The Department of Conservation has a new director-general, who will take over from Lou Sanson who has led the department for eight years. Penny Nelson has been appointed for an initial five-year term, beginning on November 1. Nelson has had a long career as a bureaucrat in Wellington. She is currently deputy director-general of biosecurity […]
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