You can contact LEARNZ, part of CORE Education, at:
Postal Address:
PO Box 13 678,
Christchurch 8141,
New Zealand
Meet Greg Byrnes
Job:
General Manager Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Trust.
Work background:
Environmental restoration, parks and recreation planning and management.
Favourite part of job:
Interaction and engagement with people and with the natural world.
Least favourite part of job:
When people disrespect nature and the work we do.
What I am working on now:
Currently looking to employ two ranger staff, set up new trails and plant 10,000 natives this year.
A (humorous) story about a job that went badly and what you learned:
I returned from a conference in Auckland on a Friday evening and attended the opening of a new park on the Saturday morning. I had arranged the opening prior to going and engaged a contractor to help. I got there around noon and after the official speeches were done, the guests and politicians walked over to the hole (pre-dug) for the ceremonial tree, only to find I had forgotten to get a tree.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Applied Management, strategic management, Horticulture indentures.
Interests outside work:
Motorcycles, movies, music.
Greg Byrnes is General Manager Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Trust. Image: Supplied.