We are delighted to have Nicola Toki talk to our members and answer your questions.
She will cover a variety of topics including how she views the role of branches to support F&B’s strategy.
Join us at The Garden Room at St Peter's on Willis - access on Ghuznee Street from 6.30 pm on Thursday 17 August.
Places are limited so please reserve your place by registering at Eventbrite
If you sign up but find you can’t make it on the night, please let us know to cancel your booking.
Nicola Toki has a 20 year history of conservation leadership and advocacy for New Zealand’s wildlife and wild places. You may have seen her in the currently-showing TV series “Endangered Species Aotearoa with WWF”.
Having worked in a range of roles across the private and public sector, Nicola is an enthusiastic champion for engaging people with the special values of New Zealand’s natural world and has a deep understanding of the environmental management challenges and opportunities in this country. Nicola is a strong believer in the power of storytelling to build people’s understanding of and love for nature, so that they feel inspired to act to protect it. Some of her storytelling achievements include convincing the Prime Minister to name Sirocco the kākāpō as New Zealand’s official “Spokesbird for Conservation”; being part of a team that created “Royal Cam”, the web camera at Taiaroa Head focusing on the albatross colony; and her weekly radio segment on RNZ with Jesse Mulligan – “Critter of the Week.”
Returning to Forest & Bird as chief executive is an honour and a privilege for Nicola, who worked as a conservation advocate for Forest & Bird a decade ago. Since that time, Nic worked in pest control advocacy for OSPRI, set up the Living Water programme in the South Island for Fonterra; and was the very first project manager in the Predator Free New Zealand movement, creating the Predator Free NZ Trust. Most recently, Nic worked as the Department of Conservation’s Threatened Species Ambassador. Immediately preceding her role as Chief Executive of Forest & Bird, Nicola was in a senior leadership role in the Department of Conservation as the Operations Director for the Eastern South Island.
In her spare time, Nicola enjoys spending time outdoors, and contributing to pest control while hunting.