Meet The Team

Sue Freitag and Barry Dent, Trustees

Sue and Barry have been interested in conservation as volunteers for a long time and have now set up Fauna Recovery New Zealand to fund land animal conservation projects.  Both are trained scientists, Barry with a PhD in Chemistry and Sue with BSc (Hons) in Geochemistry.  Barry is retired founder of BDG Synthesis Limited- a chemistry R&D company that is now thriving under new ownership- and with Sue is a director of several privately held companies.  Sue also works full-time for an engineering consultancy. They live in Wellington.

Peter Gaze

Peter is the brains behind our Puangiangi Island restoration project and has been a contractor to the Trust, now a valued volunteer. With DOC until retirement, he brings to the table a 30-year background in practical conservation work.  We have him to thank for organising the efficient  funding mechanism we have used for projects on the public estate, and for getting the all-important rock wren project off the ground despite the odds.  Peter has held office with The Ornithological Society of New Zealand and was until retirement Recovery Group Leader for Tuatara. Peter is based in Nelson.