“Kelly’s love for the unique flora and fauna we have in Aotearoa, coupled with the drive to protect it for future generations has enabled her to help tauira and kura to understand our unique ecosystems and environments. She has developed sessions for primary and NCEA secondary, and includes sessions on everything from birds, trees, river studies and invertebrates, to creative science communication, tracking and trapping and conservation ethics.

Based in Porirua, Kelly has worked as a zoologist, ecologist and science communicator in the education space since 2017, communicating biological and ecological concepts in accessible and relevant ways.”