This report was prepared by Allison Arnold, the co-ordinator for the New Zealand Marine Ecoregion.
The workshop was organised and funded by WWF-New Zealand with contributions from Oceans Policy and the WWF International Ecoregion Partnerships Grant.
Publication of the workshop report was funded by the Ministry of Fisheries. The results of the workshop are due to the collaborative efforts of the marine experts (Appendix 4) who contributed their scientific knowledge and committed many hours to produce the outputs. Many thanks are due to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), The National Museum of New Zealand – Te Papa Tongarewa, The Department of Conservation (DoC), the University of Otago, Environment Waikato, and the Queensland Museum for releasing their staff, and to the individuals for their time.
WWF-New Zealand would also like to thank the following for their valuable contributions:
Glen Lauder and Sarah Wilson of Common Ground; Peng Aik Lim, Nick Robinson, Parker Jones, Michelle Cooper, and Oli Helm of Eagle Technology; Vaughn Stagpoole and Kelly Beuth at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (IGNS); Bronwen Golder of WWF International; Ruth Gregg, Jo Breese, Chris Howe, Miriam Richardson, and Angela Heck of WWF-New Zealand, Kurt Buri of Buri Graphics; and Simon Childerhouse, Martin Cryer, Peter McMillan, Paul Sagar, Nick Shears, and Franz Smith.
Thanks also to WWF-New Zealand's Rebecca Bird and Jenny Riches for their work in managing the adaptation of this publication to an online resource.
Thanks are also due to the teams at Ocean Design and Springload who designed and developed the resource for WWF-New Zealand.
Many other people contributed to the success of the workshop and the preparation of the report. This report aims to be an accurate record of the discussions and material generated at the Marine Biodiversity Workshop held on the 27–28 May 2003, and during subsequent expert review. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views of WWF or the workshop participants’ employers, or other organisations that have supported this process.
