What is Rob Fenwick?
[[File:Robert Fenwick, 2016 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Rob Fenwick in 2016]] '''Sir Robert George Mappin Fenwick''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|KStJ|size=85%}} (5 May 1951 – 11 March 2020) was a New Zealand environmentalist, businessman and professional director. He was born in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. Fenwick co-founded the organic composting service Living Earth Ltd, the [[NZ Natural]] bottled water brand and Te Matuku Oysters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tematukuoysters.co.nz/our-story/|title=Our Story {{!}} Te Matuku Oysters|website=www.tematukuoysters.co.nz|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-02|archive-date=2019-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316232055/http://www.tematukuoysters.co.nz/our-story/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He held a number of board and advisory panel positions. Fenwick was appointed leader of the [[Progressive Green Party (New Zealand)|Progressive Green Party]] in 1996 and campaigned to create a Maritime Park in the [[Hauraki Gulf]]. In 1998, he was a founding member of the BlueGreens, an environmental policy group within the [[New Zealand National Party]]. Fenwick was knighted in the [[2016 Birthday Honours#New Zealand|2016 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/queens-90th-birthday-honours-list-2016-citations-knight-companions-new-zealand-order-merit|title=The Queen's 90th Birthday Honours List 2016 – Citations for Knight Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit|website=The Queen's 90th Birthday Honours List 2016 – Citations for Knight Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit|language=en-NZ|access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref> Fenwick died on 11 March 2020 of [[cancer]] in [[Waiheke Island]], New Zealand at the age of 68.<ref>[https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/120192162/environmentalist-sir-rob-fenwick-dies Environmentalist Sir Rob Fenwick dies at age 68]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fenwick, Rob}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New Zealand]] [[C