Jacqui Barrington was a much admired conservation who lived on Waiheke. A memorial is dedicated to her in the Okahuiti Estuary, established by the Friends of the Okahuiti Wetlands. Among many other things, Jacqui, formerly Forest and Bird's former northern field officer, was resonsible for initiating a Kukupa public awareness campaign. She was dubbed a "green warrior" in one obituary. Jacqui was also known for her public fight to get the breast cancer Taxol funded for New Zealand women. She died in 1997.