The Hula Honeys,Robin Kneubuhl and Ginger Johnson, say the couple took a chance on them.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

"I think the one story that inspired this book was meeting a wonderful man called Don Mertin in New Zealand and he explaining to me how he had saved a species of bird called a Black Robin when there were just seven individuals left in the world of which only two were female and only one of whom was fertile."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Robin Hodess says creating a new anti-corruption body is common practice when confronted with corruption, but that the track record of such bodies is mixed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17