Liz is a local GP and outdoor enthusiast, whom I first met through being a patient of hers at the medical centre after moving to the area two years ago.
Many months after our first meeting I was, I admit, surprised to see her face pop up in Beyond the Odds – the behindthe-scenes story of the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation – where she declared she’d initially thought of hunters as a bunch of yobbos. I was immediately intrigued how someone with this perspective could undergo such a turnaround to then become so heavily involved as to be the trapping co-ordinator with the Foundation. Lucky for me, and for all you readers, Liz was more than happy to share her thoughts and experiences.
Then, just as we were settling in for our chat, she casually mentioned she’d been a Forest & Bird member since the mid 1980s (when Prince Harry was still in diapers). Given the current legal stoush between the FWF and F&B my eyes just about popped out of my head, and I thought this is going to be even more fascinating than I anticipated.
* Within 48 hours of my conversation
