Walking the Thin Green Line Oceania

30/07/2026

🌏 Today, on World Ranger Day, I’m proud to share that Guardians of Hope is now available to watch worldwide.

Guardians of Hope is the culmination of a journey that took me more than 1,600 km on foot, across eight countries, and through 158 interviews with the remarkable rangers protecting nature, culture and community throughout Oceania.

This film was created to celebrate their stories, honour their work, and help strengthen the ranger community for the future.

🎬 Stream: AU$8
📥 Download: AU$15

100% of proceeds support The Thin Green Line Oceania Fund, helping create opportunities for rangers across our region through leadership, professional development, collaboration and future initiatives.

Whether you’ve followed this journey from the beginning or are discovering it for the first time, thank you for helping share these stories and support the people behind them.

🎥 Watch now:
Guardians of Hope – Watch Online⁠

Today, as we celebrate World Ranger Day, let’s honour those we’ve lost, recognise those who continue to serve, and help ensure these stories continue to inspire hope for the future.

Conservation

30/07/2026

🌏 IRF Oceania Dispatch #8 is now live!

To mark 20 years of World Ranger Day, we’ve released a special edition of the IRF Oceania Dispatch celebrating the people, partnerships and stories that continue to strengthen our region.

Inside you’ll find:
🌿 World Ranger Day celebrations from across Oceania
🕊️ Remembering our fallen rangers
🎬 Guardians of Hope streaming launch
🌏 World Ranger Congress 2027 update
🤝 Regional collaboration and upcoming gatherings
🎓 Professional development opportunities
👩‍🌾 World Female Ranger Week highlights
📣 Updates from across the International Ranger Federation

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed stories, photographs and updates. Every edition helps showcase the incredible work being undertaken by rangers across our region.

📖 Read the Dispatch here:

IRF Oceania Dispatch #8 – Special World Ranger Day Edition⁠

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30/07/2026

Tomorrow we celebrate World Ranger Day.

For 20 years, World Ranger Day has been a time to honour fallen rangers, recognise the work of those still serving, and celebrate the incredible people protecting nature and cultural heritage around the world.

Tomorrow also marks the beginning of a new chapter for Guardians of Hope.

From tomorrow, the film will be available to stream from anywhere in the world, with 100% of proceeds supporting The Thin Green Line Oceania Fund to strengthen and support ranger initiatives across our region.

This film has always been about the people behind the uniform—their dedication, resilience and hope. I can’t think of a more fitting day to make it available to everyone.

See you tomorrow.

Oceania

26/07/2026

🎬 Something exciting is coming.

A year ago, Guardians of Hope premiered to audiences around Australia, sharing the stories of rangers from across Oceania.

This World Ranger Day (31 July), the next chapter begins.

For the first time, the film will be available to watch online from anywhere in the world.

Even better, every viewing will directly support The Thin Green Line Oceania Fund, helping strengthen and support rangers across our region.

I’ll be sharing more over the coming week.

Because this has never just been about making a film.

It’s about protecting hope.

29/06/2026

🌿 World Female Ranger Week – Day 7
Allies in Action

“Real allyship makes the path a little easier for someone else.”

When I first saw today’s theme, I found it surprisingly difficult.

I could have chosen a photo of a supportive male colleague.

Or an inspiring female mentor.

Instead, I kept coming back to something I’ve learnt through my work with the Thin Green Line and the International Ranger Federation.

Allyship isn’t about who gets the credit.

It’s about using whatever influence you have to make the path a little easier for someone else.

I’ve watched the Thin Green Line support rangers through hardship, create opportunities through programs like the Desert Women’s Leadership Program and Lead Ranger, and continually ask one simple question:

“Are we putting rangers first?”

From the very beginning of my Walking the Thin Green Line Oceania expedition, I found myself coming back to that same question. It became my compass whenever decisions became difficult or the bigger picture started to get lost.

Without even realising it, I carried it into my role as the International Ranger Federation’s Oceania Representative. Whenever I’m faced with difficult decisions, differing perspectives or competing priorities, I come back to it.

Am I putting rangers first?

Am I making the path a little easier for female rangers?

For Indigenous rangers?

For community rangers?

For the next person stepping into this profession?

Looking back over this week, that’s the thread connecting every story I’ve shared.

Women supporting women.

Communities supporting rangers.

Organisations supporting conservation.

Rangers supporting one another.

Because conservation has never been about one person.

It’s always been about people walking alongside each other.

Thank you to everyone who has followed along this week, and to the women whose stories continue to inspire me.

Let’s keep putting rangers first.

Everything else will follow.

World Female Ranger Week

28/06/2026

🌿 World Female Ranger Week – Day 6
Breaking Barriers

“One step at a time changes everything.”

When people talk about breaking barriers, they often imagine one defining moment.

But most barriers are crossed quietly.

One decision.

One volunteer shift.

One conversation.

One step at a time.

This is Jo Greenman.

Jo grew up on a small island off the Cornish coast before moving to New Zealand as a teacher. One day she took her students to Matiu / Somes Island in Wellington Harbour.

She has often said that she knew, on that very day, she had to become the ranger for that island.

Just a few weeks later she began volunteering with the Department of Conservation.

It wasn’t until she was 30 that she was finally paid to do what she truly loved.

And eventually, she became the ranger for Matiu / Somes.

Although the role was normally limited to three years for ranger wellbeing, Jo remained there for eight. She wasn’t just managing the island—she was sharing it with thousands of visitors and inspiring a whole generation of conservationists.

I’ve since met rangers who chose to work for DOC because of Jo.

That is the quiet power of living your values.

Jo has always reminded me that being a ranger isn’t simply a job. It’s a way of seeing the world. Whether she’s growing her own food, repairing her clothes, making her own b**r or caring for the places she loves, she lives her values every single day.

During the Walking the Thin Green Line Oceania expedition, Jo shared one of the most inspiring conversations I had anywhere in the region.

She reminded me that changing the world rarely happens through one extraordinary act.

It happens through ordinary people choosing, every day, to live with purpose.

And sometimes, that’s exactly what someone else needs to see before believing they can do it too.

Thank you, Jo, for showing so many of us what that looks like.

World Female Ranger Week

27/06/2026

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