Two biosecurity experts are meeting with a group of people concerned about the issue of pest control in New Zealand at Café Scientifique on Monday evening.
Greg Corbett has been involved in pest management for 27 years starting with Pest Destruction Boards in the early 1980s.

A helicopter on a poison mission.

More recently, he managed the bovine Tb programme in the Bay of Plenty. He now leads Environment BOP's land resources team in Rotorua, overseeing its biosecurity and biodiversity programmes. He is also a keen hunter and gundog owner.
Alastair Fairweather works for the Department of Conservation in a national advisory role on animal pests. Prior to joining DoC he was involved in research on possums with the Ecology Division, DSIR. He has also worked in Scotland managing deer in upland plantations, completing a PhD at the same time using the data collected.
This endeavour is supported by the Faculty of Science & Engineering of the University of Waikato as part of a programme to raise public awareness of science and starts at 7.30pm

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