6. Acknowledgements
Natural areas of Te Paki Ecological District - 6. Acknowledgements (PDF, 221K)
We thank the landowners who cooperated with this survey, and other surveys which have preceded it over past years, as well as staff at the Kaitaia Area Office and the then Te Paki Field Centre for their advice and assistance.
Special acknowledgment is due to the following members of the survey team, without whom this report would not have been completed. Karen Riddell and the late Fraser Moors carried out field work and produced a working draft. Karen Riddell also supplied supplementary information on species distributions. Geomorphological data was compiled and written by Fred Brook. The late Fraser Moors kept the paper, data analysis and map preparation for the early drafts and contributed significantly to the compilation of the glossary.
Peter Anderson was a constantly positive and encouraging Supervisor and had considerable input into the introductory section and review process.
Linda Conning produced the first original draft which was later updated by Wendy Holland.
In the earlier drafts Richard Parrish provided advice and assistance with regard to fauna distribution and status, particularly with regard to landsnails, and Lisa Forester, Michael Heads and Ewen Cameron were frequently called upon for plant identification and botanical advice. Early editorial comment was provided by Peter de Lange, Lisa Forester, Peter Anderson, Ray Pierce, Nigel Clunie and scientific advice was given by Neil Mitchell.
Under contract to DOC, Wildland Consultants updated and revised the report during May and June 2007. Flora and fauna nomenclature and threat categories were updated and checked, and species lists were compiled. During this process fauna advice was provided by Olivier Ball (NorthTec), Fred Brook, Phil Sirvid (Te Papa Museum), John Early (Auckland Museum), Andrea Booth and Amy Macdonald (DOC). Herbarium records were supplied by Ewen Cameron (Auckland Museum Herbarium-AK), Leon Perrie (Te Papa Museum Herbarium-WELT), and Casey Patten and Ines Schoenberger (Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research-CHR). Flora advice was given by Jessica Beever (Landcare Research), Matt Renner (University of Sydney), Lisa Forester (Northland Regional Council), Andrew Townsend (DOC) and Peter de Lange (DOC). Recent species information from the DOC Kaitaia Area Office was obtained from Patrick Whaley, Janeen Collings and Lester Bridson.
Melanie Stephen (Wildland Consultants) compiled the plant species list and gathered information on some of the regionally significant plant species.
The report was then further updated and completed by Wendy Holland with Fred Brook contracted to update and compile the landsnail list for the Ecological District (both threatened and non-threatened) and their distribution throughout the ED. He wrote the introductory section for the threatened landsnail section (3.4) and the threats to landsnails in 3.5. Fred also provided a list and summary of fossil vertebrates recorded from dunefields in the Te Paki ED (see table in Appendix 8). Thanks to Dr Oliver Ball and his interest and knowledge of invertebrates. Additional fauna information was provided to us by Mike Fitzgerald (honorary research associate Te Papa-Tongarewa Museum) who provided significant information on spiders and Stephen Thorpe providing significant information on beetles. Dr Oliver Ball coordinated and supplemented this information.
The original site maps were prepared by Eric Dutton with financial assistance from the Far North District Council. Roger Bawden (Wildland Consultants) and Jenny Lux (Wildland Consultants) updated site maps according to recent aerial photography (2003). The maps were rechecked and updated by Wendy Holland and Kaye Seymour (DOC) and Kaye Seymour prepared the final maps for publication using ArcGIS v. 9.2.
The final draft report was peer reviewed by Dr Ray Pierce (EcoOceania Ltd), Peter Anderson (DOC), Andrew Townsend (DOC), Andrea Booth (DOC), Patrick Whaley (DOC) and Lisa Forester (NRC). Wendy Holland prepared the report for publication.
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