David Young is one of New Zealand’s most respected environmental authors, who has published widely in essays, articles, magazines and books. His recent books include: Faces of the River: NZ’s living water (with Bruce Foster) (1986); Our Islands, Our Selves: A history of conservation in New Zealand (Otago University Press, 2004); Woven by Water: Histories from the Whanganui River (Huia, 2006); Whio: Saving New Zealand’s endangered blue duck (Craig Potton, 2006) and Rivers: New Zealand’s shared legacy (Random House, 2013).