The Kakapo Recovery Team has ten staff, all employed by the Department of Conservation. They are responsible for the day-to-day management of kakapo.

Six of the staff maintain a continual presence on the kakapo islands in a revolving roster. Four other staff have specialist skills and shuttle between the islands and their offices in Invercargill and Nelson.

The Kakapo Recovery Team is advised by the Kakapo Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, which is a group of independent experts in the various fields of species conservation.

"Staff of the Kakapo Recovery Team do everything with an amazing attitude. Even if it's 3 o'clock in the morning and it's freezing and pelting with rain, nothing is going to stop them. That dedication to the cause is really amazing." - Maria Roberston, former NZAS worker.

Here you can meet some of the team, and find out what they have to say about the work that they do:

Programme Manager: Deidre Vercoe

Scientists: Ron Moorhouse (full time) and a little, but important bit of Graeme Elliott 's time.

Technical Officer: Daryl Eason

Ranger Operations: Jo Ledington

Kakapo Rangers: Chris Birmingham, Dana Boyte, Steve Horn, Errol Nye, Tim Raemaekers.