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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ruud Kleinpaste
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZMh|size=100%}}
| birth_name = Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste
| image = Ruud Kleinpaste MNZM (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kleinpaste in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|04|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Djakarta, [[Indonesia]]
| nationality = Dutch
| fields = Entomology
| alma_mater = [[Wageningen University]]
}}
'''Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZMh|size=85%}} (born 23 April 1952),<ref>{{cite book |last= Lambert |first= Max |title= Who's Who in New Zealand |accessdate= |edition= 12 |origyear= 1908 |year= 1991 |publisher= Reed |location= Wellington |isbn= 0790001306 |oclc= |page= 348 }} </ref> generally known as '''Ruud Kleinpaste''', is a Dutch-New Zealand [[naturalist]] and host of the [[Animal Planet]] series ''[[Buggin' with Ruud]]''. Born in Djakarta, Indonesia, Kleinpaste was educated in The Netherlands, and then studied plant sciences at [[Wageningen University and Research Centre|Wageningen University]], eventually earning a degree in [[silviculture]].<ref name="TVNZ">{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410940/467959 |title=Ruud Kleinpaste – The Bugman |accessdate=8 September 2010}}</ref> At the age of 20, he became interested in [[entomology]].

After immigrating to [[New Zealand]] in 1978, he worked in various environmental jobs before settling down to 14 years in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF). In 1987 he started a talkback radio show (''Ruud's Awakening'') in which he offers [[environmentally friendly]] horticultural tips to gardeners.<ref name="TVNZ"/> He married New Zealander Julia May in 1985; they have one daughter and two sons and live in Auckland. <ref>{{cite book |last= Lambert |first= Max |title= Who's Who in New Zealand |accessdate= |edition= 12 |origyear= 1908 |year= 1991 |publisher= Reed |location= Wellington |isbn= 0790001306 |oclc= |page= 348 }} </ref>

The success of this show led to some fame in New Zealand, where he is known as "the Bugman", notably on ''[[Maggie's Garden Show]]'' from 1992 till the end of the programme in December 2003.<ref name="TVNZ"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/maggies-garden-show-1991/series |title=Maggie's Garden Show |publisher=NZ On Screen |accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref> He retired from MAF in the middle 1990s for a career as an ecological consultant. This line of work has led to television work inside and outside New Zealand,<ref name="TVNZ"/> which has brought further fame for him and his environmental causes. These include promoting environmentally friendly agricultural techniques, the protection of endangered [[native NZ birds]], and, most famously, the understanding and appreciation of insects, spiders, and other terrestrial arthropods.

In the [[2018 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2018 New Year Honours]], Kleinpaste was appointed an honorary [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] for services to entomology, conservation and entertainment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2018 | title=New Year honours list 2018|date=30 December 2017| publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of New Zealand television personalities]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|459138}}

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[[Category:Dutch emigrants to New Zealand]]

Ruud Kleinpaste - Revision history

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