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Krysten Cottrell definitely doesn't suffer from a boring nine to five, splitting her time between hunting for possums in Hawkes Bay during the week, then heading to Auckland to play for the Blues in the weekend. A former Black Fern, Krysten is the captain of the Hawkes Bay Tui and plays for the Auckland Blues during her weekends. During the week, she swaps her rugby boots for tramping boots, working alongside her husband Tipene for his business Te Ngahere. Hiking through the bush in the Kaweka Ranges, Krysten and the team trap pests such as rats and possums, in an effort to make swathes of Hawkes Bay forest predator-free. They also track and monitor kiwi, hoping to restore the kiwi population in the area.
