After the love of her life died at 49, Karen Fifield made a promise to live a life worthy of them both.
This commitment to seize the day saw her jump the ditch from Australia to New Zealand to take up her dream job as chief executive at Wellington Zoo in 2006.
“I need to achieve things because he missed out on so much,” says Karen, who was with Garry for 20 years and knows he would be proud of