Conservation duo awarded top gongs
Mountain Scene July 5, 2021 By GUY WILLIAMS Queenstown’s power couple of conservation, Barbara and Neill Simpson (above), have been bestowed with Rotary’s highest honour. The founders of the Wakatipu Reforestation Trust were made Paul Harris Fellows by the club’s resort branch at its ‘change-over night’ at Bazaar restaurant late last month. The fellowships recognised their contribution over 40 years to ecology, botany and environmental education in the Whakatipu Basin and beyond. The club also presented Hans Arnestedt and Helen and Tom McPhail with certificates of ap...
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