# Ruud Kleinpaste

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2014}}
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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       = [Jakarta](/source/Jakarta), Indonesia
| fields            = Entomology
| alma_mater        = [Wageningen University](/source/Wageningen_University)
}}
'''Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZMh|size=85%}} (born 23 April 1952), generally known as '''Ruud Kleinpaste''', is a New Zealand [naturalist](/source/naturalist) and host of the [Animal Planet](/source/Animal_Planet) series ''[Buggin' with Ruud](/source/Buggin'_with_Ruud)''.

==Biography==
Born in [Jakarta](/source/Jakarta), Indonesia, on 23 April 1952, Kleinpaste was educated in The Netherlands, and then studied plant sciences at [Wageningen University](/source/Wageningen_University_and_Research_Centre), eventually earning a degree in [silviculture](/source/silviculture).<ref name="Lambert 1991 348">{{cite book |last= Lambert |first= Max |title= Who's Who in New Zealand |accessdate=  |edition= 12 |orig-date= 1908 |year= 1991 |publisher= Reed |location= Wellington |isbn= 0790001306 |oclc= |page= 348 }}</ref><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](/source/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](/source/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 name="Lambert 1991 348"/>
 
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](/source/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 New Zealand birds](/source/native_New_Zealand_birds), and, most famously, the understanding and appreciation of insects, spiders, and other terrestrial arthropods.

In the [2018 New Year Honours](/source/2018_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)), Kleinpaste was appointed an honorary [Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/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](/source/List_of_New_Zealand_television_personalities)

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

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Category:Honorary members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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