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RNZIH
National Office
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Linda
Sallabanks
PO Box 12, Lincoln University, Canterbury
Phone: (03) 325 2811 Ext. 8670
Email: office@rnzih.org.nz
Website: www.rnzih.org.nz |
| Patron |
The
Governor General, The Honourable Anand Satyanand |
| Vice
Patron |
Ralph Ballinger OBE,
AHRIH
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| President |
Jack
Hobbs AHRIH
Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens
102 Hill Road, Manurewa, Auckland
Phone: (09) 267 4728
Fax: (09) 266 3698
Email: HobbsJ@rnzih.org.nz |
| Vice
President |
Ross Ferguson ONZM, FRSNZ, AHRIH
HortResearch, Mt Albert, Private Bag 92 169, Auckland
Phone: (09) 815 4200 Ext. 7319
Fax: (09) 815 4201
Email: FergusonR@rnzih.org.nz |
Chairman
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David
Sole FRIH
Botanic Gardens of Wellington
101 Glenmore Street, Wellington
Phone: (04) 478 0470 (home); (04) 803 8296 (work)
Cellphone: 021 227 8296
Fax: (04) 499 1903
Email: SoleD@rnzih.org.nz |
| National
Executive |
Murray
Dawson FRIH
(RNZIH & NZGT Webmaster; Journal co-editor) |
Landcare
Research, PO Box 40, Lincoln, Canterbury
Phone: (03) 321 9645
Fax: (03) 325 2418
Email: DawsonM@rnzih.org.nz |
David
Glenn
(Notable Trees Chairman) |
New Zealand Horticulture
Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 8050, Dunedin
Phone: (03) 455 7550
Cellphone: 029 200 9242
Fax: (03) 455 1520
Email: GlennD@rnzih.org.nz
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Andrew
Maloy FRIH
(Journal co-editor) |
16 Riverlea Road, Whenuapai, Waitakere City
Phone: (09) 416 3543
Fax: (09) 416 3548
Email: MaloyA@rnzih.org.nz |
| Mick
Reece FRIH |
PO Box 8021, Gardens
Post Office, Dunedin
Phone: (03) 474 3569
Email: ReeceM@rnzih.org.nz
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Eddie
Wullems
(Treasurer) |
Hamilton City Council,
Private Bag 3010, Hamilton Phone: (07) 838 6934
Cellphone: 021 790 203
Fax: (07) 838 6935
Email: WullemsE@rnzih.org.nz
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Executive
Profiles
Jack
Hobbs (President of the RNZIH)
Curator
Manager of the Auckland Botanic Gardens (ABG) in Manurewa, Auckland.
Jack
has been Curator Manager of the ABG since 1997, after previously
being Curator from 1988.
He has long
been a member of the Institute, joining as a student in 1977. In
1990 he was awarded the Plant Raisers Award, in 1991 became a Fellow
of the RNZIH, and in 1996 an Associate of Honour of the RNZIH.
Jack has been
a presenter of television gardening programmes from 1991 until 2003,
including 8 years as a presenter on Maggie's Garden Show. For almost
20 years he ran an extensive plant breeding programme at ARBG which
has produced many popular native plant hybrids including the popular
'Wiri' series of Hebe and Leptospermum which are now
grown commercially in many parts of the world.
Jack has been
involved as writer and/or photographer for magazines and several
gardening books. Since 1989 he has been a regular contributor of
articles and photography to the New Zealand Gardener. He
co-authored Bulbs for New Zealand Gardeners and Collectors
(Jack Hobbs and Terry Hatch, Godwit Publishing, 1994; published
in USA as The Best Bulbs for Temperate Climates, Timber Press,
1994.)
Other
horticultural books he has contributed to include Ferns
for New Zealand Gardens (Sandra Van der Mast and Jack Hobbs,
Godwit Publishing, 1998), and he completed the manuscript for A
New Zealand Handbook of Bulbs and Perennials (H. Redgrove, Godwit
Publishing, 1991).
With
his broad horticultural expertise from the practical to the managerial
levels and high public profile Jacks role as President of the RNZIH
is very fitting.
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (AHRIH)
- Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand
Current
Group & Society Memberships
- Friends of Auckland Botanic Garden
- International Dendrology Society
- International Plant Propagators Society IPPS
- Botanical Society
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Dr
Ross Ferguson (Vice President of the RNZIH)
Scientist
with HortResearch at Mt Albert, Auckland.
Ross Ferguson
studied at Victoria University of Wellington and the University
of Auckland and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
and the New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science and an Associate
of Honour of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture. He
was the Cockayne Memorial Lecturer in 1995.
Ross is recognised
internationally for his research over many years into the biology
of the genus Actinidia (kiwifuit). He has written many important
reviews and his own research work has concentrated on the nutritional
physiology of kiwifruit, the taxonomy of the genus, the measurement
of ploidy and genome size in kiwifruit and a number of other crops,
and the benefits of kiwifruit consumption to the human diet. His
work has enhanced opportunities within the HortResearch kiwifruit
breeding programs. He has also written extensively on the detailed
history of kiwifruit domestication.
Dr
Ferguson has developed many links with kiwifruit research groups
overseas, particularly in China and Italy.
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (AHRIH)
- Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ)
- International Society for Horticultural Science
- New Zealand Institute of Agriculture and Horticultural Science
(FNZSHS)
Current
Group & Society Memberships
- Member of various horticultural groups
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David
Sole (Chairman of the RNZIH)
Manager
of Wellington Botanic Gardens.
David Sole first
became a member of the RNZIH in 1979 as part of his NDH studies.
During that time he worked for Wellington City Council Parks &
Reserves, which was at that time under the administration of Ian
Galloway and Richard Nanson. He completed his NDH (Hons) in 1985
and was awarded the David Tannock Prize for his Oral & Practical
examination.
In 1986 he left
employment with the City and, along with his wife, established the
business Sole Gardening & Landscaping Ltd. It offered landscape
maintenance, arboricultural and landscape services through until
1995 when he decided to focus on the landscaping side of the business.
While
the RNZIH administered training he acted as an examiner for a number
of Oral & Practical Examinations and later, as trade training
moved across to unit standards, was part of the team from the Landscape
Industries Association of New Zealand (LIANZ), involved with the
consulting on the unit standards and went on to become a HITO board
member, representing LIANZ and the landscape industry until 1995.
As a member
of The New Zealand Landscape Guild, later to become LIANZ, he served
on the executive, and also as vice president and involved with the
New Zealand Landscape Awards Programme. He has been an active local
member of LIANZ until recently.
In
October 2003 David was appointed in the position of Manager of Wellington's
Botanic Gardens where he enjoys working in a stimulating and forward
thinking environment with skilled staff and local, national and
international associations.
He
has maintained his membership of the RNZIH, was made a fellow in
1996, and is the current Chairman.
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (FRIH)
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Murray
Dawson (Webmaster of the RNZIH)
Research
Technician, Landcare Research, Lincoln.
Murray
Dawson has worked as a research technician for the former DSIR Botany
Division from 1981 and then Landcare Research since its inception
in 1991 to the present time.
In 1995 he was
granted leave to complete a MSc at the University of Reading in
the UK. His thesis was on ornamental cultivars of Leptospermum
(manuka) for which he received the DD Baker Award through the RNZIH.
With the introduction
of the RNZIH website Murray saw the potential uses and benefits
of this new technology to the Institute. He approached National
Executive expressing interest in developing the site and introducing
many new features. Because of his very significant contribution
to the development of the website Murray was appointed Webmaster
in 2001 and was also co-opted onto the National Executive. Today
this site could be described as one of the major horticultural sites
in New Zealand.
From
2005, he has also taken on the role of co-editor of the New Zealand
Garden Journal (Journal of the RNZIH).
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (FRIH)
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David
Glenn (Notable Trees Registrar)
Currently
David is the National Contracts Manager for the New Zealand Horticulture
Industry Training Organisation and is based in Dunedin.
David
completed a Horticulture and Gardening apprenticeship with the Dunedin
City Council before travelling abroad. While overseas David worked
in Britain and Europe for 10 years as one of the managers of Southern
Tree Surgeons Ltd, an arborist contractor working throughout Europe.
Following
his return David has been a Horticulture and Arborist contractor
in Dunedin since 1988 running his own company until 1997.
Since
then David was the Head of School for Horticulture for the Otago
Polytechnic for three years before his current appointment.
Recently
David has become the Notable Trees Registrar continuing the late
Ron Flook's long standing contribution in this role.
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal
New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (Notable Trees Registrar)
- New
Zealand Arboricultural Association (President)
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Andrew
Maloy
Self-employed
in his bromeliad production nursery at Whenuapai, Auckland.
Scottish born,
Andrew Maloy emigrated to New Zealand in 1974. Upon arrival to
New Zealand, Andrew spent the next nine years working at two nurseries
as propagation supervisor and production manager in the Auckland
region.
From
1982 to the current day, he has been self-employed running his own
nursery production business, during which he has also been a Lecturer
in Amenity Horticulture, Nursery Production and Plant Propagation
at UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland (from 1991 to 1997).
From 1998 until
2002 Andrew was also technical writer for the Consumers' Institute
Home & Garden magazine. He continues his writing and editing
skills as the Plant Doctor for Weekend Gardener magazine
and as co-editor of the New Zealand Garden Journal (Journal
of the RNZIH). Andrew was the previous Chairman of the RNZIH executive
committee for two terms during which the NZ Gardens Trust and NZ
Education Trust was established.
Qualifications
- Ordinary National Diploma in Commercial and General Horticulture
(Scotland)
- City and Guilds of London Institute Certificate in Organisation
and Management, Horticulture (Stage 3)
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (FRIH)
Current
Group & Society Memberships
- International Plant Propagators Society (member since 1974)
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Mick
Reece
Community
and Recreation Services Manager, Dunedin City Council.
Mick Reece has
lived in Dunedin since 1983 when he gained the position as Curator
of the Dunedin Botanic Garden. Before that he was employed at the
Wellington Botanic Garden for seven years where he completed his
RNZIH National Diploma of Horticulture (Hons). Mick has remained
involved at a management level with the Botanic Garden over the
past 22 years, although as Community and Recreation Services Manager
his responsibilities have extended to parks, reserves, cemeteries,
community development and other activities of the Dunedin City Council.
Mick
is passionate about plants and gardens and belongs to a number of
professional and non-professional organisations, including executive
member of the RNZIH, promoting these interests at a national and
international level.
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal NZ
Institute of Horticulture (FRIH)
- NZ Recreation
Association (ANZIPRA)
- International
Dendrology Society
- Royal Horticultural
Society
- Botanic Garden
Conservation International
- Botanic Gardens
Australia and New Zealand
Current
Group & Society Memberships
- Dunedin Rhododendron
Group
- Dunedin Horticultural
Society (Vice President)
- Friends of
the Dunedin Botanic Garden
- Hardy Plants
Society
- Otago Alpine
Garden Society
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Eddie
Wullems
City
Parks Manager, Hamilton City Council.
Eddie Wullems
has been with Hamilton City Council since 1983 and has been the
manager of City Parks Business Unit since 1996. City Parks is an
in-house contracting unit maintaining all the parks and reserves
in Hamilton including the city's major icons Hamilton Gardens, Waikato
Stadium and Seddon Park.
Eddie has been
involved with service delivery his entire career starting in 1979
with what was then the Ministry of Works in Wellington and started
his studies for NDH. He spent four years in Wairoa (Hawkes Bay)
where he completed his NDH (Hons) before moving to Hamilton.
Eddie
has been involved with the NZ Recreation Association for many years
and was on the board which managed the amalgamation of three separate
professional organizations (parks, pools & recreation) into
one under the banner of NZRA.
Cuurently
Eddie is also a member of the RNZIH Education Trust.
Qualifications
Industry
& Professional Associations
- Royal New
Zealand Institute of Horticulture
- NZ Recreation
Association
Current
Group & Society Memberships
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Key
Members
There are currently more than 500 subscribed members of the RNZIH.
If you wish to be added to this section of the directory;
please email the webmaster 
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David
Puflett
(National Training Manager, RNZIH New Zealand Education Trust) |
61
Patumahoe Road, RD4, Pukekohe
Phone: (09) 236 3043 a/h
Cellphone: 021 745 210
Email: nzet@rnzih.org.nz |
Elenka
Nikoloff
(RNZIH Education Trust Event Manager for the HortFertplus young
horticulturist of the year) |
Phone: (09) 636 5922
Mobile: 027 633 2858
Email: elenka.nikoloff@xtra.co.nz |
Michael
Ayrton
(HITO contact and Education Trust member) |
PO
Box 26-072, Epsom, Auckland
Phone: (09) 524 6442
Cellphone: 021 9999 03
Fax: (09) 524 6433
Email: cornwall.park@xtra.co.nz |
Bryan
Gould
(Chairman NZ Gardens Trust and Trustee Notable Tree Trust of New Zealand) |
Horttraining
New Zealand Ltd
PO Box 8050, Dunedin
Phone: (06) 758 8944
Cellphone: 021 508 616
Email: bryan.gould@horttraining.ac.nz |
Liz
Morrow
(Executive Officer New Zealand Gardens Trust) |
194
Whitmore Road, R.D.6 Warkworth 0986
Phone: (09) 422 7443
Cellphone: 021 227 4150
Fax: (09) 422 7243
Email: morrowl@rnzih.org.nz |
| Jayson
Kelly FRIH |
114
Cliffs Road, St Clair, Dunedin
Phone: (03) 456 2242
Cellphone: 027 256 0041
Email: jayson@prophetiam.com |
| Graeme
Mander FRIH |
R297-SH2,
Bethlehem, Tauranga
Phone: (07) 576 6829
Email: gjmander@ihug.co.nz |
| David
Moyle FRIH |
6
Winslow Street, Christchurch 5
Phone: (03) 358 8914
Fax: (03) 358 1363
Email: dandamoyle@xtra.co.nz |
| Richard
Nanson AHRIH |
40
Takarau Gorge Rd, Ohariu Valley, Wellington
Phone: (04) 477 4020
Email: thenansons@paradise.net.nz |
| Mike
Oates AHRIH |
29
Mysore Street, Khandallah, Wellington
Phone: (04) 479 4453 (evenings)
Email: OatesM@wcc.govt.nz |
| David
Shillito AHRIH |
PO
Box 12, Lincoln University, Canterbury
Phone: (03) 325 2811 Ext. 8440
Email: Shillito@lincoln.ac.nz |
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