Douglas Jones, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu – New Zealand Harkness Fellowship

Douglas Jones, from Gisborne and Wellington will be based at Massachusetts Institute of Technology exploring the environmental trade-offs, and costs that need to be considered when introducing new technologies (such as gene editing) to protect native species.

Doug is Manahautū/General Manager of the Māori Policy and Operations Team at the Environmental Protection Authority in Wellington.