sentences:  From September 2007 – 2010, she appeared as the presenter of "Meet the Locals", a series of four-minute clips about New Zealand's wild places and wildlife on TVNZ 6.She left the Department of Conservation in March 2010 when offered a position as conservation advocate at the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society.She disagreed with the then Government policy proposals signalled their intention to mine in national parks and other significant conservation areas previously off-limits to mining interests.