Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Department of Conservation Matariki award
Timeline
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Kim Tuatini Wright

Gold Coast

Summary

Professional with strong experience in environmental management and conservation. Demonstrates expertise in wildlife preservation, habitat restoration, and public education. Highly collaborative, adaptable, and focused on achieving results in dynamic outdoor settings. Prepared to contribute significantly to stewardship and protection of natural resources.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Ranger, River Restoration

Department of Conservation
10.2022 - 04.2025
  • Leading a regional catchment management team
  • Ranger field work tasks, compliance, advocacy and track maintenance
  • Project design and management under large scale biodiversity restoration initiatives
  • Scientific survey design and delivery
  • Data collection
  • Report writing
  • Working with indigenous communities to deliver co-designed initiatives
  • Company brokering with significant companies such as Spark NZ
  • Community and stakeholder engagement, carrying out conservation focused work on private land
  • Assisting in wildlife response work relating to threatened species, Cetacean strandings and marine mammal relocations
  • Established a successful freshwater catchment management program in the Auckland region.
  • Strengthened the Department of Conservations relationship with local Iwi (indigenous people).
  • Awarded New Zealand Department of Conservation’s national matariki award for services to waterways health and local Iwi.
  • Successful delivery of large-scale species conservation and restoration projects.

Field Advisor(Contractor)

Kaipara Moana Remediation
01.2022 - 11.2022
  • Landowner engagement
  • Technical advice
  • Budgeting
  • Report writing
  • Waterway restoration projects designed and successfully orchestrated on multiple private properties.

Rural Field Coordinator

Healthy Waters Department - Auckland Council
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Team management including schedule management, communications, reporting, health and safety.
  • Design of Sediment Reduction Plan for Kaipara Moana Remediation Program.
  • Data sampling and analysis for Te Paiaka Project including field-based data collection and analysis of bank erosion mitigation qualities of native riparian plant species.

Healthy Waters Specialist/Rural Field Coordinator

Auckland Council
02.2019 - 01.2020
  • Technical land management advice to rural landowners, particularly for riparian planting and fencing
  • Supporting landowners in Fund applications, including acting as a program ambassador, explaining fund purpose and framework, and encouraging landowners through the process
  • Provision of technical advice to Hōteo Sediment Reduction Project steering group
  • Mapping (Geomaps, GIS)
  • Team management (as above)
  • Contract management
  • Grant administration

Kauri Die-Back Ambassador

Auckland Council
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Public engagement with regional park visitors, managing visitor actions
  • Scientific communication with the public on Kauri Die-Back (a pathogen affecting the Native Kauri tree, Agathis australis)

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physical Geography

University of Auckland
01.2019

Skills

  • Environmental restoration planning
  • Project management, administration, planning and strategy
  • Budget management
  • Community and stakeholder engagement
  • Company and organization partnership brokering
  • Field based skillset, use of hand and power tools in park maintenance
  • Compliance and public engagement
  • Application of fluvial geomorphology in research and project design
  • Conservation field work experience (Baiting, trapping, sampling, biosecurity)
  • GIS mapping
  • Data sampling and analysis
  • Report writing, strong verbal communication skills, including technical and scientific information
  • Full clean driver’s license, competent at driving manual and 4WD

Accomplishments

Ran a successful environmental restoration program for over two years achieving tangible environmental outcomes and facilitating collaborations with government partners and stakeholders.

Certification

Four wheel drive certification, Vertical Horizon, 2023 (no expiary).

Hazardous substances use and handling certification, Department of Conservation, 2024 (no expiry).

Light utility vehicle (LUV) certification, Vertical Horizon, 2024 (no expiary).

Outdoor first aid certification, First training, 2025-2027.

Electric Fishing Machine certification, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), 2023 (no expiry).


Department of Conservation Matariki award

A department wide award for services to catchment restoration and indigenous communities. 

Timeline

Ranger, River Restoration

Department of Conservation
10.2022 - 04.2025

Field Advisor(Contractor)

Kaipara Moana Remediation
01.2022 - 11.2022

Rural Field Coordinator

Healthy Waters Department - Auckland Council
01.2020 - 01.2022

Healthy Waters Specialist/Rural Field Coordinator

Auckland Council
02.2019 - 01.2020

Kauri Die-Back Ambassador

Auckland Council
01.2017 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Science - Physical Geography

University of Auckland

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