Arrowtown’s Nicky Sygrove’s been appointed NZ Nature Fund CEO. The Kinross Winery chief executive’s just been appointed New Zealand Nature Fund (NZNF) CEO, having spent the past two years as a trustee. NZNF was established 25 years ago, initially to manage restricted philanthropic gifts to support Department of Conservation projects. Sygrove says Aotearoa’s at an ‘‘extraordinary moment’’ for conservation. During her tenure, Kinross earned Qualmark Gold Status in 2023, was a Tourism New Zealand NZ Wine Tourism Award winner in 2024, and won ‘employer of the year’ at last year’s Queenstown Business Awards.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2026 15:35 UTC