NatureWatch NZ is run by the New Zealand Bio-Recording Network Trust, a charitable trust dedicated to bio-recording. The Trustees are:
Colin Meurk
Jon Sullivan
Jerry Cooper
Stephen Pawson
Shane Orchard
Murray Dawson
The Trust is also supported by a larger group of advisors and collaborators who have helped develop NatureWatch NZ over the years.
Our lofty aims are:
To increase knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of New Zealand's natural history.
To engage and assist New Zealanders in observing and recording biological information.
To develop and support online tools to assist individuals and groups to record, view, share and use biological information.
To collaborate with people and groups interested in bio-recording.
To promote and provide secure, open, and ethical sources of biological information for the public.
Type: Foundation
NatureWatch NZ (2013). Marine species citizen-science observations from NatureWatch NZ. Southwestern Pacific OBIS, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand, 939 records, Online http://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource.do?r=naturewatchnz released on August 22, 2016., more
