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Nature Quest New Zealand, Limited
Tour Operator in Dunedin

www.naturequest.co.nz
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297 Chain Hills Road. Mosgiel.. 9076, Dunedin, Otago.
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Mark Hanger founded Nature Quest in 1988, to connect visitors with the wildlife and nature of New Zealand, explore our wild places and understand the ecological communities of these isolated islands. In 2001 Nature Quest expanded to run botanical and wildlife tours in Western Australia and Tasmania. Nature and study tours than deepen traveller’s knowledge and understanding of our ecology. Mark has been guiding tours for almost 30 years and is still as passionate as ever about exploring and educating visitors about New Zealand ecology and our conservation efforts.
He is currently Deputy President of the largest conservation society in New Zealand, the Royal Forest Bird Protection society. Mark has been involved with many conservation project over the years and he is currently coordinating an exciting and innovative seabird conservation project along the Otago coast. Mark has a rich history in conservation, he formerly worked for the New Zealand National Parks Service for 7 years and has had a professional involvement in conservation since 1979. In 1988 Mark founded Nature Quest New Zealand to share his passion and knowledge with visitors to New Zealand and has been guiding ever since.
Mark is very active in the New Zealand Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society and is currently a local branch chairperson. He is particularly involved in the conservation management of the endangered Mohua Yellowhead , managing and maintaining trapping and monitoring programmes in the Haast region and the Makaroroa Valley. Mark is also involved in bird surveys and bird counts for the Department of Conservation and other private groups. Mark has led birding trips for Nature Quest since 2002 and enjoys showing visitors the unique birds and the amazing land formations of New Zealand.
Geoff has deep interest and involvement in conservation and nature that began over thirty years ago with volunteer fieldwork with endangered bird species on offshore islands in New Zealand. Geoff has a long background as a science teacher in Canterbury and his academic training was in ecology and geology. Geoff is still very active in local conservation issues in the central Canterbury region. He regularly works on re vegetation projects in nearby reserves, assists with bird survey work and with wilding tree removal.
His particular strength is botanical and Geoff has been active in the botanical society in Canterbury for 20 years. Geoff has been a guide for many years and in 2006 he started guiding for Nature Quest. For many years Ljana has been a biology and environmental education teacher. Ljana joined the Nature Quest team in 2009 and has led a range of departures.
Nature Quest is a premier nature, botanical and birding tour operator in Australasia. Join us to design your once in a lifetime New Zealand or Australia adventure. We are specialists in designing natural history and custom tours based on a deep understanding of New Zealand and a passion for sharing and exploring our wild places

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