The original good keen man (Kenneth Henley Miers 18 March 1925 to17 January 2010)

Authors: Ian Trotman, Colin Bassett, Murray Williams, with support and contributions by several of Ken’s colleagues in Wildlife, NZFS and his family
Publication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2010, Issue N.Z.J.For. 55(1) 2010, pp 29-31, May 2010
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Abstract: At his funeral Ken was described in several tributes as being a big outdoors man with a commanding presence and with a big indoors office brain. With the benefits of reflection and hindsight one could almost conclude that the wide range of experiences he had, and the skills gained, along with the contacts made, in the first half of his life were destined to fit him for the outstanding leadership he contributed to changing and implementing a major area of government policy by 180 degrees in his later career.