Stephen King

Stephen Tamatea King (born 1952/1953) is a New Zealand botanist and conservationist, known for his barefoot campaigns to protect native forests. King gained national prominence in 1978 for his campaigns to protect native forests from logging, after leading the world's first treesitting protest on an ancient tōtara tree. He went on to serve as chairman of the Native Forest Restoration Trust, which he helped establish in 1980.