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NZ Nature fund founder: Gibbston vineyard owner Denis Marshall
In New Zealand, Denis Marshall’s best known as the Minister of Conservation who resigned after the Cave Creek tragedy. In Queenstown, he’s probably best known as the co-owner of Gibbston’s Hawkshead winery. But, as PHILIP CHANDLER explains, his biggest legacy’s likely to be helping save NZ’s endangered plants and wildlife
More than 25 years after resigning as Minister of Conservation, Denis Marshall’s more involved in conservation than ever.
He’s just launched the NZ Nature Fund, with the lofty aim of raising $30 million over five years to rescue native birds, reptiles, fish and plants in critical danger of extinction.