributes planned that we will share at a later date.
The lockdown has forced many of the initiatives we support to adapt their activities - Predator Free Wellington’s (“PFW”) Miramar eradication project has had to press pause – but backyard trappers are more intent on catching the last elusive rats. Before lockdown we were privileged to host the PFW Chair Peter Chrisp and Project Director James Willcocks at a NEXT Outlook breakfast talk about this global leading capital city initiative. We share those stories here - plus a blog from NEXT CEO Bill Kermode who has had his sabbatical plans curbed, but not before getting some first hand exposure to a story of true resilience - which has relevance for us all today.
Stay home, stay safe, and thank you for staying connected!
Yours in education and the environment
The NEXT Team
Farewell Sir Rob Fenwick KNZM KStJ
NEXT pays tribute to environmentalist, businessman, advisor and friend Sir Rob Fenwick KNZM KStJ, who passed away in March. “Aotearoa has lost a taonga, a national treasure,” NEXT environmental director Devon McLean says.
NEXT Outlook - Predator Free Wellington
Wellington is on an ambitious journey to become the first predator free capital city in the world. Why is it important and what’s the strategy? Predator Free Wellington Board Chair Peter Chrisp talks about why it is important to reconnect with nature, and how they are going about it in this edition of NEXT Outlook.
Creating an Urban Movement for Nature
Predator Free Wellington’s first project phase has been eradicating predators on the Miramar Peninsula. It has had its trials and its triumphs. How do you win over residents who are hoarders, or gang members? Project Director James Willcocks explains more for NEXT Outlook.
What History Can Teach Us About Resilience
Like many travellers, NEXT CEO Bill Kermode had his sabbatical plans turned upside down by the Covid-19 crisis. But before that he was privileged to visit Antarctica where he learnt first hand a story of resilience – with some lessons relevant for us all today.
