Debs Martin can remember taking her two-year-old daughter swimming in a Canterbury river that she too had swum in as a child. Following that experience, Martin became really involved in water issues in Canterbury, before joining Forest and Bird as a committee member in South Canterbury. VIRGINIA WOOLF Debs Martin of Nelson Tasman Weedbusters gets stuck in to remove Old Man's Beard weed growing in a roadside drain. MARION VAN DIJK Debs Martin with a gas triggered rat trap at the Pelorus Bridge scenic reserve as part of the Te Hoiere Bat Recovery Project. Martin said she thought her advocacy work was like returning to the river that started it all.

Source: Stuff June 02, 2019 16:52 UTC