Certificate holders - non-local body elected members
This page lists Making Good Decisions certificate holders who are non-local body elected members and people who are accredited by reason of their appointment under the Gazette notice.
- Certificates issued upon completing the Making Good Decisions programme are valid for a 3-year period from the date of first issue. On re-issue (at 're-certification') they are valid for a period of five years.
- Under the Gazette notice, those who have been appointed as a High Court judge (clause 1( c)), Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge (clause 1(d)), or Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner (clause 1(e)) are also deemed to be accredited.
- The chairing endorsement column records those who, in attaining re-certification, have successfully completed the chair recertification course in the Making Good Decisions programme.
- If you need to have your information on this page updated email jo.westwood@wsp.com
| Certificate name | Position | Organisation or company | Area of practice | Field of expertise |
Certificate |
Chair endorsement | Contact details |
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| Aarnon Horler | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 818 4012 |
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| Aaron Leith | Programme Leader | Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu | South Island / Te Wai Pounamu; Stewart Island / Rakiura | Iwi / Maori resource management | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 706 894 |
| Abby Sharma | Senior Environmental Specialist | Auckland Transport | Auckland | Stormwater treatment, Industrial or Trade Activities, Resource Consents – Regional Stormwater and Industrial Pollution, Nature Based Solutions | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 658 676 |
| Abraham Witana |
Independent Commissioner |
Northland, Tai Tokerau | Planning and policy development; Traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge; Te Ao Maori/ Matauranga Maori relationships, practise and protocols | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 254 1713 |
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| Adele Barsdell | Tribal Member |
Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa Runanga Trust |
Bay of Plenty, Waikato |
Over 20 years working in the Iwi/Māori sector in senior, executive management & governance positions – covering Treaty Settlements, Geothermal Energy, Investments and social development through charitable services in Wellbeing, Education & Housing. | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Adonica Giborees | Principal Project Lead | Auckland Council | Queenstown, Auckland | Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 362 154 |
| Adrian Percival | Environmental Team Leader | Civix Ltd | Nationwide | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Land Development, Flooding, Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, 3 Waters Infrastructure, Onsite Wastewater, Earthworks, Streamworks, Discharge Consents, RMA Compliance & Designations | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 297 2724 |
| Adrienne Paul (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, with a focus on Bay of Plenty and South Island (I am from the Bay of Plenty and I live in Christchurch). | Resource management issues affecting infrastructure development and resulting environmental effects on land and marine coastal areas. Expertise in the application of Tikanga Māori/Te Tiriti o Waitangi in resource management law, and maritime law. | 31 December 2026 | No |
022 883 0151 |
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| Aimee Brown | Planner | Beca Ltd | Nationwide, particularly lower North Island | Planning | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Aimée Simons | Consent Planning Manager | Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Major Infrastructure Projects, Notices of Requirement, landuse and regional consenting. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 194 1988 |
| Ajay Desai | Principal Engineer/Director | Watres Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Three Waters Infrastructure, Catchment Planning, Civil Design | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 960 430 |
| Alan Freeth | Chief Executive | Environmental Protection Authority | Nationwide | Biological systems, Ecology, Natural environment, Housing, Telecommunications | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 404 0638 |
| Alan Matheson | Director | AM Planning Limited | Nationwide with recent focus on Queenstown Lakes, Canterbury, Nelson and Waikato | Resource management policy analysis and strategic planning, regional policy statement/plans and district plan policy and plan development and review, plan changes/variations. | 30 June 2028 | yes |
021 440 354 |
| Alan Pattle | Technical Director Water and Geotechnics | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd | Nationwide | Natural resources engineering; water, waste and transport infrastructure; mining and quarrying; land development | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 624 770 |
| Alan Watson | Independent Commissioner | AR Watson Associates Limited | Nationwide but emphasis on upper half of North Island | Planning and resource management, chair of hearings panels | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |
| Alan Withy | Principal | Alandale Associates |
Nationwide; Bases in Tauranga, Carterton and Queenstown; On numerous commissioner rosters from Northland to Southland |
Commissioner and facilitator, fulfilling chair, panel and sole adjudication and mediation assignments. | 31 December 2029 | Yes |
021 739 529 |
| Alana Standish | Senior Planner | Patersons | Queenstown | Resource management planning; land use and subdivision resource consents | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 068 4759 |
| Alasdair Gray | Civil/Transportation Engineer | Gray Matter Ltd | Hamilton, Waikato | Traffic and transportation, designation, large project delivery | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 249 7648 |
| Alastair Black | Senior Transportation Engineer | Gray Matter Ltd |
Waikato and Bay of Plenty Regions |
Traffic engineering and transportation planning | 31 December 2028 | No |
07 853 8997 |
| Alastair Jamieson | Principal Biodiversity Advisor | Auckland Council | Auckland and Northern New Zealand | Indigenous ecosystems and biodiversity, Outstanding natural features/geological heritage | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Alastair Jewell | Principal Planner | Tasman District Council | 31 December 2026 | Yes | |||
| Alastair Picken | Principal Planner | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury | Environmental management (land and water), policy and plan drafting | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Alec Neill | Independent Commissioner | Hyde Park Consultancy | Nationwide | Fresh Water Commissioner | 31 December 2028 | Yes |
0274 403 731 |
| Alethea Hikuroa | Independent Commissioner | Te Whakakitenga O Waikato | North Island/Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regions | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 906 8100 |
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| Alex Gardner | Senior Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | 30 June 2029 | No | |||
| Alex Findlay | Director | Expanse Ltd – Development Planning | Auckland | Over 20 years in the development planning industry, working for a range of clients in the retail, development, institutional/community, and residential markets. She holds post-graduate qualifications in planning and business management. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 477 177 |
| Alex Greaves | Principal Strategy Advisor- Tuia | Environment Canterbury | Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Waitaha/Canterbury |
Legal analysis, intersection between tikanga and law, and Te Ao Māori world views/Mana whenua relationships. |
30 June 2028 | No |
027 304 5847 |
| Alex Russell | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Planning and Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Alexander Erceg | Senior Regulatory Advisor | Environmental Protection Authority | Nationwide | Planning, Agriculture land use, discharges and water takes, nutrient management | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 741 5042 |
| Alexandra Davids | Independent Commissioner | Christchurch | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Alexandra King | Team Leader Consents | Otago Regional Council | Otago | Planning - freshwater management and regional consenting | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 225 7248 |
| Alice Falloon | Resource Planner | Masterton District Council | Masterton and wider Wairarapa | Urban Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Alison Cole | Lawyer / PhD Candidate | Govett Quilliam / Victoria University Wellington | Taranaki / Wellington | I whakapapa to South Taranaki iwi Ngāruahine and Ngāti Ruanui. Expertise in climate change. Resource management law, Community-based experience with Māori land law, the Marine and Coastal Act, the Exclusive Economic Zone Act, and the Crown Minerals Act. Researching and writing on legal developments in the courts recognition of tikanga, the RMA reforms, and the new offshore wind regulations. | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 286 2762 |
| Alison Francis | Director | Bay Planning Limited | Nationwide, with experience in Hawke's Bay, Tairawhiti and Auckland | Resource Management Planning - both Local and Regional. Land Use consents, subdivisions, infrastructure and regional consenting. Notice of Requirement/Designations | 30 June 2026 | No |
022 170 8108 |
| Alison Peters | Environmental Consultant | Enviser Limited | Christchurch | Hydrogeology, stormwater and contaminated land. Environmental policy and planning advice. | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 957 4967 |
| Alistair Aburn | Senior Resource Management Planner / Director | Urban Perspectives Limited |
Wider Wellington Region including the Wairarapa |
Resource Management Planning |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
04 474 4111 |
| Alister Hartstone | Director | Set Consulting Limited | Northland, Auckland, and Waikato | Planning and resource management at national, regional, and district levels, including coastal activities, subdivision and land use activities, and plan change process. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 755 5607 |
| Allan Cubitt | Independent Commissioner | Cubitt Consulting Limited | 31 December 2026 | Yes | |||
| Alyssa Thomas | Kaiārahi Taiao (Environmental Advisor) |
Te Pou Taiao o Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board |
Patuharakeke rohe, Northland (Takahiwai, Ruakākā, Waipu, etc.) |
Writing Cultural Effects Assessments (CEA) for resource consent applications in Patuharakeke rohe, ArcGIS capability, taitamariki engagement. Bachelor of Science (Geography, Development Studies, Māori Studies), Master of Indigenous Studies. |
31 December 2026 | No |
020 4045 1369 |
| Amanda de Jong | Director | Brighta Consulting Limited | Nationwide, based in Auckland | Planning, resource management, environmental compliance | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 269 3259 |
| Amanda Dewar | Barrister | South Island/ Wellington – based in Christchurch | I have been practicing environmental law for over 30 years and have also worked in a planning capacity for a Council and a planning consultancy. I have particular expertise in large scale developments (rural and urban) including resource consents, plan changes and designations for airport and port matters. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 242 9175 |
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| Amanda Thompson | Team Leader - Strategy and Planning | Environment Canterbury (ECan) | 31 December 2027 | No |
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| Amber Buckley | Statutory Consents Planner, Spaces and Places | Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
Resource Consents, Reserve Management Plans, Planning |
30 June 2029 | No | |
| Amelia Glubb | Team Leader Consents Planning | Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch |
Resource Consents |
30 June 2028 | No | |
| Amy Beran | Senior Environmental Advisor - Planning | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Christchurch and Canterbury | Urban Planning - resource consents; Manawhenua engagement - Ngāi Tahu; Conservation management - National Park preparation | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 300 2060 |
| Amy King | Senior Resource Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato | Resource Consents, Environmental Planning | 30 June 2025 | No |
07 859 2741 |
| Amy Robinson | Director | Environment Innovation and Strategy Ltd | Nationwide | RMA planning, regional consents, coastal, biodiversity, environmental management | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Amy Thompson | Auckland Transport | 31 December 2027 | No | ||||
| Ana Te Whaiti | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Anaru Adams | Independent Commissioner |
Nationwide - Waikato based |
Experience in Iwi and NGO Governance, Māori Crown Relations – Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori Engagement, Te Ao Māori including Te Reo me ona Tikanga, Freshwater policy, Fisheries. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 026 13392 |
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| Anaru Begbie | Programme Lead, Pūtake Taiao | Raukawa Charitable Trust | South Waikato | Mahi Taiao, I have worked in the Taiao space for over 15 years, specialising in kaitiakitanga me mātauranga ā Raukawa within the Raukawa takiwā. This includes the management and protection of Ngā Wāhi Tapū o te Takiwā. | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 403 6942 |
| Anaru Vercoe | Principal Advisor Māori Business Services | WSP New Zealand Limited | North Island |
Policy and Planning (plan changes (NPSFM): Bay of Plenty Natural Resources Plan); Maori Relationship and Engagement Strategies/Plans; Iwi Management Plans; Tikanga Māori including preparation of tools to recognise matauranga Māori in monitoring, policy development and procurement |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 372 2024 |
| Anaru White | Taiao Coordinator | Te Kāhui Maru | Taranaki | Whānau, Hapū and Iwi Engagement | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 196 5916 |
| Andrea Byrom | Ecologist & Environmental Consultant | Independent | Selwyn District; Canterbury; South Island |
Ecology; biological & environmental sciences; natural resource management; science advice for policy development; strategy development, implementation & review; HSNO/EEZ decision making; indigenous ecosystems & biodiversity; Crown-Māori, eNGO & public sector governance. |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 275 1968 |
| Andrea Julian | 31 December 2025 | No | |||||
| Andrew Bashford | Director / Principal Planner | Evergreen Consulting Limited | Nationwide, based in Manawatu |
District and regional planning. Resource consents and reviews, designations, plan and policy development and plan changes. Experienced in subdivisions, rural land use, extractive and forestry industries, renewables, utilities and infrastructure. |
31 December 2029 | No |
022 099 2298 |
| Andrew Braggins | Senior Associate | Berry Simons | Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Andrew Carvell | Principal Engineer | VMC Consulting Environmental Engineers Ltd | Whangarei, Northland | Environmental engineering; civil infrastructure, particularly stormwater, flood management, wastewater and potable water; development of water storage and irrigation schemes; river management and flood schemes | 30 June 2026 | No |
022 540 8714 |
| Andrew Fitzgerald | Principal Planner | Novo Group Ltd |
Christchurch |
Land use planning, primarily involving resource consents. Specific experience in urban development, including commercial, institutional, large scale residential/intensification and transportation matters. |
31 December 2026 | No |
021 367 561 |
| Andrew Kramer | Senior Consents Planner | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | Expertise in Waikato Coastal & Regional Plans, aquatic ecology, riverbed activities, limited fish passage knowledge, water quality, and coastal marine area planning. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021616209 |
| Andrew Crosland | Manager, Regulatory Stewardship | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment | Nationwide | Resource management, regional planning, environmental science, EEZ | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Andrew Curtis | Technical Director | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd |
Based in Auckland but am able to work throughout the country |
All aspects of air quality, however I have a reasonable understanding of all the environmental sciences. | 30 June 2029 | No |
029 355 1390 |
| Andrew Fenemor | Water Management Consultant, Hydrologist and Researcher | A&H Fenemor Resource Management | Nationwide | Water resource management, regional land and water planning, groundwater, integrated catchment management, land use impacts on water quality. | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
0274 414 080 |
| Andrew Henderson | Principal Planner | Jacobs New Zealand | South Island |
Resource Management generally, Land use and subdivision consents, Notices of Requirement, District Plan Changes, rural land uses, extractive activities, residential development, commercial, industrial, utilities, linear infrastructure. |
30 June 2029 | Yes | |
| Andrew McPhee | Director, Consultant Planner | Bay of Islands Planning | Northland (Kaipara District, Far North District, Whangarei District, Northland Regional Councils) & Auckland | Planning – District and Regional Planning, policy/plan making and resource consents | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 784 331 |
| Andrew Parrish | Regional Planning Manager | Christchurch | Environment Canterbury |
Natural Resource policy analysis and plan development, regional policy statement and regional plans. Spatial planning, district plan policy and plan development and review, plan changes/variations. |
30 June 2028 | No |
027 549 7644 |
| Andrew Schollum | Director | Puhoi Stour Ltd | Nationwide | General: Resource management policy, strategy, collaborative processes, planning. Specific: Freshwater management, integrated land and water management, the development evaluation and application of environmental models in regulatory contexts in New Zealand (drafted best practice guidance for MfE), implementation of national direction via regional and district plans. |
30 June 2025 | No |
021 988 237 |
| Andrew Schulte | Principal | Cavell Leitch Ltd | Christchurch | Lawyer (in RM practice since 2009), previously legal and research officer (Judge's clerk) at the Environment Court | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 418 1327 |
| Andrew Wilkinson | Planning Consultant | Scott Wilkinson Planning | Auckland and North Island | Planning and resource management, resource consents, policy planning, regional planning, coastal planning. water quality, water takes, rural planning | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
09 354 4166 |
| Andrew Willis | Director | Planning Matters Limited | Christchurch and the South Island |
District plan reviews; plan changes / variations; regional policy statement reviews; land use resource consent hearings; planning advisor to hearings panels; friend of submitter; peer reviewer; independent mediator; recovery planning; place making and urban design; urban growth planning; local government hearings. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 108 3600 |
| Andrew Woodford | Senior Planner | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Queenstown | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Angela Fenemor | Director | Incite Christchurch | Nationwide | Regional plans and policy statements; Resource consents | 31 December 2029 | No | |
| Angela Goodwin | Principal Planner and Director | Potentialis Ltd | Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Far North | Planning for land use and subdivision specialising in medium density residential development, large scale earthworks and rural activities (including fill sites) | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 844 374 |
| Angela Jones | Wellington Planning Manager | The Property Group Limited | Wellington, Porirua, Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay, Tasman |
Resource management planning, urban planning, resource consents, notice of requirements. |
31 December 2029 | Yes |
021 976 373 |
| Angela McFlynn | Director/Consultant Planner | McFlynn Surveying & Planning | Hawkes Bay | District Planning, Resource Consents | 31 December 2028 | No |
022 568 7750 |
| Angela McLeod | Independent Commissioner | Wellington | Solid understanding of rural communities, local government and NGOs from grassroots to governance and practical to policy. I hold a BAgr & PGDipDevSt, have lived experience of a physical disability and have a strong business management background. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 497 2761 |
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| Ani Te Whaiti | Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Ann Rodgers | Principal Policy Planner | Central Otago District Council | Nationwide, based in Central Otago |
District Plan policy review and development, plan changes, resource consents, designations, community engagement and spatial planning. |
31 December 2028 | No |
027 435 5415 |
| Anne Bradbury | Napier City Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Anne Duncan | Manager, Planning and Building Services |
Invercargill City Council |
Otago and Southland |
Resource management, regional policy and strategy, biodiversity, catchment planning, integrated sustainable development |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 581 2511 |
| Anna Bensemann | Director | Baseline Group Marlborough | Nationwide | Resource management, local and regional planning, policy and plan development. Particular expertise in resource consents and private plan changes and includes regional and district consenting issues. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 946 0445 |
| Anna Curnow | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Anna Davidson | Manager Resource Consents | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | Resource Consents - Regional and District Planning | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 246 9987
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| Anna Johnson | City Development Manager | Dunedin City Council | Dunedin | Urban Planning; Plan Changes; Plan Drafting | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Anna Madarasz-Smith | Technical Director - Coastal |
Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP) Ltd |
Nationwide |
Estuarine, marine and coastal science. Land-based impacts on coastal marine systems. Stormwater and wastewater discharges. Recreational water quality. Technical support for consent and plan change hearings. |
31 December 2029 | No |
021 182 2082 |
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Annette Munday |
Compliance Manager/ Environmental Health Officer |
Ōpōtiki District Council |
Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty | Three Waters Infrastructure, Water quality, Environmental Health | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 262 8830 |
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Annie Reed |
Team Leader Subdivision |
Tasman District Council |
30 June 2029 | No | |||
| Anthony Barrett | Director | Brobono Ltd | Bay of Plenty, Waikato | Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles. Ngati Maniapoto Kawa, Tikanga, Matauranga Māori, Kaitiakitanga, Mana Whenua. Cultural Impact Assessments, Community Engagement. Resource Consents, Plan changes and variations. Designations | 30 June 2026 | No |
022 318 9559 |
| Anthony Cussins | Independent Commissioner | Tonkin + Taylor Ltd | Nationwide | Groundwater, Contaminated Land, Contaminant Hydrogeology, Drinking-Water Security (Groundwater). | 31 December 2027 | Yes | |
| Anthony Hughes-Johnson | Independent Commissioner | Canterbury | Law | 31 December 2025 | Yes | ||
| Anthony (Tony) MacColl | Principal Planning Advisor | Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago, Otago, Southland | Strategic and spatial planning, and urban growth planning. Resource management, including resource consents, plan and policy development, plan changes, notice of requirements/designations and transport infrastructure. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 244 3616 |
| Anthony Pearse | Senior Transport Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Resource management planning, transport planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Anthony Pickard | Transport Strategy Manager | Transport Strategy Manager | Queenstown and surrounding areas | Strategic transport planning, heritage, policy and consents | 30 June 2026 | No |
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| Antoine Coffin | Kaihautū / Chief Executive |
Waikato River Authority |
Waikato |
30 years Māori Resource Management, Cultural Heritage Management and Planning, Treaty Settlements and governance arrangements, Freshwater Policy. . |
31 December 2029 | Yes | |
| Antoinette Besier | Barrister & Solicitor | Tasman Law Ltd | Nelson, Marlborough, Wellington, West Coast | Land use planning – all aspects of consenting, Plan making – district, regional and unitary authorities, Coastal hazard management, Discharge of contaminants to air, water or land, Earthworks, Wastewater treatment, Water allocation, Notification decision making | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
027 455 3319 |
| Anton Becker | Independent Commissioner | Greymouth | Regulatory functions for District Council, spatial planning, district plans | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 249 8341 |
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| Antony Yates | Principal Planner and Director | Antony Yates Planning Limited | Nationwide with a particular expertise in Auckland and Queenstown |
22+ years’ experience in all areas of resource consenting (landuse, subdivision, coastal, discharges, plan changes, rural / urban planning, and forestry) |
31 December 2027 | No |
021574036 |
| Arihia Hoani-Waaka | Toki (Director) |
Iarau Ltd. |
Waiariki/Bay of Plenty |
Freshwater Management, Taonga Protection, Iwi and Hapū Taonga Management, Resource Management, Iwi and Hapū Relationships and the role of Mātauranga and Tikanga Māori. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 274 4427 |
| Arthur Tane | Chair Te Wharekura o Tuhua Hikurangi/ Te Nehenehenui Iwi Trust |
Te Nehenehenui Iwi Trust |
Central North Island/ King Country/Ruapehu District/ Manawatu/Whanganui Region |
Mātauranga Māori and leadership expertise within "whare" and rohe, kaitiaki of our taonga and Taiao. RMA experience, CIA assessments. Understanding of the Maori World view of Taiao from a relational participatory, partnership level. |
31 December 2025 | No |
027 258 8637 |
| Ashanti Neems | National Strategy Manager – Pūtake Taiao (Environment) | Raukawa Charitable Trust |
Waikato Region |
National, regional & local policy development (resource management, conservation, infrastructure, climate change and natural hazard management). Three Waters Infrastructure operations management. Resource Consent monitoring & compliance. Three Water Policy & Bylaw implementation. Environmental law advocacy. Extensive experience in Iwi/Maori RM (Iwi management plan implementation & Treaty settlement obligations). |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 370 6047 |
| Asher Davidson | Barrister | Auckland | Legal | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 213 0538 |
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| Ashlee Peters | Senior Planner (Policy) |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
RMA Planning. Land use and subdivision consents. District plan writing and spatial planning. |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Ashleigh McDonald | Kaiārahi Taiao – Environment Lead |
Te Kawerau Iwi Tiaki Trust |
Auckland |
Supporting the exercise of kaitiakitanga and cultural/environmental management over the tribal rohe on behalf of Te Kawerau ā Maki. Representing the iwi on matters that may impact on cultural and environmental interests or values (including regulatory matters such as resource consents, and preparing cultural impact assessments). Understanding of Māori world view and Te Tiriti ō Waitangi. |
30 June 2028 | No |
021 0252 4025 |
| Ashleigh Meadowcroft | Hearing Facilitator |
Marlborough District Council |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Ashleigh Peti | Senior Planner |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana | Environmental & Policy Planning | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Auriole Ruka | Group Manager - Governance and Engagement | Northland Regional Council | Te Taitokerau | Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto; Masters Business AUT; 20 years working in Not For Profit organisations and experiences in working with iwi and hapū in Te Taitokerau | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Aurora Grant | Environment Southland | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Autumn Faulkner | Senior Legal Counsel | Marlborough District Council | Blenheim | Resource consenting and compliance | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Azam Khan | Director | Pattle Delamore Partners Limited | Nationwide | Environmental Engineering, specialising in solid wastes (landfill), biosolids management, wastewater treatment and disposal. Also familiar with stormwater management and discharges to air (contaminants/odour) | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Baden Vertongen | Lawyer, Mediator, Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Māori legal, environmental, economic, and governance issues; Treaty of Waitangi and Treaty Settlements; Natural resource management, local government, and public law; Mediation and alternative dispute resolution. | 31 December 2029 | No |
021 514 814 |
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| Bal Matheson | Barrister | Richmond Chambers | Auckland |
Legal (all areas but particularly water, farming, and urban development) |
30 June 2025 | No |
0274 222 977 |
| Barbara Mead | Senior Associate | Tompkins Wake | Tauranga | RMA Solicitor | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
021 190 4673 |
| Barry Johnson | Environmental Policy Manager | Tasman District Council | Top of the South/Te Tau Ihu | National Instruments, Plans, Resource consents | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Barry Mosley | Principal | BKM Consulting & Babbich Consultants Ltd | Auckland, Taranaki, Northland, Gisborne | Planning and Resource Management | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
022 010 6429 |
| Basil Morrison CNZM JP | Independent Commissioner |
Auckland/Waikato |
Served on large number of hearing panels - under RMA, District Plans, Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan, Waitangi Tribunal & Special Housing Legislation. Member of Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes Recovery Act Review Panel, NZ Freshwater Commissioner. | 30 June 2029 | No |
021 946 403 |
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| Belinda Messenger | Director / Planning Consultant |
Resource Planning Limited |
Nationwide, based in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty. Extensive experience within the Bay of Plenty and Auckland region. |
Māori Resource Management Planner with 16 years’ experience across a range of District Plans, Land Development, landuse consents, subdivision consents, regional discharge consents and iwi and hapu engagement associated with development. Whakapapa to Whakatōhea, Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 0234 5750 |
| Ben Farrell | Owner | Cue Environmental Limited | Nationwide, based in Queenstown | Environmental / Resource Management Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 767 622 |
| Ben Potaka | Manager | Heeni Investment Company Ltd | Manawatu, Whanganui, Ruapehu | Customary and Traditional Fisheries, Commercial Fisheries, Marae Development, Papakainga Housing | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Ben Rhodes | Planning Manager - Christchurch and Wellington | Harrison Grierson | Canterbury | Planning and resource management, including district plan reviews, strategic planning, urban growth, plan changes, designations and land use and subdivision consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 157 4483 |
| Benita Tahuri | Independent Commmissioner | Hawkes Bay | Cultural Impact and Analysis, Te Ao Māori, Relationship and Engagement | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 258 8508 |
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| Bev Gibson | Independent Director, Chair, Trustee | Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust | Based in Taranaki, can work nationwide | Biodiversity, indigenous te Taiao ecosystems, tikanga Māori, Hapū/Iwi consultation and engagement, policy development | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 240 4613 |
| Bevan Mullions |
Director, Registered Engineering Associate No.4325 Civil Engineering |
Green Mullions Ltd - Environmental Engineers and Planners |
Southland, Westland, and Otago, Waikato, Auckland and Northland |
Ngai Tahu and Nga Puhi. Member of Apōpō and Engineers for Social Responsibility. Over 55 years in civil construction, local authority engineering, land development engineering, and as a developer. Familiar with engineering demands of the RMA, especially in crafting good resource consent conditions for positive outcomes. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 133 45 66 |
| Beverley James | Researcher | Public Policy and Research | Social impact assessment. Housing | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Bianca Sullivan | Independent Commissioner | Environment Matters Limited | Nationwide | Environmental planning, water resource management, coastal & marine developments | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
021 057 4794 |
| Bill Smith | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, but mainly Auckland and Northland | Local Government. All aspects of resource management planning and Chair of Hearings Panels | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 868 434 |
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| Bill Wasley | Director | Bill Wasley Consulting Ltd | Primarily Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Waikato and Bay of Plenty - has worked nationally | Planning and resource management; spatial, growth management and strategic planning; panel chairing | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 471 3006 |
| Blair Dickie | Principal Strategic Advisor | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton/Nationwide | Climate Adaptation - renewable energy; Natural resource allocation - water and geothermal; Regional policy statements; Regional Plans; Regional coastal plans | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 894 451 |
| Blair Telford | Principal Planner | Tasman District Council | Auckland/Nelson-Tasman |
Planning and resource management – designations, district and regional consents. Experience across a broad range of sectors, including large-scale residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 285 5885 |
| Brad Coombs | Independent Commissioner | Isthmus Group | Nationwide | Landscape architecture, urban design, natural character | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Brendan Sheehan | Civil Engineer | Mt Aurum Engineering Consultants Ltd | NZ and Australia | Dam engineering | 30 June 2028 | No | 027 456 0022 |
| Brent Limmer | Manager – Investment and Planning | Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities | Nationwide with focus on Central North Island and Wellington Region | All aspects of resource management planning including plan development and resource consenting. | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Brent Manning | Director | Independent Engineering Consultant | Taranaki, Nationwide | Civil engineering, utility and network infrastructure (roads and water), project planning and delivery, including designations/Notices of Requirement and spatial planning. Engineering and project management. | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 752 2187 |
| Brent Vyle | Consents Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | Regional consenting in the infrastructure space, ranging from single property applications through to large renewable energy proposals. Also experienced in the consenting of subdivisions with a focus on earthworks and stormwater matters. | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Brett Giddens | Director | Town Planning Group | 31 December 2027 | No |
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| John (Brian) Flood | Principal Engineer/Director | Wood and Partners Consultants Limited (Woods) | Auckland | Civil Engineering, Land Development, Subdivision & Earthworks | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 226 9997 |
| Tianxu (Brian) Huang | Team Leader – Resource Consents |
Far North District Council |
Far North, Western Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Tauranga |
Resource Consents (District Level) |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 1179573 |
| Brian Morris | Co-Chair | Rākautātahi Marae Trustees | Hawkes Bay | Māori iwi, hapū perspectives, tikanga Māori, te reo Māori, licensed translator Māori to English, English to Māori, Treaty of Waitangi claims | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Brian Waddell | Lead Strategic Planner | Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | 30 June 2027 | No | |||
| Bridget Gilbert | 31 December 2025 | No | |||||
| Brigid Kelly | Director - Hanganga Matihiko Legal (Infrastructure & Digital) | Ministry of Education | Auckland based | Legal | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 291 2817 |
| Bronwyn Arthur | Principal | Arthur Noble Ltd | Nationwide with a focus on Canterbury and Kaikoura following the earthquakes | Legal interpretation and application of the RMA. Administrative/ public law processes. Legislation impacting on RMA, particularly earthquake related Acts. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Bronwyn Carruthers | Barrister, Independent Commissioner | Shortland Chambers | Auckland based available to practice Nationwide | Legal | 31 December 2029 | No |
021 685 809 |
| Bronwyn Hunt | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, Northland | RM issues affecting Tāngata whenua, mātauranga Māori, iwi environmental management planning and policy, iwi engagement; local government policies and processes; iwi/hapū economic, social, environmental and cultural development. | 31 December 2028 | No | ||
| Bronwyn Rhynd | Environmental Engineer, Director |
CKL NZ Ltd |
Nationwide |
Environmental engineering with a focus on stormwater and flood management together with water sensitive urban design elements for both private and public sector projects. Expertise extends from investigation, design, consenting and construction management with respect to stormwater management systems, flood effects, system for mitigation and infrastructure. |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 454 5533 |
| Bruce Weir | Principal Urban Designer | Saddleback Planning Limited | 31 December 2027 | No | |||
| Bryce Phillipson | Senior Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Resource consent processing and decision making | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Burnette O'Connor | Planner/Director | The Planning Collective Ltd |
Auckland, Kaipara, Whangarei, Far North Council’s |
25+ years experience in all areas of resource consenting (landuse, coastal, discharge, subdivision), plan changes, NoRs, Policy and Plan drafting and reviews, Env Ct evidence, Commissioner work in both rural and urban communities. | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 422 346 |
| Cadence Kaumoana (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Te Ara Mātauranga Ltd | Nationwide |
Executive leadership, Governance, Resource Management planning, Treaty settlements, Mātauranga Māori, Tikanga Māori, Environmental management (water and land), District Plans, Iwi Management Plans, Māori Engagement, Cultural Heritage Management, Cultural Impact Assessment, Health |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 878 878 1 |
| Caitlin Moseley | Planner |
South Taranaki District Council |
South Taranaki |
Resource Management, Planning, Designations, Land Use and Subdivision Consents. |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Caleb Sutton | Environmental Consents Manager | Hastings District Council | Auckland – Hauraki Gulf Islands; Hastings District |
Experienced resource consent planner, Team Leader and Manager with over 18 years in both consent and policy roles for local government |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 561 2045 |
| Callum Beattie | Kaitātari Kaupapa Here | Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust | Hawkes Bay | Lawyer | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 223 6016 |
| Calvin Russell | Manukura Taiao - Environmental Manager |
Ngati Ranginui Iwi |
Bay of Plenty, Horowhenua, Southland, East Otago & South Waikato | I hold a qualification in Environmental Management and advocate on behalf of Māori - I have worked and lived conservation projects and safegaurding our natural environment. | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 096 7181 |
| Cam Twigley | Director, Planning and Environment | BTW Company Ltd | North Island | Planning: upstream and downstream energy, mining, agriculture, horticulture, residential and commercial land development, rural & residential subdivision, waste transfer, waste disposal, contaminated land, telecommunications, network utilities, Te Ao Māori, sports & recreation, education, tourism & hospitality, health care & aged care | 31 December 2027 | Yes |
027 454 4886 |
| Cameron Aplin | Senior Consents Planner | Waikato District Council | Waikato | Resource Consents | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Cameron King | Senior Resource Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato | Water Allocation | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Cameron Lines | Independent Geotechnical Specialist | Baseline Geotechnical Limited | Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Tasman, West Coast/Buller | Geology, Geotechnical. Specialist in mining/quarrying and large-scale linear infrastructure (water and wastewater supply, roads, rail) | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 378 269 |
| Camille Ladyman | Development Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
Resource Consent and Policy Planning | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Carina Ross | Senior Policy Advisor |
DairyNZ |
Canterbury/Otago |
Resource Management Policy and Planning, freshwater management and land use, agriculture environmental impact. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 306 3134 |
| Carolyn Hopa | Tribal Member | Ngaati Wairere | Auckland, Waikato, Western Bay of Plenty | Tikanga Maaori, Maatauranga Maaori, Maaori concepts and cultural values | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 338 4246 |
| Carolyn Lundquist | Principal Scientist / Associate Professor | NIWA / University of Auckland | Nationwide, based in Hamilton/Auckland | Marine, coastal and estuarine science; marine spatial planning; biodiversity; soft sediment ecosystems including shellfish, mangrove and seagrass ecosystems | 31 December 2025 | No |
07 859 1866 |
| Carolyn Wratt | Director | Wratt Resource Management Planning Ltd | Nationwide | District plans; regional plans; regional policy statements; designations; resource consents; growth management; large infrastructure projects; EEZ Act applications | 30 June 2028 | No |
0275 745 245 |
| Carron Blom (Dr) | Director, Independent Commissioner | Anguillid Consulting Engineers and Scientists Limited | Nationwide | Trans-disciplinary resource management, environmental science/engineering, infrastructure delivery and operations, coastal, stormwater, integration of environmental sciences and engineering, mediation. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Casey Gannon | Manager – Democracy Services | Far North District Council | Te Tai Tokerau – Far North - Northland | Governance Support, Relationship Management, Local Government | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 313 780 |
| Cassino Doyle | Planning Consultant | PLANZ Consultants Limited | Based in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, available Nationwide |
Planning and Resource Management, Spatial Planning, Iwi Management Planning, Postgrowth Planning, Community and Māori Engagement, Planning Research |
31 December 2027 | No |
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| Catherine Clarke | Partner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Northland, Auckland, Waikato | Complex consenting projects in relation to natural resource management, infrastructure, extractive industries and renewable energy developments under the Resource Management Act (RMA), and Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Act 2012 (EEZ Act) | 30 June 2028 | No |
09 359 5306 |
| Catherine Iorns | Law Professor | Victoria University of Wellington | Wellington/Nationwide | RMA plans, RMA consents, coastal plans, EEZ marine consents. Climate adaptation, Treaty settlements and legal protection of Māori interests. General environmental law and statutory interpretation. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Cathy Katene | Managing Director/Independent Commissioner | Ariari Whanau Trust | Taranaki, Hauraki | Environmental Management, Cultural Impact Assessment, Conversation, Mataurangi Māori, Cultural Values, Tangata whenua, Kaitiakitanga, Wai Māori, Rural Pest Control. | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Catriona Eagles | Independent Commissioner, Senior Planner |
Cheal Consultants |
Central North Island including Hawkes Bay and Waikato |
Planning and Resource Management, Development Contributions, Designations, Resource Consents including landuse consents, major infrastructure, stormwater and wastewater discharges, freshwater, wetlands, urban and rural subdivision, land development, and multi-unit housing. |
30 June 2029 | No |
0274 226 785 |
| Celia Davison | Manager Central South, Plans and Places | Auckland Council | Auckland Region |
Statutory and policy planning, resource management, unitary and district plan development, urban growth management, land use and spatial planning |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 246 9825 |
| Celia Haden | Principal Solicitor | Environmental Protection Authority | Wellington | Legal | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Celia Witehira | Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia | Tangata whenua, environmental management | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 751 133 |
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| Ceri Edmonds | Technical Director Planning | Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP) | Nationwide (based in Hawke's Bay) | Resource Management, Plan Changes and Policy | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 278 4371 |
| Chad Croft | Senior Ecology Consultant |
Ecological Solutions Ltd. |
Auckland/Waikato |
Terrestrial and freshwater ecology assessment, Ecological Impact Assessment, Habitat Restoration, Biodiversity Offset/Compensation, Ecological Management Planning |
30 June 2028 | No |
027 206 7596 |
| Chalet Bidois | Pou Taiao – Project Manager | Te Nehenehenui Trust | Te Kūiti | He uri tēnei no Ngāti Maniapoto. I have experience in Māori and Indigenous research studying at the University of Waikato. I have also attained on the job knowledge from my Project Manager role in the environmental for the Ngāti Maniapoto Iwi entity, Te Nehenehenui Trust. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Chan Collin | Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Tangata | Ārewa Limited | Te Tauihu o te waka a Māui; Te Matau a Māui | 31 December 2027 | No |
0275 401 027 |
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| Chantez Connor-Kingi | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Dr Charlotte Drury | Principal Planner, Director | View Consultants Ltd | Nationwide | Regional land and water planning, regional resource consents, land use impacts on water quality, freshwater governing | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 322 5595 |
| Charlotte Fransen | Consents Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | Regional consenting primarily with water take and s14 matters. | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Chelsea Terei | Director | Tukau Law | Te Taitokerau, Auckland | Maori Crown Relations, Waitangi Tribunal, Maori Land Court | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Cherie Lane | Director | Lane Associates Limited | Auckland | Planning and resource management: resource consents, policy planning, and urban land use and development. Plan changes and notices of requirement | 31 December 2029 | Yes |
021 764 201 |
| Cheryl Cleary | Independent Commissioner | Cleary Associates Ltd | Auckland, Waikato, Northland, available Nationwide |
District plan reviews and plan changes; regional policy statement and regional plan reviews and changes; resource consents; notices of requirement and alterations to designation; s.127 applications and s.357 objections; friend of submitter, independent facilitator |
31 December 2029 | Yes |
020 4019 5688 |
| Chloe Bayley | Independent Commissioner | Christchurch | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 840 385 |
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| Chloe Roper | Environmental Monitoring Officer: Noise & Vibration Specialist | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Noise & Vibration monitoring and advice | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 589 986 |
| Chloe Stewart | Rivers Planning Advisor | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch/Canterbury | Resource management planning, rivers, river based gravel extraction | 30 June 2028 | No |
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| Chloe Trenouth | Chloe Trenouth Consulting | Auckland, Waikato, Queenstown, Waitaki, Tauranga | District plans; regional policy statements; designations; resource consents; with experience across a range of topic areas including stormwater management; Māori planning; growth; housing development; and industrial site development. | 31 December 2028 | No |
022 614 7605 |
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| Chris Dawson | Principal Planner | Bloxam Burnett and Olliver (BBO) Limited |
Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki Regions |
Resource consents and Designations, Large Infrastructure Projects, Subdivisions, Urban and Industrial Development & Aggregate extraction. Passionate about Renewable Energy Projects, Heritage Redevelopment and Mana Whenua Engagement in the Development Process. |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
0275 333 899 |
| Chris Horne | Director, Principal Planner | Incite (Auckland) Limited | Auckland based, has worked throughout NZ | Planner with broad range of experience in the planning field (25+ years) with a particular interest in network utilities and public works projects and designations | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 479 4980 |
| Chris Mitchell | Principal | Mitchell Law | Kapiti Coast | Resource management and local government law (development contributions, rating, reserves and infrastructure) | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 277 1033 |
| Chrissy Marshall | Te Kahu Taiao Tū |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua Trust |
Ngāti Kahungunu - Hawke’s Bay, Tararua |
Māori resource management, environmental planning, project management |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 347 5167 |
| Christin Atchinson | Resource Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Coastal | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Christine Coste | Planner/Director | RMA Digital | Auckland and nationwide |
Planning and RM, policy and plan development, resource consents, Notice of Requirement/designation, infrastructure, parks/recreation, urban and residential development, emerging technologies, digital planning tools, artificial intelligence AI in RM |
31 December 2029 | No |
021 19 21 222 |
| Christine Foster | Director | CF Consulting Services Ltd |
Wellington |
Resource management policy and plan development, resource consents (large projects and smaller including infrastructure), freshwater use (abstractions, discharges, diversions), facilitation and pre-hearing meetings. |
31 December 2028 | Yes |
0274 761 981 |
| Chris Campbell | Senior Associate (Landscape Architect) |
Greenwood Associates Landscape Architecture |
Based in Auckland, available nationwide |
Landscape Architecture – Residential design, master planning, landscape assessment, public and civic space design. |
31 December 2027 | No |
020 4185 1353 |
| Chris Hansen | Director/RMA Planning Consultant | Chris Hansen Consultants Ltd (CHC Ltd) | Nationwide | RMA planning for: major infrastructure projedcts; hydrogeneration; irrigation schemes; nutrient management; rural & residential subdivision & development; commercial/retail development; coastal projects | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 0264 5108 |
| Chris Hardy | Technical Principal - Water & Wastewater | WSP NZ Ltd | Nationwide | Urban three waters network strategic planning and design (water, wastewater, stormwater). Urban and rural land drainage and flood risk and mitigation. Road and highway stormwater planning and design | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 252 1271 |
| Christopher Clarke | Environmental Officer | Te Mana o Ngati Rangitihi Trust | Whakatane, Bay of Plenty | Resource Consents, Iwi/Māori resource management | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 557 4457 |
| Christopher Scrafton | Senior Planner | MWH | Nationwide | Town Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Christopher Turbott | Senior Policy Planner | Auckland Council | Auckland |
Thirty years’ experience in RMA planning. Resource management policy analysis, regional policy statements, regional plans and district plan review and changes and resource consents. Structure planning, urban growth planning, environmental planning, natural hazards. |
30 June 2029 | No |
09 8128447 |
| Chyi Sim | Principal Policy Analyst | Ministry for the Environment | Wellington region | Planning, consenting, local government, machinery of central government. Public policy: systems thinking and intervention logic. Effective communication skills: presenting technical material in simple language. Engagement with stakeholders, including practitioners (councils, iwi and private) | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Cindy Robinson | Cindy Robinson Lawyer and Independent Commissioner | Lawyer | Christchurch | Resource Management and Local Government Law | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 0220 6539 |
| Claire Conwell (Dr) | Principal Consultant | SLR Consulting New Zealand |
Wellington / Nationwide |
Water quality, ecotoxicology, contaminant impact assessment, stormwater, wastewater, ecological risk assessment |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 137 0026 |
| Claire Gibb | Ministry for the Environment | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Claire Graeme | Environmental Policy Manager |
Horticulture New Zealand |
New Zealand - wide |
Environmental policy and planning, with a particular focus on freshwater limit setting, indigenous ecosystems and biodiversity policy and planning as well as policy implementation. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 0200 9554 |
| Claire Kirman (Dr) | Special Counsel - Urban Development | Kainga Ora - Homes and Communities | Nationwide | Resource Management Lawyer | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Clare Barton | Group Manager Strategy and Environment | Nelson City Council | Central and Southern North Island | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Clare Dale | Senior Planner |
Novo Group Limited |
Canterbury |
Land use planning, including resource consents and plan changes. Specific experience in historic heritage (seismic strengthening, alterations, repairs/ reconstruction, adaptive re-use and demolition), urban development, including commercial, institutional, large scale residential/intensification. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 997 623 |
| Clare Hamilton |
Team Leader: Development Engineering |
Tauranga City Council | Tauranga City and Selwyn District |
Land Development – rural, urban and industrial; 3 waters networks; network capacities; trunk infrastructure; natural hazards; geotech; flooding; inundation |
30 June 2029 | No | |
| Clare Lenihan | Environmental and Public Law Barrister | Clare Lenihan Barrister | Southland and Otago but able to travel | Lawyer, Resource Management, planning, conservation, consents, plans, ONL/ONC, aquaculture | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 577 6823 |
| Clare Piper | Manager Planning and Development | Nelson City Council |
Nelson and Christchurch |
Plan changes and resource consents – Urban/District Planning. Spatial and infrastructure planning via LGA processes. Facilitation. NZPI Full Member. |
31 December 2027 | No |
03 546 0343 |
| Clementine Rankin | Strategic Planner - Freshwater | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough |
Freshwater strategic planner and registered valuer. |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 243 5614 |
| Cliff Kelly | Senior Policy & Planning Advisor - Regional Strategy | Raukawa Charitable Trust | Waikato Region; Eastern Bay of Plenty | Mātauranga Māori, kaitiakitanga, iwi Māori resource management and planning; Hapū freshwater and river management; Te Reo Māori and tikanga Māori; Regional Policy & Strategy – Resource management, District and Regional consents, strategic planning and development; Contributing to District and Regional planning policy tools; Cultural values assessments. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 251 3526 |
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Colin Dryland |
General Manager - Engineering/Principal Engineer | Woods (Wood and Partners Consultants Ltd) | National based in Auckland | Greenfields and brownfields residential, commercial, industrial, retail and rural land development. Roading, pavements, transport infrastructure, 3-waters and green infrastructure, flood risk and mitigation, earthworks, erosion and sediment control, streamworks | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 118 5911 |
| Connie Mills
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Customer and Consents Manager | Central Hawkes Bay District Council | Hawkes Bay - Napier, Hastings, Wairoa, Central Hawkes Bay | Planning and Resource Management, regional and district levels, specifically land use and subdivision, notice of requirements/designations | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 442 5686 |
| Corey Hebberd | Kaiwhakahaere Matua (General Manager) |
Rangitāne o Wairau |
Te Tauihu (Marlborough/Nelson/Tasman) |
Experienced iwi executive with an area of expertise spanning Iwi / Māori resource management, with a particular focus on regional planning, Māori resource management issues and strategic governance | 30 June 2027 | No |
03 578 6180 |
| Craig Barr | Director | Waveform Environmental Planning | South Island | Planning. Land use and subdivision, including rural landscape management, reverse sensitivity and compatibility issues. Indigenous biodiversity management, urban intensification. District Plan and regional Policy Statement preparation including plan review and plan changes. Notice of requirements and alterations to designations. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 406 5593 |
| Craig Friedel | Technical Lead – Planning, Associate | Harrison Grierson Consultants | South Island / Te Wai Pounamu | Policy and strategic planning, including district plan reviews, spatial and structure planning, urban growth, plan changes, and designations. Land use and subdivision consenting, including EPA fast-track consenting and preparing and coordinating large scale consenting projects. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 575 607 |
| Craig Pauling | Kaiarataki - Te Hīhiri / Strategic Advisor - Māori | Boffa Miskell Ltd | Christchurch, Canterbury and South Island | Cultural narratives, values reports and impact assessments, Iwi environmental management planning and policy, environmental monitoring and ecological restoration, Iwi/community consultation and engagement | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Craig Redmond | Executive Consultant | Jacobs | Christchurch | Environmental management technical specialist with a particular focus on the natural environment (water, ecology), infrastructure planning, consent compliance, and environmental management systems | 31 December 2025 | No |
03 940 4961 |
| Craig Welsh | Independent Commissioner | Resource and Environmental Management Nelson Limited | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Crystal Chung | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Environmental Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Daisy Tang | Senior Consents Planner |
Rotorua Lakes Council |
Rotorua/ Auckland/Gisborne | Planning and resource management, Resource consents | 31 December 2027 | No |
020 470 1853 |
| Dale Eastham | National Manager, Environment & Sustainability | Fulton Hogan Ltd | Natural Resource Management; Land management and development, industrial sites, civil construction, water and air discharges | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 212 4142 |
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| Dale Meredith | Senior Policy Planner | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Hawkes Bay, Otago | Policy planning | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Dalia Zarour-Evanson | Inermediate Consents Planner | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Napier, Hawkes Bay | RMA environmental resource consent processing, policy planning, compliance and pollution enforcement at Greater Wellington Regional Council, Horizons Regional Council and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Damian Ellerton | Associate | Marshall Day Acoustics | Nationwide | Noise and Vibration, District Plan review, Dispute resolution, Mediation and problem solving. I have also experience with large scale energy projects including wind, solar, geothermal and thermal power generation | 30 June 2028 | No |
021 473 969 |
| Damien McGahan | Principal |
Aurecon New Zealand Ltd |
Waikato / Auckland, but work across the North Island |
Resource management planning including policy, plan changes, notice of requirements, resource consents and with a particular focus on infrastructure and urban development. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 831 367 |
| Dana Wensley | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2025 | Yes | ||||
| Daniel Cox | Planner | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch/Canterbury | Policy planning and resource management working mainly with the Regional Policy Statement and have previous experience working on the review of a district plan | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 842 5240 |
| Daniel Kinnoch | Director/Resource Management Planner | CoLab Planning Limited | Auckland, Christchurch | Resource Management / RM Planner | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 091 7233 |
| Daniel Rodie | Team Leader, Resource Consents | Auckland Council | Resource Management Planning and Subdivision | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Daniel Sadlier | Partner | Ellis Gould Lawyers | Nationwide | Environmental and Resource Management Law | 31 December 2025 | No |
09 306 0748 |
| Daniel Willcocks | Principal Planner | Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Planning and resource management, resource consents, Notices of Requirement, urban and transport planning |
31 December 2027 | No | |
| Daniel Williams | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | 30 years Planning and Land Development experience including small and large scale residential and commercial development. Feasibility, planning, design, construction and compliance of projects | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 484 6477 |
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| Danielle Korevaar | Senior Resource Management Consultant | Incite |
Nationwide |
Regional policy and consent planning |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Danielle Petricevich | Principal Planner | 4Sight Consulting, part of SLR | Nationwide | Resource Management Planning, with a particular focus in Regional Consent Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Daren Horne | Taiao Cultural Advisor | Te Atiawa ki te Tau Ihu Trust | Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough | Resource management, cultural environmental monitoring, security industry | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Darran Humpheson | Acoustics Technical Director |
Tonkin & Taylor Ltd |
Nationwide |
Acoustics (noise and vibration) with over 30 years’ experience: specialising in effects of aviation/aircraft, construction, underwater, minerals extraction, energy (wind and solar) and unreasonable noise/nuisance. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 533 7380 |
| Darren Rewi | Iwi member | Take Tuia Ltd - Owner; Ngai Tahu; Mana Tahuna Charitable Trust - Chair |
Otago, CentraL Otago, Southland , Rakiura, Fiordland, Wanaka, Queenstown, QLDC and CODC |
Matauranga Maori, Te mana o te wai, Resource Management, Resource Consents, Cultural Impact Assessment. Cultural engagement. Strategic planning, Change Management. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 717 389 |
| Darlene Dinsdale | Director | Mokopuna Tia me Hei | Western Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty region | Environmental management, resource consents, cultural impact assessments, water quality, cultural monitoring utilising the skills of Tikanga and Matauranga viewpoints. Communication and engagement planning/strategies experience working with Iwi, Hapu and Marae relationships also working experience with Local Government, City and District Councils. | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 042 6266 |
| Darryl Millar | Director/Principal Planner | Resource Management Group Limited | Canterbury/South Island | District/Regional Policy, plans and plan changes/variations. Resource Consents: Land use, subdivision and regional consents. Designations. | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 229 5555 |
| Darryl Sycamore | Planning Manager | Terramark Limited | Dunedin/Otago | Mining and the extractive industry, Indigenous vegetation, botanical and ecological matters, Wetlands, Subdivision and urban development, Soils, Hydroelectric generation | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 1255-554 |
| Darryn Russell | Chief Executive | Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust |
Heretaunga/Tamatea, Te Waipounamu |
Extensive indigenous governance and leadership experience. Strong commercial, social, environmental and cultural roles in National senior appointments through to NGO and community development undertakings. Academically founded in people development, political theory and practice and defined by a social lens of empowerment and equity. |
31 December 2025 | No |
027 506 1393 |
| Dave Marshall | Kaitohutohu Taiao/ Environmental Policy Advisor | Marshall Planning | Nationwide | Natural resource policy and planning. Recognising and providing for hapū and iwi values in resource management systems and outcomes. | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 256 3550 |
| Dave Moule | Planner/Associate Partner | Boffa Miskell | Hamilton | Planning and resource management, resource consents, policy and plan development, plan changes, designations | 30 June 2025 | No |
022 071 5900 |
| Dave Serjeant | Independent Commissioner | Merestone Limited | Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Christchurch | Planning and economics, Environmental Planning (Regional Resource Consents) | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Dave Smith | Technical Director – Transportation Planning | Abley Limited | Christchurch | Transportation planning and traffic engineering. This includes transportation modelling, transportation research, public transport planning, walking and cycling planning and design. | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| David Adamson | Director/Partner/Consultant | Adamson Partners | Christchurch | Civil/environmental engineering including 3 waters, transport, solid waste, agriculture, civil defence and rural fire. Senior management, local government in rural provincial and metro councils. Resource Management affecting infrastructure | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 434 186 |
| David Badham | Partner | Barker & Associates Limited | Northland ((Whangārei, Kaipara and Far North), Auckland, Napier/Hastings, Nelson/Tasman, West Coast of South Island | Over 15 years’ experience: Planning –District and Regional – spatial / strategic planning, plan reviews, changes and resource consents (all facets). Te Ao Māori planning – engagement, plan reviews and resource consents. | 30 June 2028 | No |
021 203 1034 |
| David Clendon | Independent Commissioner | Northland | Built Heritage; Alignment of mātauranga Māori and Western science; Ecosystem management; Community engagement | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 682 580 |
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| David Allen | Special Counsel | Buddle Findlay | Wellington | Law | 30 June 2025 | Yes | |
| David Caldwell | Barrister | Bridgeside Chambers | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| David Campbell | Planning Manager | Central Otago District Council | 31 December 2028 | No | |||
| David Compton-Moen | Director | DCM Urban Design Limited | Christchurch | Urban Design, urban development; Landscape Architecture - Landscape assessment and design | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 114 0377 |
| David Dangerfield | Director | EHS Support New Zealand | Auckland, Waikato and Northland Regions | Contaminated Land | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| David Falconer | Principal Advisor | Ministry for the Environment | Nationwide, based in Christchurch | Qualified Planner, Resource management policy analysis and strategic planning, regional policy statement/plans and district plan policy and plan development and review, plan changes/variations; land use resource consent hearings; planning advisor to hearings panels; friend of submitter; peer reviewer; independent mediator; recovery planning; place making and urban design; urban growth planning; transport planning. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 699 7984 |
| David Forrest | Senior Planner | Beca Ltd | Lower North Island | Planner | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| David Hill | Independent Hearings Commissioner | Sole trader |
Primarily North Island – Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty regions particularly. |
Resource Management, Reserves and EEZ Act hearings, planning and policy. |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
021 822 321 |
| David Just | Team Leader Consents Planning | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury | Regional Council Consents Planning, Water, Coastal. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| David McMahon | Independent Commissioner | Resource Management Group Limited | Nationwide | District/Regional Policy, Plans and Plan changes; Resourse Consents: Land Use, Subdivision and Regional Consents; Designations; sole Commissioner and/or Panel member | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| David Mead | Independent Commissioner | David Mead Urban Planning | Auckland | Urban design, urban plannnig | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |
| David Newey | Planning Manager | Department of Conservation | South Island | 31 December 2026 | No | ||
| David Randal | Partner | Buddle Findlay | Resource Management, Māori law, local government, EEZ Act | 30 June 2026 | Yes | ||
| David Wren | Principal | David Wren - Planning Policy Research | Auckland | My main areas of expertise include the planning assesment of resource consents, plan reviews and changes and notiices of requirement. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
09 815 0543 |
| Dayle Hunia | Independent Commissioner | Kotuku Systems Ltd | Eastern Bay of Plenty | Māori Natural Resource Management and Economic Development, RMA: District/Regional Policy, Plans and Plan changes, Resource Consents and Plan Changes, EEZ Act applications and Environmental science. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Dayveen Stephens | Environmental Manager |
Ngāti Tama Ki Te Waipounamu Trust |
Te Tauihu o Te Waka a Māui – Top of the South |
Understanding of Māori communities, central government, NGOs. Resource Management, Cultural Values/Impact Assessment, Treaty Settlements, and Community Engagement. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 927 287 |
| Dean Chrystal | Partner, Director | Planz Consultants Limited | Nationwide | Planning and resource management, including local and regional planning, policy and plan development. Resource consent applications and Notice of Requirements | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 668 847
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| Dean Heiford | Manager Economic, Community & Support Services, CEO Marlborough Airport Limited, Electoral Officer | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | Community Engagement, Airport Operations and Legislation, Elections, Property Management, Emergency Management and Recovery, 30 years Local Government / Unitary Authority Management | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 246 2642 |
| Dean Whaanga | Manager | Te Ao Marama Inc | Southland | Te Ao Māori particularly Ngāi Tahu history and mātauranga. Worked in a Māori Environment consultancy for 14 years dealing with RMA, LGA and environmental matters. | 31 December 2025 | No |
03 931 1242 |
| Deborah Paterson | Independent Commissioner | Ngāi Tahu, Agriculture | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Deborah Kissick | Principal Planner | Traverse Environmental Ltd | Taupō | Planning and resource management, including resource consenting, regional consenting and plan development | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Deborah Ryan | Technical Director - Air Quality | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd | Nationwide | Air quality and odour effects assessment, industrial/infrastructure developments, air quality planning | 31 December 2029 | No |
04 471 4130 |
| Deborah Te Riaki | Trustee | Ngati Rangi Trust | Ohakune, Southern Ruapehu | Maori Cultural Values | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Dee Isaacs | Director | DPI Consulting Ltd | Wellington, Hamilton, Auckland, Northland, Christchurch, Queenstown | Consultant: Te Mana o te Wai; Resource Management Planning; Māori Planning; Māori Urban Design; Working alongside tangata whenua, mana whenua and hapū; Māori engagement; Te reo Māori me ōna tikanga (Language and culture); Treaty of Waitangi ; Cultural Values Assessment, Cultural Impact Assessment | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 806 738 |
| Deepani Seneviratna | Team Leader Consents Planning | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch, West Melton & Bank Peninsula | S12 Coastal activities, s15 discharges (Stormwater and other contaminated water), s9 activities | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Deidre Ewart | Manager Permissions/SLM | Department of Conservation | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Delaraine Armstrong | Nga Kaitiaki o ngā Wai Maori | 30 June 2027 | No | ||||
| Dennis Bush-King | Independent Commissioner/Planner | Tasman, Nelson | Plan development and consenting/designation experience involving land use and subdivision, contaminated land, water allocation, dams, river works, discharges to air and water, and activities in the CMA including aquaculture developments. | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 431 0317 |
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| Denym Clarke | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Environmental Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 824 7826 |
| Derek Todd | Principal Coastal and Hazards Scientist | Jacobs New Zealand Ltd | Christchurch | Coastal science and hazards, sea level rise, coastal protection and land use, beach and seabed sediment extraction. | 31 December 2029 | No |
027 278 7439 |
| Destiny Leaf | Taitokerau (Northland), Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty | Tikanga and Mātauranga Māori, Taiao Kaitiakitanga/Environmental Management - iwi sites of significance field research, Whānau, Hapū and Iwi conflict resolution, Local Government experience: Resource Consents, Wastewater including chairing committees. | 30 June 2026 | No |
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| Dhilum Nightingale | Barrister | Kate Sheppard Chambers | Nationwide but based in Wellington | Plan changes, plan and policy statement reviews, consenting, infrastructure, utilities, residential developments, national policy statements and NES-consents, fast-track consenting, enabling housing supply / incorporating medium density residential standards, EEZ applications | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 385 130 |
| Diane Palmer | Team Leader | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato Region | Regional Consent Processes | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Dianne Smith | Committee Member | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Tamatea Central Hawkes Bay, Hastings, Napier | Environmental planning | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 443 6667 |
| Dion Keogh | Pou Taiao Planner/Law student | Te Kahui Maru Trust | Hamilton/Taranaki | Iwi/Maori Resource Management. I am coming to the conclusion of my law degree and have experience working in Resource Consents as a planner for my iwi, Ngati Maru ki Taranaki. I have skills and experience in the legal setting of interpretating and applying law. | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 584 2239 |
| Don Chittock | New Zealand Quarries Environment & Sustainability Manager | Fulton Hogan | General - Natural Resource/Environmental Management, Environmental Policy & Strategy | 30 June 2025 | No | ||
| Donald Turley | Principal | Turley Solutions | Nelson- Marlborough; Buller -West Coast; Wellington; Wairarapa; Manawatu; Hawkes Bay | Resource Management; District and Regional Planning; Resource Consents; Mediation. | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Donna Jones | Waikato Regional Council | 31 December 2028 | No | ||||
| Donnella Piripi | Independent Commissioner | Raukura Consulting |
Te Taitokerau, Aotearoa |
Freshwater Management, Hapū and Community Engagement, Kaitiakitanga, Business, Financial Planning, Project Management, Reporting |
31 December 2027 | No | |
| Dora Langsbury | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide with a focus on Te Waipounamu and the Ngāi Tahu rohe as I live in Ōtautahi. | Built environment – resource consents; I have experience with Fast Track consenting. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 228 7968 |
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| Doug Tate | Group Manager – Customer and Community Partnerships | Central Hawke’s Bay District Council | Hawke's Bay and wider Manawatu/Whanganui Region | Community and integrated strategic planning, places and open spaces, development contributions, consultation and public participation and placemaking. | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Douglas Fairgray | Director | Market Economics Ltd | All of New Zealand | Urban form and function (efficiency, sustainability), Urban and regional economies, land use and demand, infrastructure, NPSUDC, Economic /social well-beings, communities, Retail, commerce, centres and business areas, Transport infrastructure | 31 December 2029 | No | |
| Dudley Clemens | J.Swap Contractors Ltd | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Duncan Ross | Director | Civix | 31 December 2026 | No | |||
| Dwayne Daly | Senior Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Dylan Makgill | Team Leader Environmental Planning | Tauranga City Council | Bay of Plenty | Consenting | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Dylan Marriott | Senior Consent Planner | Canterbury Regional Council | Christchurch | Regional consenting, water quality, water quantity and coastal specialist | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 458 7922
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| Edith Bretherton | Independent Commissioner | Auckland, West Coast | Regional Planning including coastal, District Planning, Resource Consenting - regional, district and subdivision; Natural Hazards specialist | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Edmund Brown | Manager Environmental Monitoring | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato | Hydrology, water allocation | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Eileen Von Dadelszen | Principal, Independent Mediator and Hearings Commissioner | Eileen von Dadelszen Planning Consultant | Nationwide, from bases in Hawkes Bay and Wellington | Experienced facilitator and Commissioner; fulfilling chair, panel and sole adjudication and mediation assignments | 31 March 2027 | Yes |
027 600 0987 |
| Eleanor Christensen | Consents Officer | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Resource Consents, Planning, Travel Demand Management | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Eleanor Jamieson | Wellington | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Elizabeth Burge | Director/Independent Commissioner | Burge Consulting – Resource Management Ltd | Nationwide | All aspects of planning including District and Regional policy, plan reviews, plan changes, resource consents with particular expertise in land use and development, Māori environmental management and planning, Te Ao Māori. | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
027 447 8368 |
| Liz Devery | Team Leader - Planning | Invercargill City Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Elizabeth Palmer | Change Agent/Independent Commissioner | Paama Group | Nationwide, first preference North Island & Tairawhiti, Hawkes Bay | Te Taiao Management for Marae, Hapu, and Iwi, Treaty Settlement/Claims, Dip. Maori Governance & Leadership, Te Wairoa Reserves Board, & Wairoa District Council (MSC) Maori Standing Committee Trusteeship | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Ella Makin | Waikato District Council | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Ella Tennent | Consents Manager |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Bay of Plenty | Resource consents; RMA policy | 30 June 2027 | No |
0800 884 880 |
| Ellen Davidson | Policy Planner | Kapiti Coast District Council | Kapiti District | Policy planning, future urban development, plan drafting and change process | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Ellen Robotham | Consultant | Mitchell Daysh Limited | Napier, Hawkes Bay | Freshwater | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 457 322 |
| Elliott Thornton | Principal Planner | Cuttriss Consultants Ltd | Nationwide, but primarily Lower North Island and Wellington | Resource consents, local government, urban planning, environmental planning, District/Regional Policy, Plans and Plan Changes, Designations, natural hazard management, flooding, transport planning, land development, urban design | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 449 053 |
| Elric Clarke-Beatson | Contractor |
Whitiora Ltd |
Canterbury region |
Iwi Māori – resource management | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Elmira Vatani | Team Leader Development Planning (South) | Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Traffic and Transport, Urban Design, Master planning, Greenfield subdivision, Planning and resource management, Regional and District resource consents |
31 December 2027 | No |
022 078 4817 |
| Elva Conroy | Principal Planner/Director | Conroy & Donald Consultants Limited | Bay of Plenty | Planning & Resource Management, Regional Planning, Water & Geothermal Resource Management, Te Ao Māori, Māori Cultural Heritage | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Elyse Neville | Senior Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | Otago | 31 December 2028 | No | ||
| Emma Deason | Associate | Gascoigne Wicks Lawyers | Blenheim | Plan development and resource consenting, specifically: land use, aquaculture and other coastal developments, and discharges. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 202 6295 |
| Emily Thomson | Senior Planner | Kapiti Coast District Council | Nationwide | Planning | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Emma Christmas | Independent Commissioner | Otago | Planning, water and land use management | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 620 6031 |
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| Emma Larsen | Principal Resource Consents Advisor | Selwyn District Council | Christchurch | Resource consent planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
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Emma Turnbull |
Environmental Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
|
Eric Guo |
Senior Development Engineer |
Porirua City Council |
Tauranga and Wellington |
Resource consents, technical advice |
31 December 2025 | No |
021 139 7032 |
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Erica Sefton |
Director |
The Project House Limited |
Nationwide |
Planning |
31 December 2026 | No | |
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Ethan Dodds |
Environmental Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
Environmental Planner |
30 June 2027 | No | |
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Euan Williams |
Principal Planner |
Wood and Partners Consultants Limited |
Nationwide - Auckland and upper half of North Island |
Planning and Resource Management, District and Regional Planning, Designations, Resource Consents including major infrastructure, stormwater and wastewater discharges, freshwater, wetlands, urban and rural subdivision, land development, and multi-unit housing. |
31 December 2025 | No |
021 757 975 |
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Eugene Berryman-Kamp |
Independent Director/Consultant |
Pakihi BK Ltd |
Central North Island - Rotorua |
Local, regional, central government governance, policy, Iwi/Maori expertise including former Director Te Mana o te Wai at MfE, PGSE CEO, treaty settlements, Te Ao Maori and Matauranga a Taiao frameworks. Former Iwi Partnership board member, experienced chairperson, Chartered IOD member |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 840 2390 |
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Eugene Whakahoehoe |
Tumu Toihau/CEO |
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia |
Te Tauihu – Tasman, Nelson, Malborough |
Experienced in Strategic Planning and Execution. Expertise across policy, plans and procedures through International, National and Regional bodies. |
30 June 2027 | No |
03 546 7595 |
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Farzad Zamani |
Urban Design Manager |
Wellington City Council |
Wellington region, Auckland |
Urban design, architecture, public space and urban streetscape, housing and residential design, design guides and standards, universal design and accessibility, CPTED safety |
31 December 2025 | No | 0210 844 0422 |
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Felicity Boyd |
Associate |
Incite |
Nationwide |
Policy and plan development, freshwater management |
30 June 2029 | Yes | |
| Felicity Butcher | Researcher and Planning Consultant | New Heritage Ltd | Nationwide | Social Science and Built Heritage research including Heritage value ratings, Conservation Plans, Heritage Reports, Needs Assessments, and funding applications. Six years elected member of Dunedin City Council Consents Hearing Panel. Recently gained additional academic qualifications in Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 846 1986 |
| Fern Brand | Trustee/Secretary, Delivery Manager JFN, Strategic Partnerships Development Advisor | Ngā Kaitiaki o Puketapu Hapū Trust | New Plymouth, Taranaki | Working in hapū within consultation and engagement spaces. Ongoing development is slow to adapt, working to embed the concept of better design and cohesive landscape planning and integration . Overseeing Jobs for Nature investment in Taranaki | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 103 1063 |
| Finn Jackson | Analyst | Ministry for the Environment | Christchurch | Climate change and natural hazards | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Fiona McTavish | Chief Executive Tumu Whakarae | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Fleur Maseyk | Practice Leader/ Conservation Scientist | The Catalyst Group | Based in Wellington, work nationally | Biodiversity policy; effects management; biodiversity offsetting and compensation; natural capital and ecosystem services; biodiversity in farming landscapes; conservation and land management practices | 31 December 2027 | No |
022 158 1615 |
| Fleur Matthews | Team Leader, Policy & Planning | Greater Wellington Regional Council | Policy development, biodiversity, biosecurity. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 306 951 |
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| Frances Teinakore-Curtis | Environmental Manager |
Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi |
Matatā and Rotorua, Bay of Plenty |
Iwi environmental management plans, tikanga Māori, Hapū/Iwi and Community stakeholder consultation and engagement | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Francisco Barraza | Team Leader Environmental Policy | Southland District Council |
South Island – Southland and Otago |
Resource management policy, strategic planning and resource consent applications; LGA, and environmental matters (science/management) | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 314 4563 |
| Fraser Campbell | Principal | Campbell Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Environmental Engineering, Provision of Infrastructure, Stormwater and River Management, Natural hazard assessments, Irrigation and Water Resource Allocation, Economic Analysis, Land development | 31 December 2027 | No | 0274 544 670 |
| Frazer Mailman | Masterton | Sat on hearings for District Licensing issues and hearings relating to construction/transport. Committee member of Wairarapa District Planning Committee | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 640 4391
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| Gabrielle Huria | 30 June 2027 | No | |||||
| Gail Gordon | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Gail Thompson | Board Member |
Te Ao Marama Inc |
Te Waipounamu / South Island, Rakiura Stewart Island |
Iwi Maori Resource Management, LGA and environmental matters, cultural values, tikanga and matauranga |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 409 463 |
| Gareth Taylor | Director and Environmental & Projects Consultant | Collaborations (Trading name for Taylor Collaborations Limited) | Christchurch | Resource Consents, Ecology, Environmental Management, Water Resources, Natural Resources, Project Delivery | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 246 0396 |
| Gary Bramley | Principal Ecologist and Director | The Ecology Company Limited | Nationwide, but particularly Northland and the West Coast of the South Island | Ecology | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Gary Rae | Independent Commissioner | Incite | Nelson, experienced in South Island and Central North Island Regions | All aspects of RMA planning including District Plan Reviews, Plan Changes, resource consents, designations, with particular expertise in traffic, roading, and noise issues. | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Gavin Bartlett | Queenstown Lakes District Council | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Gavin Donald | Managing Director | GMD Consultants | North Island | Strategy and Policy Development, Resource Consents, Freshwater, Three Waters | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Gavin Ion | Chief Executive | Waikato District Council | Waikato Region | General Management, structure planning, growth management, Future Proof Strategy, development contributions, rural subdivision | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 227 4273 |
| Gavin Kemble | Director, Majority Owner, Planner | Enspire Consulting Limited | Nationwide based in Tauranga | Statutory Planning, Coastal Planning, Planning Document Process, Freshwater Planning, Designations, Network Utilities & Large Infrastructure Planning. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 437 7613 |
| Gavin Lister | Independent Commissioner | Isthmus Group | Nationwide | Urban Design, Landscape Architecture | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Gavin McCullagh | Principal Planner | 4Sight Consulting Part of SLR | Whanganui and Southland | Detailed experience in the application of climate change policy to land use planning with a focus on adaptation and mitigation of natural hazards. Experience also includes sustainable development policy, environmental master planning for ports, and RMA policy and plan development | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 037 9932 |
| Gavin Palmer | Independent Commissioner | Corsair Consulting | Nationwide |
Natural hazards risk management, climate change adaptation, flood protection and land drainage infrastructure, river and stream works, stormwater management. |
31 December 2027 | No |
0274 933 960 |
| Geoff Shier | Independent Commissioner | Hurunui District | 30 June 2026 | No |
0274 520 534 |
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| George Lyons | North Island | Rural, Planning and resource consents | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
274739544 |
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| George van Hout | Principal Acoustic Engineer | WSP New Zealand Limited | Aotearoa / New Zealand, based in Christchurch |
Noise and vibration, Acoustics, Planning and Policy, Resource Consents, Plan Changes, Designations |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 259 2712 |
| Gerard McCarten | Planning Manager | Sentinel Planning Ltd | Nationwide | Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
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Gemma Conlon-Geddes |
Director – Planner |
Perspective Consulting Limited |
South Island, Canterbury & Otago |
Land use and subdivision consents, Notice of Requirements, district/regional plan changes/reviews, spatial planning, rural, residential, commercial, industrial, infrastructure, extractive development, renewable energy, subdivision and heritage | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
021 237 4038 |
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Gen Hewett |
Senior Advisor |
Environmental Protection Agency |
Nationwide | Resource Management, EEZ applications, Fast-Track consenting, Decision making and statutory processes. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Georgina Redpath | Senior Environmental Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
Planning and resource management |
30 June 2027 | No |
07 577 8188 |
| Georgina Winter |
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31 December 2027 | No |
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| Gerry Kessels | Managing Director/Principal Ecologist | Bluewattle Ecology | Hamilton | Terrestrial and freshwater ecology. Environmental impact assessment. Biodiversity offsetting. Conservation and biodiversity policy. Natural character assessment. Significant natural area assessment. Ecological restoration. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 286 8449 |
| Gillian Chappell | Barrister | Foundry Chambers | Nationwide, but particularly Auckland, Waikato and Wellington regions |
I have over 30 years experience acting in relation to a broad range of matters, with particular interests in forestry and wood processing, rural based activities, airports, plan development and representing community groups. |
30 June 2028 | No | |
| Gillian Crowcroft | Independent Commissioner & Freshwater Commissioner | Harrison Grierson Consultants | Nationwide |
Freshwater management and water management more broadly, resource management, hydrology, regional land and water policy & planning, and resource consents (Landuse, 3-waters take, discharges, stormwater, structures). |
30 June 2028 | No |
021 586 416 |
| Gillian Wratt | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, based in Nelson | Environmental Science | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 548 110 |
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Gillian Ensor |
Environmental Planner |
Enviser Ltd |
Christchurch |
Resource management policy analysis and strategic planning, regional plan development and review, resource consenting (land and water) |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 122 8372 |
| Gina Ferguson | Compliance Manager | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | RMA, Regional and District, Noise | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Gina Mohi | Pūtaiao Mātauranga | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Expertise in Maori Resource Management, Planning, NPS-Freshwater management, Earth Sciences, Mātauranga Maori | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 552 2586 |
| Gina Solomon | Independent Commissioner | South Island | Iwi/Maori values | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 516 1715 |
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| Gina Sweetman | Independent Commissioner | Sweetman Planning Services | Nationwide |
Regional and city/district council policy and plans, and consenting. Notices of requirement. Iwi / Māori resource management. Development contributions. Freshwater. Fast-track. Experienced Chair and Panel member . |
31 December 2029 | Yes |
021 866 711 |
| Glen Cooper | Technical Director - Planning | Ity Limited | Wellington | Urban, country and infrastructure planning | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 235 2385 |
| Glenn Wilcox | Board Member | Independent Maori Statutory Board | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Graeme Weavers | Environmental Science Team Leader | Gisborne District Council | Tairawhiti Gisborne; Bay of Plenty; Tai Tokerau | Māori Resource Management o Te Taiao, particularly incorporating Mātauranga monitoring and programs with Science, Tikanga Māori, RMA Part II issues, Resource Consent science processing, Environmental Management and Conservation specialising in Freshwater/Estuarine and Terrestrial Ecology/Biodiversity, Pest Management and consent Compliance. | 31 December 2026 | No |
21418856 |
| Graham Macky | Director | Macky Fluvial Consulting Ltd | Nationwide, Auckland based | River engineering, including numerical modelling, overland flow, dambreak analysis and sediment transport. Stormwater management. Flood hydrology including catchment modelling | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Graham Taylor | Independent Commissioner | Resource Management Group | Canterbury/South Island | District/Regional Policy, Plans and Plan changes; Resource Consents: Land Use, Subdivision and Regional Consents; Designations; Sole Commissioner and/or Panel member | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Graham Young | Manager Policy and Strategy | Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui | Taranaki | Qualified Planner; Resource Management Act - consenting and District Plan development - Local Government sector; public policy and strategy both Local Government and Post Settled Iwi Organisation; Development of Iwi Environmental Management Plans; Environmental policy and legislation drafting both at a national and regional level; co-author Best Practice Guildelines for Engagement with Māori | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 508 7264 |
| Grant Kettle | Planning and Guidance Unit Manager | Hamilton City Council | Waikato | Policy development, consenting, natural resource/freshwater management, urban land development, iwi/treaty matters | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 883 329 |
| Greg Burrell (Dr) | Director | Instream Consulting Ltd | Christchurch | Ecology and water quality | 31 December 2027 | No |
022 0169 089
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| Greg Carlyon | Director | The Catalyst Group | Nationwide | Biodiversity, land and water management, regional and district planning, resource consents | 30 June 2029 | Yes | |
| Greg Hill | Independent Commissioner | Greg Hill Consultants | Nationwide | Planning – District and Regional Planning – Plan reviews, changes and resource consents (all facets, but particularly growth management and coastal management) | 31 December 2028 | Yes |
021 451 820 |
| Greg Ryder (Dr) |
Director / Environmental Scientist |
Greg Ryder Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Abstractions, aquatic ecology, flow setting, hydro, impoundments, mining, non-point source discharges, water quality, wastewater discharges to coastal and freshwater environment, wind farms, plan changes. | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
027 437 7617 |
| Greg Shirras | Resource Consents Manager | MyNoke | Hawkes Bay and Taupo | Resource Consents - Discharges to Land and Water Takes | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Grey Wilson | Principal Planner | Good Earth Matters Consulting Ltd | Hawke’s Bay /Manawatū/East Coast/Central North Island | Community infrastructure planning, four waters consenting, rural land use planning and consenting, water resources consenting and policy, aggregate resources, renewable electricity generation and transmission, equity and cultural considerations in planning . | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 255 1035 |
| Haami Te Whaiti | Chairperson/Trustee |
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust |
Wairarapa |
Iwi/Hapū. Treaty of Waitangi settlement including Takutai Moana. Māori heritage. Resource Management. |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Hadley Mills | Planning, Science and Innovation Manager | West Coast Regional Council | West Coast | Landscape Architecture | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Haidee McCabe | Irricon Resource Solutions | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Hamish Barrell | District Planning Manager | Timaru District Council | Manawatu, Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay | New Zealand local government manager, planning theorist, and urban planner. International planning practice; writing and research. Author of ‘Build Over There’ Arena Books, England. | 31 December 2028 | No |
03 687 7200 |
| Hamish Lampp | Director | Premier Planning | Central North Island | Planning | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Hamish Lowe | Principal Environmental Scientist | Lowe Environmental Impact Limited | Nationwide | Adept at considering complex issues of sustainable land management: Land - nutrient management (overseer), farm plans, farm systems; Waste discharges - municipal, industrial, farm, onsite - speciality land treatment; and Community engagements | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
06 359 3099 |
| Hamish Rennie | Associate Professor and Head of Department of Environmental Management |
Lincoln University |
NZ coast generally |
Coastal and marine planning and policy, fisheries and aquaculture spatial allocation, coastal/marine recreation and tourism, freshwater planning |
30 June 2029 | No |
03 423 0437 |
| Hamish Smith | Senior Resource Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato | Regulatory processes for a broad range of activities associsated with agricultural and primary industries | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Hannah Goslin | Associate | Incite (Christchurch) Ltd | Nationwide | Regional Planning and Policy | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Hannah Payne-Harker | Senior Planner | Harrison Grierson | Wellington region | Environmental and Natural Resource Planning and Consenting | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 651 307 |
| Hans Sorenson | Independent Commissioner | Kirikiriroa | Advocate for Te taiao (the natural environment); Te ao Māori voice and perspective | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 382 7986 |
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| Hans van der Wal | Barrister Sole | Hans van der Wal Barrister | Based in Marlborough, expertise nationwide | Legal - resource management, environmental and local government law. Particular experience in rural, regional council, regulatory and coastal issues, but also experienced in Territorial Authority matters | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 787 8052 |
| Hans Versteegh | Manager | Marlborough District Council | Nationwide | RMA Regional and district | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
| Hara Adams | Group Manager Iwi Partnerships | Kapiti Coast District Council | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Harriet Fraser | Consultant Traffic Engineer and Transportation Planner | Harriet Fraser Engineering and Transportation Planning | Nationwide | Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
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Hauraki Erb |
Pou Tuara |
Ngāti Ruanui |
Hāwera, South Taranaki | Maori Governance, marae, hapu, iwi, education gorvernance | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 237 8024 |
| Hayley Lawrence | Independent Commissioner | Napier | 31 December 2027 | No | |||
| Heike Lutz | Building Conservation Consultant | BCon Consultants Ltd | Nationwide | Architecture, Building Conservation, Cultural heritage, Historic heritage, Sustainability, Urban design | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Helen Anderson | Technical Director - Planning | GHD Limited | Nationwide | Resource management, local and regional planning, resource consents, EEZ | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Helen Atkins | Sole practitioner; Barrister/Commissioner | Atkins Law | Nationwide |
Legal – local government, environment, resource management (resource consents, notices of requirement, district and regional policies and plans) and public law. Experienced decision-making commissioner, including as Chair |
31 December 2029 | Yes |
021 405 4641 |
| Helen Biel | Kaitātari Taiao |
Tapuika Iwi Authority |
Tauranga |
Whakapapa to Tapuika, Waitaha, Tuwharetoa and Ngā Pōtiki. I hold a qualification in Kaitiakitanga Pūtaiao – Environmental Management. Māori iwi, hapū perspectives |
31 December 2027 | No |
020 4183 0664 |
| Helen Caley | National Resource Consent Planner | Fulton Hogan | Canterbury based, but work nationwide | Environmental planning, particularly around industrial and land development activities; industrial site management; contaminated land management; stormwater management; works in and around waterbodies and wetlands | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 131 7809 |
| Helen Creagh | Consents Manager | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Helen Hamilton | Director Planning and Regulatory Services | Upper Hutt City Council | Nationwide—particularly Auckland, Waikato, Manawatu and Wellington | Environmental Planning, Infrastructure, Designations, District and Regional policy, Industrial, Rural Industry, Urban Development, TODs, Housing, Subdivision, Landfills / Cleanfills, Landuse Planning, Transportation Infrastructure, Water and Wastewater, Rural Planning | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Helen Kerr | Director | Te Waihanga/Infrastructure Commission | Wellington, Auckland and nationwide | Infrastructure projects, civil engineering, transportation, urban design, bridges, design management, project planning, detailed design, construction, construction impacts including noise, vibration, and dust, financial management, risk management, stakeholder engagement, environmental management, government process and policy, commercial law | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 229 6276 |
| Helen Mellsop | Director and landscape architect | Helen Mellsop Landscape Architect | Nationwide | Landscape architecture, Landscape planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Helma Fraser | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Heneriata Oneroa | Hoa Hautūtanga Takirua/ Co-Governance Management Partner |
Te Kaunihera ā-rohe o Taupō/Taupō District Council |
Nationwide – Central North Island based | Planning & Resource Consents. Strategic Relationships; Māori, iwi, hapū, whānau. Mana whenua status & kaitiakitanga/iwi management plans. Indigenous biodiversity. Application of te reo Māori me ōna Tikanga. Masters of Management and Māori – Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Contracts to act as representative for applicants. Nō Tūwharetoa – Kurauia/Hikairo ki Tongariro. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 036 9154 |
| Henrietta Carroll | General Manager | Mahaanui Kurataiao Ltd | Christchurch | Governance experience - currently on Iwi Board. Management of Environmental Consultancy Company owned by manawhenua. Degree in Business Management | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 714 655 |
| Henry Winchester | Senior Planner | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury | Planning and resource management, mainly regional policy and planning and resource consents, including waste activities, discharges, water, agricultural activities, and air. | 31 December 2029 | No | |
| Hilke Giles (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Pisces Consulting Limited | Nationwide, based in Hamilton | Coastal and marine science, aquaculture, resource consents, policy and plan preparation and reviews | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 448 8856 |
| Hinemoa Apetera | Tangata whenua, kuia |
Te Rewarewa |
Whangarei | Hapu member whenua kaitiaki | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Hinemoa Dixon | Senior Employment Mediator | Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment - Hiikina Whakatutuki | Hamilton | Has worked in dispute and conflict resolution situations, with confidence managing matters requiring cultural considerations to be observed including te reo and tikanga Maaori. Other skills: effective communication, facilitation, problem solving and enjoys working with people. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Hinerangi Tapu-Mahara | Kaiārahi Matua |
Te Nehenehenui Trust & Department of Conservation |
Waikato Region |
Whenua Maaori administration and governance, mātauranga Maaori, kaitiakitanga, hapuu and marae engagement |
30 June 2027 |
No | |
| Hira Huata | Tohunga Taiao me Te Wai o Ngāti Kahungunu | Tātau Tāuta o Te Wairoa | Te Wairoa, Hastings, Hawkes Bay | Lecturer of Te Kōhanga Reo for the National Te Kōhanga Reo Trust, Mātanga Reo – Reo expert of Ngāti Kahungunu, Tohunga o Te Wai me Te Taiao | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 934 0221 |
| Hoani Langsbury | Senior Ecologist | Ngaio House | South Island | Expertise in both ecological and Iwi matters. Excellent understanding of Treaty obligations as it relates to the RMA. Primarily provided advice and been a decision maker in relation to marine and freshwater discharges and abstractions. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 430 6025 |
| Hohipere Williams | Trustee | Nga Tirairaka o Ngāti Hine | Northland, Tai Tokerau | Whanau & Hapu Kaitiaki o Te Taiao | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 263 4501 |
| Holly Atkins | Senior Planner | Auckland Transport | Auckland | Planning and resource management, resource consents, designations & infrastructure. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 948 924 |
| Holly Norton | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Environmental Planning (RMA planning) | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 345 9437 |
| Hugh Keane | Programme Manager | Waikato Regional Council | Infrastructure | 30 June 2026 | No |
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| Hugh Leersnyder | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | District and Regional planning and environmental management. Infrastructure; Soil and water management; Stormwater; Earthworks; Coastal planning | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 656 361 |
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| Huia Huata | 31 December 2025 | No | |||||
| Iain Satterthwaite | Senior Development Engineer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Civil engineering matters relating to building and subdivision consents including stormwater, wastewater, water, geotechnical issues and natural hazards. 40 years in the industry including 21 years in New Zealand Local Government. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 067 4664 |
| Ian Bayliss | Senior Planning Consultant | Elevation Planning | Queenstown, Central Otago and wider South Island experience | Main expertise is in plan making, notice of requirement recommendations and resource consent decisions with 20+ years’ experience as a policy manager, planning witness, spatial plan project lead and team manager for councils and the private sector. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Ian Boothroyd | Senior Principal, Senior Ecologist | Boffa Miskell Ltd | Auckland | Environmental impact assessments, water and ecology management, environmental monitoring and management plans, Expert Witness and Independent Mediation | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Ian Leary | Independent Commissioner | Spencer Holmes Consultants | Lower North Island | Planning, survey and land development. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Ian Mayhew | Technical Director, Policy & Planning | 4Sight Consulting (part of SLR) | Nationwide, predominantly North Island |
Natural resource/freshwater management, urban land development (stormwater, wastewater, contaminated land management etc), major infrastructure |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 544 577 |
| Ian Millner | Principal Consultant | LandvisionHB | Nationwide | Land management, Nutrient management, Catchment modelling, Policy analysis, Agriculture, Freshwater management, farm planning, AEE, community resilience, Landscape Analysis, Highly Productive land | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Ian Munro | Independent Commissioner | Sole trader | Nationwide | Urban design, urban planning, urban intensification, strategic planning, resource management | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Ina Kara-France | Independent Hearing Commissioner | Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Te Atihau-nui-A-Paparangi, Ngarauru, Ngāti Koata |
Nationwide |
Experienced Specialist in Cultural Values, Sites of Significance, Maatauranga Māori, Tikanga Māori, Te Ao Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Cultural Impact Assessments, Iwi Environment Planning, NPS - Te Mana o Te Wai, Indigenous Biodiversity, Urban Development, Future Development, District/Regional Planning, Conservation Act, Fast Track Expert Consenting Panel. |
30 June 2025 | No |
0220 648 035
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| Ian Ruru | Principal Maori Scientist | Ministry for the Environment |
Nationwide |
Matauranga Maori, Tikanga and Kawa, Environmental Science, Te Taio |
31 December 2028 | Yes |
0273573937 |
| Ila Daniels |
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31 December 2027 | No |
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| Isabel Lam |
Senior Planner |
Auckland Council |
Auckland |
Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents |
30 June 2028 | No |
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| Isolina Waghorn |
Hearings Officer (Planning) |
Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch |
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31 December 2027 | No |
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| Jack Smith Ballingall | Māori Partnerships Manager | Hawkes Bay Regional Council |
Hawke’s Bay |
Commercial Law, Accounting, Partnerships, General Business |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 777 0332 |
| Jack Turner | Director | Tektus Consultants Limited | Auckland | Field of expertise (250 Characters or less) Expertise in civil and environmental engineering, in tandem with environmental planning, and with specialisation in water sensitive design. | 31 December 2028 | No |
0211434874 |
| Jacky Bartley | Technical Director/Principal Planner |
Mahea NZ Limited |
North Island |
Resource Consents, Plan Reviews, Plan Changes, Te Tiriti o Waitangi |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 225 5197 |
| Jacob Steens | Senior Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Planning | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 738 7405 |
| Jacqueline (Jackie) Colliar | Waikato Tainui; Hamilton City Council | Tribal Member and Representative; Strategic Three Waters Infrastructure Unit Manager; Trustee/Director | Waikato | Waters Engineering and Strategic Planning, Natural Resources Engineering, Iwi Resource Management, Governance | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 727 0800 |
| Jacqui Todd | Principal Consents Planner | Canterbury Regional Council | Canterbury region | Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Jade Kake | Director |
Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism Ltd |
Based in Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau, available Nationwide | Papakāinga, marae, urban design, architecture, kaupapa Māori design, proficient te reo Māori speaker, knowledge of tikanga Māori | 31 December 2026 | No |
0226 390 955 |
| Jade Wikaira | Tumu Whakarae | Wikaira Consulting Limited | Wellington, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Central North Island | Strategic Policy: RM reform policy consultant; Three Waters consultant Resource Management Planning: Reviews of regional policy statements; district plan reviews. Working with mana whenua, hapu, marae Engagement in resource management settings |
31 December 2027 | No | |
| Jaime Devereux |
Director, Urban Designer |
Urban Edge Planning Ltd |
Wellington |
Urban design, planning, resource consents |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 224 7269 |
| James Beban | Director | Urban Edge Planning Ltd | Wellington |
Natural hazard policies and applications, District Plan and Regional Policy formation, and resource consent applications. |
30 June 2027 | No |
022 659 1996 |
| James Gardner-Hopkins | Barrister | Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, Hawkes’ Bay, Queenstown | Legal aspects of consenting, including notification (and identifying risks for consent authorities); as to subject matter, major projects, Maori legal issues, development, conservation, coastal, plan changes, process and procedure. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 277 1425 |
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| James Gribble | Official Information and Legal Support Advisor | Otago Regional Council | Dunedin |
Regional Council Consents and Planning |
30 June 2026 | No |
027 578 4207 |
| James Hendra | Director/Principal Planner | Walker Landscape Architecture Limited | Auckland regions and North Island |
Urban Planning and Policy, Plan Changes, Resource Consents, Notices of Requirement, Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Subdivision, Public Places, Parks and Open Space, Esplanade Reserves and vesting of public land. Reserves Act. 20 years’ experience. |
30 June 2028 | No | |
| James Whetu | Director and Principal Planner | Whetū Consultancy Group | Waikato, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki |
Planning and Policy; Māori Planning / Māori in Resource Management; Te Ao Māori |
31 December 2028 | No | |
| Jan Caunter | Director | Jan Caunter Ltd | Nationwide | Resource management law (land use, subdivision and regional consents), Designations, Waste management, Contaminated sites, Applications under COVID-10 Recovery (Fast-Track) Consenting Act 2020. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 635 984 |
| Jan Sedgwick | Independent Commmissioner | North Island, particularly wider Waikato region |
Twelve years local govt elected member with policy and regulatory hearing responsiblities. Experience in PDP, residential, commercial, industrial, rural hearings. Particular interest in integrated strategic planning for growth, primarily industrial and residential, GMO and HazSubs, rural activities, including biodiversity and the needs of special zones. |
31 December 2027 | Yes |
021 804 749 |
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| Jane Black | People + Places | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Jane Borthwick | Retired Environment Judge | Rātā Chambers | New Zealand | Environmental Law and Policy; Resource Management Law | No expiry | No |
0274 375 106 |
| Jane Kitson (Dr) | Director/Principal Scientist | Kitson Consulting Ltd | Invercargill | Ecologist and environmental scientist with research interests in freshwater, mahinga kai, taonga species and cultural monitoring. Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 524 7864 |
| Jane Macartney | Consultant Town Planner | Tollemache Consultants Limited |
Auckland/Waikato |
Resource consents, plan changes and designations. Recently completed s42A hearing reports for the Proposed Waikato District Plan (Industrial Zone, Heavy Industrial Zone, Designations, Landscapes, Rural subdivision – transferable development rights, rezoning requests at Te Kauwhata). | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 206 9905 |
| Jane Morrell | 31 December 2025 | No | |||||
| Jane Sherard | Trustee / Director | Ngati Whatua o Kaipara | Nationwide with emphasis on North Island Tai Tokerau, Kaipara ki Mahurangi, Tamaki Makaurau and South Island Nelson Marlborough down to Christchurch. | Integrated catchment management, land use research, and experience in balancing Te Ao Maori and environmental western science practices. Prior engagement with utilities infrastructure providers across Tamaki Makaurau to Northland. Experience in gaining collaborative engagement to achieve reciprocal co-governance outcomes mitigating rural, coastal and river hazard challenges. | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 355 2354 |
| Jane Sinclair | Director | Jane Sinclair Ltd | Queenstown Lakes | Planning and resource management, resource consent | 30 June 2028 | No |
021 442 370 |
| Jane Taylor | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2026 | Yes | ||||
| Jane Whyte | Director | Response Planning Consultants Limited | South Island | Planning and resource management, resource consents, plan changes, district and regional planning, freshwater management | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 259 5303 |
| Janeen Kydd-Smith | Director & Principal Planner | Sage Planning (HB) Limited | Hawke’s Bay Region, Gisborne Region | Environmental Planner, policy analysis and formulation, district plan preparation and review, hearing decision writing, resource consents (district and regional), renewable energy projects. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 511 833 |
| Janette Campbell | Barrister | Bankside Chambers | Nationwide | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
021 446 585 |
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| Janette Dovey | Director/Principal Planner/Commissioner | Bellbird Consulting Group Limited | Christchurch and Canterbury | Planning and Resource Management - Consents and Policy/Plan Changes. Decision-making under other legislation, ie HASHAA, CERA, LGA (bylaws), EPA Covid Fast-track consenting | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Janice Carter | Senior Associate | Barker & Associates | Christchurch | Planning and resource management, including district/unitary plan reviews, regional plans and policy statements; strategic planning, plan changes, spatial planning, designations and resource consents (land, subdivision, coastal, water). Natural hazards, climate change, urban growth and ports | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 032 9746 |
| Janine Bell | Partner/Planner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Nationwide particularly Auckland region | Planning and resource management - District and Regional - plan reviews, changes, notice of requirements and resource consents, particular focus on transport and urban planning. Strategic planning and projects | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 056 592 |
| Jared Pettersson | Director | Enviser Ltd | Nationwide | Coasts and ports, contaminated land, infrastructure, stormwater | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 679 838 |
| Jasmine Mitchell | Team Leader – Consents | Horizons Regional Council | Manawatu-Whanganui | Planning | 31 December 2026 | No |
06 952 2898 |
| Jasmine Mouat | Senior Strategy Advisor | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Christchurch | Strategic Advisor and Policy Professional with central and local government experience. Currently working with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to support iwi to realise the opportunities in the Resource Management Reform Programme | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 370 8568 |
| Jason Evans | Director | ET Urban Design Ltd | Auckland, Kaipara, Northland | Urban Design, Character assessments, Town Planning, Building Conservation | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 756 4359 |
| Jason Jones | Independent Commissioner | Resource Management Group Ltd | Nationwide | Policy planning; District, Unitary and Regional Plan making and plan changes; resource consents and designations; informal mediation and facilitation. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 079 8357 |
| Jason Smith | Senior Environmental Scientist | Morphum Environmental Limited | Auckland | Freshwater science (water quality and ecology), Ecology (Wetland, Freshwater and Terrestrial). Ecological Impact Assessments. Environmental Science. Environmental Monitoring. Biodiversity Offsetting/Compensation. | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Jason Ward | Manager, Planning & Development Solutions | Rotorua Lakes Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Jazzmin Mita | Independent Commissioner | Te Tai Tokerau |
Background in Whanau Ora, Mental Health and Addictions, Tikanga Māori and Te Ao Māori, whānau, hapū, and iwi relationship management and engagement, cultural impact assessments, contract management and leadership. |
31 December 2027 | No | ||
| Jayne Macdonald | Partner | Mactodd | South Island | Planning and law | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
| Jeff Farrell | Manager Strategic Projects | Whakatane District Council | Natural hazard risk management; climate change adaptation; strategic planning; resource consents; building development; contaminated sites | 30 June 2027 | No |
0274 536 248 |
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| Jemma Hardwick-Smith | Environmental Advisor | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Canterbury | Cultural landscapes; Mana whenua engagement and feedback in the consent process | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 197 4269 |
| Jen Skilton | Pou Taiao (Environmental Manager) |
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Charitable Trust |
Te Tauihu (Nelson, Tasman, Marlborough), Buller District | PhD in Ecology. Expertise in freshwater science and marine ecology. I work at the interface of western science and mātauranga Māori. Good understanding of te ao Māori through whakapapa and working with Iwi/hapū. Aquatic resource management. Cultural health indicators and impact assessments. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 315 4581 |
| Jenna Sinclair | Senior Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | Otago | Consent planning. Primarily specialising in Water permits and NES FW regulations consents. Familiar with Land use consents. | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 230 4141
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| Jennie Smeaton | Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Inc | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Jennifer Green | Principal Planning Consultant | WM Environmental | Southland | Land use and subdivision consenting | 30 June 2028 | No |
0204 080 2380 |
| Jennifer Hayman | Researcher | Hayman Consulting | Aotearoa NZ | Archaeology, cultural heritage management | 31 December 2029 | Yes | |
| Jennifer Rose | Associate | Mitchell Daysh | Nelson | Resource Consents | 31 December 2029 | No | |
| Jennifer McGirr | Independent Commissioner and RMA Practitioner | Nationwide | RMA Planning, Resource Consent Compliance, Drinking Water Management and Compliance | 31 December 2026 | No |
022 384 5130 |
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| Jennifer Valentine | Technical Director - Planning | 4Sight Consulting Ltd | Auckland | Planner - particular experience in preparation and processing of resource consents | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 157 3143 |
| Jenny Ross | Team Leader Consents | Otago Regional Council | Otago | Resource consents and resource management law | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Jenny Simpson | Senior Environmental Engineer | Tonkin & Taylor Limited | Nationwide | Environmental Engineering, Air Quality | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Jerald Twomey | Principal Advisor | ManawatūDisrict Council | Manawatū | A Māori Policy, Tikanga and Mātauranga view point with experience working within Iwi, Hapū and Marae, as well as for Regional and District Council. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 206 0031 |
| Jeremy Brophy | Director | Flint Planning Limited | Taranaki, Waikato, Whanganui Regions | Resource Management Planning, Environmental Assessment | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 224 4486 |
| Jeremy Phillips | Director & Senior Planner | Novo Group Limited | Christchurch, Selwyn & Waimakariri Districts | Land use planning, including resource consents and plan changes. Specific experience in urban development, including commercial, institutional, large scale residential/intensification and transportation matters. Sole Commissioner and/or Panel member | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
03 365 5570 |
| Jerry van Lier | Policy Analyst | Ministry for the Environment | Christchurch | Planning, consenting, local government, machinery of central government. Systems thinking and intervention logic. RMA Commissioner system and Office of the Chief Freshwater Commissioner, Engagement with stakeholders, including practitioners (councils, iwi and private) | 31 December 2029 | No |
027 225 8169 |
| Jenni Fitzgerald | Manager Environmental Planning | Waka Kotahi | Waikato | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 941 351 |
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| Jesse Forsyth | Intermediate Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
07 577 7027 |
| Jessica Allpress | Intermediate Environmental Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
RMA Planning and resource consents. |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Jessica Esquilant | Civix | Auckland | Planning: Complex Resource Consenting involving: mixed use developments, large scale residential and subdivision, commercial / industrial uses, stream works and ecological consenting requirements, coastal and natural hazards. Outline Plan of Works. Fast Track Consenting. RMA, Case Law and District/Regional Plan interpretations. | 31 December 2026 | No |
+64 212 585 170 |
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| Jessica Phillips | Planning Consultant | Nationwide | Resource Management — national direction, plan-making, resource consents | 30 June 2028 | No | ||
| Jessica Prebble | Rivers Planning Advisor | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury |
Resource consents, environmental management, policy planning, sustainability, local government regulatory processes, flood protection, natural hazard mitigation, disaster resilience. |
30 June 2028 | No |
03 367 7387 |
| Jessica Riddell | Senior Environmental Advisor/Solicitor | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Christchurch | Resource management and local government law; resource consents and designations; iwi engagement; climate change | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 632 9646 |
| Jill Sheehy | Independent Commissioner | Whanganui District Council/Te Runanga o Tupoho | Whanganui | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
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| Jim Bradley | Technical Director - Public Health and Environmental Engineering | Stantec New Zealand Limited | Auckland, but work nationwide | Environmental Engineering specialising in three waters particularly wastewater consenting | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 436 1195 |
| Jim Cooke (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Environmental Science (40+ years experience) particularly water quality (freshwater and marine) and ecology, water quantity (allocation), soils, point sources, diffuse sources, cumulative effects. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 738 587 |
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| Jim Ebenhoh | Project Director | Future Proof | Nationwide (currently based in Waikato with easy access to Auckland and Bay of Plenty; have also lived/worked in Wellington, Otago and West Coast) |
20+ years local government planning and policy experience across urban and rural NZ, plus several years as planning consultant in USA. Focus areas: housing and urban development, spatial planning, town centres and land use / transport integration. Strong analytical and report writing skills. |
30 June 2028 | No |
027 886 0420 |
| Jo Gould | Statutory Manager | Department of Conservation | Nelson | Conservation related legislation and processes. Eg: Reserves Act, Wildlife Act and Conservation Act; and processes related to concessions, permits and reserve Management Plans. | 31 December 2028 | No |
0272811548 |
| Joanna Beresford | Partner | Beresford Law | Auckland based, work Nationwide | Resource Management and Local Government Law | 31 December 2026 | No |
09 307 1277 |
| Joanna Gilroy | Environment Southland | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Joanna Noble | Principal/Director | Noble Planning | Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay | Planning, focus on coastal and freshwater management, but a range of experience | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Joanne Hayes | Independent Commissioner | Awatea Management Solutions Limited | Wairarapa, Manawatu, Whanganui | Maori - Iwi Māori; Planning – District, Regional | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 620 316 |
| Joanne Lewis | Independent Commissioner | Lewis Consultancy Limited | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 446 0386 |
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| Joanne McLean | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Jo Kukutai | Independent Commissioner | Waikato Tainui | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Jo Mitten | Principal Planner | Environment Canterbury (ECan) | Christchurch | Regional and District Council Resource Management Policy Planner. | 31 December 2026 | No |
2102376430 |
| Jocelyne Allen | Resource Consents Manager | Gisborne District Council | Canterbury, Taranaki, Gisborne District, Northland | Experienced resource management practitioner with expertise spanning surface water and groundwater takes and uses, works in the river, stormwater and contaminant discharges, and farming land use | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Jodi Bell | Kaiawhakamaahere - Maori Policy Planner | Waikato District Council & Waikato Tainui - Ngaati Mahuta me Ngaati Maahanga | Waikato and Surrounds | He uri ahau no Waikato, Te Hikutu me Ngati Pukenga hoki, ko Ngaaruawaahia tooku tuurangawaewae. I have worked for Waikato District Council upwards of 15 years in various positions across the building, monitoring and corporate planning teams and have recently moved to resource management policy (District Plan) with a focus on protecting Maaori sites and areas of significance, Papakaainga development and Maori land utilisation. | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 1187314 |
| John Hudson | Independent Commissioner | Hudson Associates | Nationwide | Landscape and visual | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
021 324 409 |
| John Iseli | Principal |
SESL - Air Quality Consultants |
Otago, works throughout New Zealand |
Air quality science, Dispersion modelling, Odour, Dust emissions, Regional air quality plans, Industrial discharges, Discharge permits |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
0274 379 044 |
| John Maassen | Barrister | Barrister | Nationwide | One of New Zealand's most experienced resource management and local government lawyers; over 20 years national experience as a Commissioner | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 271 2999 |
| John Olliver | Principal Project Planner | Bloxam Burnett and Olliver Ltd | Bay of Plenty, Waikato | Urban growth and structure planning for both local authorities and private developers. Large scale infrastructure projects including notices of requirement for the Huntly and Ngaruawahia sections of the Waikato Expressway. Policy development and subsequent plan changes. Resource consent applications. | 30 June 2027 | No |
0274 822637 |
| John Roberts | Statutory Manager | Department of Conservation | Inland Otago | Tourism Development Proposals | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| John Scheele | Senior Planner |
Davie Lovell-Smith |
Wider Canterbury region and West Coast |
Planning and resource management at district and regional level with expertise in urban and rural development, including commercial, infrastructure and utility assets, heritage, large scale residential/intensification. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 426 702 |
| John Sule | Senior Planner | Dunedin City Council | 31 December 2026 | No | |||
| Jolene Herrick | Ngāi Tahu |
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30 June 2027 | No |
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| Jolene Irvine | Environment Canterbury |
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31 December 2026 | No | |||
| Jonathan Clease | Partner | Planz Consultants Ltd | Canterbury |
Urban growth, spatial planning, and urban regeneration matters and the District Plan policy and zone frameworks. Experience with preparing large-scale resource consent applications for commercial, medium density, and tourism projects. A pragmatic approach to both policy and consent processes and decision-making. |
31 December 2026 | No | |
| Jonathan Cutler | Managing Director | Planning Initiatives Ltd | Nationwide | Over 25 years in the planning & RM industry; all resource consent types, including regional consents, for a wide range of urban, rural and infrastructure projects; Plan Changes, Notices of Requirements. Special interests & skills in landuse-transport integration. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 216 6751
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| Jonathan Shaw | Manager Planning and Building | Invercargill City Council | Southland | Planning | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 412 5558 |
| Jonathon Logan | Iwi Partnership | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough, Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland |
Design, Tikanga Māori |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 324 8208 |
| Jordan Moon | Kaiawhina Kaupapa Māori | Northland Regional Council | Whangarei, Te Taitokerau |
Tikanga Māori, Mauri, Mana wāhine, and pūrākau. |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 320 6719 |
| Jorge Rodriguez | Technical Lead - Planning | GHD | Waikato |
Resource consents related to soil disturbance activities, infrastructure works, mining and quarries, state highways, landfills, cleanfill and managed fills. |
31 December 2029 | No |
07 834 7941 |
| Joy Comrie | Department of Conservation | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Judith Batchelor | Independent Commissioner | Hurunui District Council | Canterbury | Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Judith Earl-Goulet | General Manager - Regulatory Services | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch | Over 15 years of experience in working in Local Government in roles related to the implementation and leading of the implementation of work programmes to deliver on the requirements of the RMA. Over 5 years of experience as a tertiary educator in Environmental Management in New Zealand and overseas. | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Judith Makinson | Director | CKL | Nationwide | Transportation and Traffic Engineering | 30 June 2028 | No |
022 685 5496 |
| Julia Byrne | Senior Resource Management and Environmental Planner | Pattle Delamore Partners | Hawke's Bay/nationwide | Resource Management Planning and Environmental Impact Assessments | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 479 648 |
| Julia Wick | Landscape Architect | Boffa Miskell Limited | Auckland | Landscape Architecture, Landscape and Visual | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Julian Hansen | Kaiārahi Kaupapa Māori - Senior Māori Technical Advisor, Governance and Engagement | Northland Regional Council | Whangārei | Māori relationships and engagement; proficient te reo Māori speaker; communications outreach to tāngata whenua; plan and policy analysis and development; project and team management; engagement with iwi/hapū on Mana Whakahono ā Rohe and Environmental Management Planning; grant funding administration. | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 264 0650 |
| Julian Ironside | Independent Commissioner, Barrister | Resource Management/Local Government Law | 31 December 2028 | Yes | |||
| Juliane Chetham | Independent Commissioner | Chetham Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | PPlanning, environmental science, geography, coastal and marine ecology and management, Cultural Impact Assessment, Tikanga Māori, Mātauranga Māori. | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 169 7162 |
| Julie Shepherd | Senior Māori- Environmental Planner and Resource Management Independent Consultant | Manaaki Taiao Ltd | Western Bay of Plenty District, Tauranga City, Bay of Plenty Region | Planning, from a Maori perspective to negotiate outcomes of conditions of consent and their implementation of augier agreements | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Juliet Johnson | Principal Planner |
Johnson Planning |
Taranaki / Nationwide |
Strategic Planning and Policy Development, Plan Reviews, Plan Changes and Resource Consents. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 807 6118 |
| Justine Ashley | Director | Planz Consultants Limited | Christchurch | Planning and Policy: district plan reviews, strategic planning, urban growth, plan changes, resource consents, rural issues and activities. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 285 9458 |
| Justine Bray | Independent Commissioner | The Planning Project | Nationwide |
Planning, policy, notice of requirements & infrastructure |
31 December 2028 | Yes |
0274 736 440 |
| Justine Quinn | Senior Freshwater Scientist | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Auckland based, but have worked in other parts of NZ. | Freshwater science (water quality and ecology), freshwater management, urban land development (streamworks, stormwater), ecology, environmental impact assessments, environmental monitoring and management plans | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Karen Coutts | Representative Te Rūnanga o Moeraki | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Nationwide | Matauranga Māori, tikanga, māna whenua, Māori - Iwi - hapū, HSNO - as understood by Māori | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Karen Mitchell | Kaitātari Taiao | Ngā Waihua o Paerangi Trust | Ruapheu | Iwi / Māori resource management | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 248 8971 |
| Karen Parcell | Team Leader Kaiwhakatinana (Policy and Planning) | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty, nationwide | Planning, Air Quality policy and planning | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 5484 785 |
| Karen Price | Lawyer | Price Consulting | Nationwide | Law; resource management policy, plans, consents, designations; climate change; mining; water; coastal; Treaty of Waitangi; infrastructure; advanced mediator; restorative justice | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 680 301 |
|
Karin Lepoutre |
Director | KPL Planning | Canterbury | Urban planning, policy and plan development, resource consents | 31 December 2026 | No |
|
| Karl Allen | Principal Specialist Planner |
Auckland Council |
Auckland |
Planning, Māori resource management, Resource Consents |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 056 5354 |
| Karl Baldwin | Director, Principal | The Ocean Effect Ltd | Waikato, Coromandel, Gisborne-Tairawhiti | Resource Management, Environmental Planning, Project Management of multi-disciplinary teams. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021302268 |
| Karyn Kurzeja | Director, Consultant Planner | Purpose Planning | Nationwide | Planning and resource management, Regional and District resource consents, plan changes, policy and plan development, large scale greenfield subdivision and urban planning. | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
029 930 6026 |
| Karyn Sinclair | Technical Director Planning and Environmental Approvals ANZ | Jacobs NZ Ltd | Auckland | Planning, resource management, plan changes and policy development, infrastructure | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 814 463 |
| Kasey Bellamy | Pou Taiao / Environmental Policy Advisor | Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust | Ngāmotu / New Plymouth | Planning | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Kataraina O'Brien | Staff Member | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Katarina Daly | Ngāi Tahu | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Katarina Kawana | WT Pou Taiao; TToTW Taiao Komiti - NTAHT board member; Chair - TToTW Te Rohe o Te Wairoa (Matangirau) Reserves Board; Deputy Chair – NTAH Trustee | Wairoa Taiwhenua - Ngati Kahungunu (WTNK); Tatau Tatu o Te Wairoa (TToTW); Nga Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri Trust (NTAHT) | Te Wairoa, Ngati Kahungunu ki Te Matau a Maui, Hawkes Bay | Kaupapa Maori Research, Iwi Environmental Marine & Freshwater Solutions, Mauri Monitor | 30 June 2025 | No |
022 548 1607 |
| Kate McArthur | Practice Leader - Water Quality | The Catalyst Group | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
|
Kate McKenzie |
Consultant Planner |
WePlan Ltd |
West Coast, Nationwide |
Resource Management, Resource Consents, Urban Planning and Development |
30 June 2027 |
No |
027 600 3586 |
| Kate Magill | Principal Consultant | Magill Group | 30 June 2027 | No | |||
| Kate Searle | Principal Planner | Tonkin + Taylor | Wellington, lower North Island | Planning and resource management, including district and regional plan making, resource consents | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Kate Williman | Senior Planner | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury |
Policy drafting, land and water management, interface between district plans and regional policy |
30 June 2028 | No | |
| Katerina Pihera-Ridge | Independent Commissioner | Rotorua |
Climate, biodiversity, biosecurity, hazard preparation, urban design, Te Ao Māori, mātauranga approaches, cultural impact assessments, transport |
31 December 2028 | No | ||
|
Katherine Dorofaeff |
Principal Planner |
Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Resource management policy and planning |
31 December 2027 |
No |
|
|
Katherine Luketina |
Independent Commissioner |
Nationwide |
Regional Policy and Plan development, regional consenting matters, critical analysis of scientific and technical evidence, geothermal energy, geophysics. |
30 June 2029 |
No |
021 043 7668 |
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Katherine Trought |
Director, Strategy & Planning |
Environment Canterbury | Christchurch |
Strategy development and RMA |
30 June 2025 |
No |
|
| Kathie Fletcher | Principal Policy Planner/Strategic Advisor | Tasman District Council | Tasman and Kaipara | Planning and policy development with expertise collaborating and engagement with iwi trusts and Māori communities on resource management issues and interests e.g. Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori, Coastal Environment, Freshwater Management. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 914 337 |
| Kathryn Drew | Land Development Manager | Bloxam Burnett & Olliver | Waikato and Bay of Plenty | Preparation of assessment of environment effects for various subdivision and land use consent proposals (ie all scales of land development and subdivision, quarries, landfills and all associated regional consenting matters); preparing plan changes and submissions for plan changes, processing District and Regional consents, evidence for hearings and evidence/attendance at the Environment Court. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Kathryn St Amand | Director & Planning Consultant | Private consultancy | Wellington, Queenstown Lakes (Wanaka) | Regulatory planning; utilities/infrastructure, district plan policy, subdivision, and land use planning. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 149 4051 |
| Kathy Mason | Senior Advisor - Permitting and Compliance | OceanaGold (New Zealand) Ltd | Nationwide |
Good understanding of mining and kiwifruit growing and their potential environmental effects. Main interests include freshwater management, consenting and land restoration. |
31 December 2028 | No |
021 056 4778 |
| Katrina Brunton | Planning and Regulatory Consultant | Regulatory Solutions | Nationwide | RMA Planning and Policy Development, RMA Consenting, Local Government, Local Government Regulatory processes, Mediation and Facilitation. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Katrina Ellis | South Island Planning Manager | The Property Group | South Island, mainly Otago/Southland | Planning | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 347 0288 |
| Katy Dimmendaal | Senior Planner | Thames-Coromandel District Council | Coromandel | Land use, Subdivision and Designations | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Katy Marr | Environmental Monitoring Officer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Biological Sciences, RMA - CME | 31 December 2025 | No |
0272 532 584 |
| Kay Booth | Independent Commissioner | Lindis Consulting Limited | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Keita Kohere | Technical Director | Mahea NZ Ltd |
Tairawhiti - Gisborne |
Strategic Policy Advice, Māori Heritage specialist, Te Ao Maori policy and engagement leadership |
31 December 2026 | No | |
| Keith Barber | Director/Principal Ecologist |
Habitat NZ Ltd |
Ecology (Terrestrial, Freshwater, Assessment of Effects, Restoration, Monitoring and Management Plans, Highly Mobile Fauna). Environmental Monitoring and Management Plans. Resource consent implementation. Extractives, Agriculture and Arboriculture. |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 881 0111 |
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| Keith Hamill | Director | River Lake Ltd | New Zealand, Nationwide | Aquatic ecology and water quality | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Kelly May | Independent Commissioner | Independent | Nelson/Marlborough/Wellington | Fisheries, Aquaculture, Māori Perspectives | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Kelly Stirling | Independent Commissioner | Wellington | 30 June 2027 | No | |||
| Kelly Walker | Principal Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | South Canterbury, wider Canterbury |
Regional Council Consents. Take and use of water, discharge of contaminants (e.g. dairy effluent, domestic and industrial wastewater), earthworks. |
31 December 2029 | No |
027 384 9515 |
| Kelvyn Eglinton | Director | Eglinton Consulting | Waikato/Bay of Plenty/Manawatu/Rangitikei | Mining and industrial projects, District Plan reviews, resource consent, social impact and community including iwi impacts, growth and spatial strategies and plans | 30 June 2028 | No |
022 687 6591 |
| Ken Fletcher | Independent Resource Management Commissioner | Canterbury | Economics, Modelling, Retail, Trade Competition, Housing Affordability, Mediation, Dispute Resolution | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 452 9852 |
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| Ken Gimblett | Planner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Christchurch | Statutory planning and policy preparation, Independent hearing commissioner, plan development and administration, project evalusation and effects assessments, resource consents, urban planning | 31 December 2028 | Yes | |
| Kendra Monteith | Operations Supervisor | Logic Forest Solutions | Hawkes Bay/Gisborne | Resource Consents, Resource Management, Environmental Management, Operational/in field Environmental Management, Forest Management | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 294 0666 |
| Kenny Macdonald | Team Leader Resource Consents | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Queenstown Lakes District | Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Keri Johnston | Principal Consultant, Director | Irricon Resource Solutions Limited | Canterbury, Otago and Southland | Natural resources engineering, surface and groundwater hydrology, water and nutrient allocation frameworks. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Keri Ropiha | Board Trustee |
Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust;
|
Hawkes Bay | Strategic Planning and Management, Policy development and implementation, change management, engagement specialist, Matauranga maori, Te Tiriti; Bachelor of Applied Management with Distinction | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 482 1247 |
|
Kereana Naera-Sims |
Founder & CEO |
KdOBay Consulting |
Nationwide, based in the Wairarapa | Upholding Principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi; Valuing Te ao Māori and mātauranga Māori; Iwi, hāpu and whānau engagement; Te Mana o te Wai; Te Mana o te Taiao; Govt policy; Civil/Environmental; Engineering; Urban development; 3Waters; Infrastructure; Flood Protection | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 220 4651 |
|
Kerry Brown |
Kaitohutohu Taiao Matua – Senior Advisor |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Bay of Plenty |
Policy and Planning (NPSFM specific); Maori Relationships and Engagements; Iwi and Hapū Resource Management Plans; Matauranga Māori in monitoring, policy development and procurement; Environmental Compliance and Investigation. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 395 8865 |
|
Kerstin Strauss |
Team Leader Policy & Planning |
Otago Regional Council |
Auckland, Otago | District and regional consents, unitary authority ‘bundled’ consents; particularly heritage, urban design, commercial/ residential developments, traffic, noise/ vibration, subdivision, large-scale earthworks, hazards, biodiversity, wastewater and stormwater, contamination, coastal issues; policy development | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 215 8364 |
| Kim Hardy | Group Director Environment New Zealand | AECOM New Zealand | Nationwide | Regional and District Consents, Infrastructure, Commercial and Residential Development, Resource use and allocation including water, Plan Changes, Designations. | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 544 856 |
| Kim Lawson | Strategic Planner | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | Legal, resource consents, policy and plans | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 607 145 |
| Kim Peita | Manager Māori Ralationships | Northland Regional Council | Te Taitokerau/Northland | Masters Indigenous Studies, Kaupapa Māori research, Māori relationships and engagement | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 309 397 |
| Kim Seaton | Principal Planner |
Novo Group Limited
|
Christchurch, Queenstown Lakes |
Resource management planning: resource consents, policy and plan development, designations. |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 662 315 |
| Kimberley Li | Senior Consent Planner | Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Planning, Resource consents, Outline plan of works, Feasibility studies, Resource management |
31 December 2027 | No |
|
| Kirdan Lees (Dr) | Director | Sense Partners | Greater Wellington region, Christchurch, Nelson-Tasman, Auckland | Expert in housing, infrastructure, transport, land use, open space, environmental and urban economics. Quantitative modelling and CBA analysis. Requirements of the NPS-UD and the MDRS. Plans, plan changes and resource consents. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 264 7336 |
| Kirsten Sanson | Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Consent Planning for Groundwater and surface water takes, Earthworks, Contaminated land, Quarries and Dairy effluent consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
07 570 4116 ext 8388 |
| Kirsten Tebbutt | Resource Management Consultant | Mitchell Daysh Limited | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Kirsty Graveling | Principal Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Bay of Plenty and Waikato |
Planning and resource management; district plans and regional policy statements |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 3126 798 |
| Kirsty Myron | Ecologist |
Auckland Council |
Auckland |
Terrestrial Ecology - ecosystems and biodiversity |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 215 4576 |
| Kirstyn Royce | Principal Planner/ Director |
Southern Planning Solutions Limited |
Otago |
Extensive experience in rural and urban land use and subdivision consents, contaminated land, water and discharge permits throughout the Otago, Southland and South Canterbury Regions. MNZPI, MPLAN |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
027 308 8950 |
| Kitt Littlejohn | Independent Commissioner | Self-employed |
Auckland, Far North, Hawkes Bay |
Legal | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
021 657 376 |
| Koreene Henry-Cracknell | Te Ikaroa Rangatahi Services (Pou Amo) | Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust | Hastings, Hawkes Bay | Social Service | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 635 7894 |
| Kristie Paki Paki | Pou Taiao / Environmental Manager |
Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui Trust |
Te Tauihu |
Manawhenua involvement in Resource Management Act processes, Whānau Engagement, Commercial Forest Operations, Emissions Trading Scheme, Community Restoration Projects | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 573 757
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| Krystal-Rose Matiu-Taaffe | Environmental Co-ordinator |
Te Iwi o Ngāti Kahu |
Tai Tokerau |
Te Āo Māori; Tikānga Māori; Taiao Kaitiaki; Small business; Governance | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 970 6715 |
| Kumeroa Pihama | Pou Whanake Technical Director Māori | WSP New Zealand Limited | Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Waikato, Taranaki. | Iwi Partnerships and Engagement. | 31 December 2026 | No |
|
| Kura Stafford | He Pou Taiao | Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust | Nelson, Tasman region | RMA Planning, environmental management, Mātauranga Māori, Cultural attributes and activities. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Kuru Ketu | Associate | McCaw Lewis Lawyers | Hamilton and Taumarunui | Legal, resource management, local government, Māori Land, Treaty Settlement, Waitangi Tribunal and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Cultural, tikanga and mātauranga Māori. | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 393 6318 |
| Kylee Katipo | Director |
McCaw Lewis Lawyers |
Waikato, Hamilton |
Legal, resource management, local government, Māori Land, Treaty Settlement, Waitangi Tribunal and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Cultural, tikanga and mātauranga Māori |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 195 8553 |
| Kylie Galbraith | Principal Planner |
WSP New Zealand Limited |
Based in Christchurch; work nationwide |
Resource Consents and Policy Development. Topics include marine, aquaculture, 3 Waters, electricity transmission and transportation. |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 318 6832 |
| Lachlan McHaffie | Development Planning Team Leader | Thames-Coromandel District Council | Coromandel | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lachlan Muldowney | Barrister | Nationwide | RMA/ Local Government/Public Law | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Larn Wilkinson |
Hauraki District Council |
Iwi Liaison Officer | Hauraki |
Mahi Taiao, Mana Whenua engagement, Te Ao Māori including Te Reo me ōna tikanga, Iwi/ Māori Resource Management |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 543 8879 |
| Latesha Utiger | Engagement Advisor Hapū member | New Plymouth District Council/Taranaki Iwi/Te Atiawa Iwi | Taranaki | Iwi liaison team. Resource Consents for Taranaki Iwi hapū | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 373 5588 |
| Laura Bunning | Principal Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch |
Agricultural and Rural Land Use, Discharges and Nutrient Management. Forestry |
30 June 2028 | No |
027 316 7729 |
| Laura Coll McLaughlin | Senior Licensed Cadastral Surveyor & Planning Consultant | Chris J Coll Surveying Ltd | West Coast | Subdivision and land use resource consenting, local government, district plan development | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Laura Kele | Trustee | Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust | Hawkes Bay, Tairawhiti | Historian and Researcher. Māori Land Tenure, Customary forms of authority, Governance | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 329 2001
|
| Laura Swan |
Consultant Planner |
Bay of Plenty |
Resource management planning; land use and subdivision resource consents |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 662 620 |
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| Laura Walker | Environmental Monitoring Officer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Monitoring and Compliance | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lauren Edwards | Horizons Regional Council | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Lauren Semple | Partner | Greenwood Roche | South Island predominately but work nationally | Resource Management Law | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lauren Wallace | Partner | Govett Quilliam | New Plymouth | RMA/Local Government Lawyer | 30 June 2025 | No |
06 768 3712 |
| Lauren White | Director/Owner | Urban Acumen Ltd | Auckland | Urban Design | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 646 4156 |
| Laurence Dolan | Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Resource Consents, particularly in respect of discharges and waste management and disposal facilities | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 521 5339 |
| Lean Phuah | Discipline Director Environmental | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Auckland | Environmental science and management specialising in contaminated land | 30 June 2026 | No |
09 356 7887 |
| Leana Shirley | Consents Planner | Horizons Regional Council | Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Lee Beattie (Dr) | Director |
Urban Planning and Design Limited |
All over New Zealand, but Auckland based |
Urban Design and Urban Planning |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
021 2720775 |
| Lee Sampson | Director | Habitus Group | Christchurch | Project Planning, Management Land and Development Management | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Leanne Hiroti | Independent Commissioner | Wawata Ora Limited | Whanganui/Rangitīkei/Te Wai Pounamu |
Taiao Iwi Liaison, Iwi/hapū environmental management, Tangata Whenua/Māori |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 555 4860 |
| Leona deRidder | Pou Taiao |
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia |
Whakatu, Nelson |
Landscape architect/landscape planner/Pou Taiao; Nelson/Tasman; Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia; Freshwater planning, ONFLs, Coastal Environment, Spatial Integrated Farm Plan, RMA reform, RCA process, uphold Te Āo Māori. |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 297 3880 |
| Lesley Jenkins | Local Area Manager. Local Board Services | Auckland Council | Auckland, Northland |
Governance, planning (Resource Management), reserve management |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 566 826 |
| Levi Walford | Ngahere Ltd |
|
31 December 2026 | No |
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| Lianne Dalziel | Former Mayor | Christchurch | Qualified as a lawyer, coupled with 23 years’ experience as a member of Parliament (including 7 years as a cabinet minister) and 9 years as the mayor of a city. Experience in post-disaster plan change hearings. | 30 June 2029 | No | ||
| Liane Ngamane | Member | Independent Maori Statutory Board | Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions | Kaupapa Maori and Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Libby Manley | Environmental Consulting | Enviser Limited | Christchurch |
Planning |
31 December 2027 | No | |
| Lihua Xie | Senior Planner | Auckland Council | Auckland |
Resource management planning and consenting including commercial, industrial, institutional, large scale residential, mixed-use, transportation, infrastructure and subdivision projects. s.357 objections. Land Development, urban planning and design. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 081 99480 |
| Lilian Harley | Director/Consultant | Allegrow Limited | Bay of Plenty, Gisborne | Environmental Consulting, Water quantity, Water quality, Nutrient Management. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 378 308 |
| Lily Campbell | Senior Environmental Planner | Kāhu Environmental | Taupō |
Plan changes / reviews; Evaluation reports; Drafting plan provisions; Preparing expert evidence; Community engagement; Environmental research; Preparing / processing land use and subdivision consents; Geospatial services; Data management / analysis |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 593 7786 |
| Linda Kerkmeester | Principal - Consultant | Linda Kerkmeester Lanscape Architects | Wellington | Landscape Design and Site Planning; Landscape Planning and Visual Assessment; Landscape Mitigation and Contract Administration; Project experience includes large scale infrastructure (eg roading) and subdivision planning and design | 30 June 2027 | No |
0274 494 424 |
| Linda Te Aho | Tribal Member | University of Waikato | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Lindsay Daysh | Director/Independent Commissioner | Incite | Nationwide (Wellington based) |
All aspects of RMA planning including District Plan Reviews, Plan Changes, Regional Policy and Plans, resource consents, designations, with particular expertise in urban development, transport, coastal and infrastructure issues. |
31 December 2028 | Yes |
027 502 0779 |
| Lisa Gibellini | Planning Advisor | Nelson City Council | Planning Subdivision and Land Development | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Lisa Hayes | Principal Advisor, Planning | Wellington City Council | Wellington | Planning | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Lisa Mein | Director, Senior Urban Designer | Mein Urban Design and Planning Ltd | Auckland, Wellington, Whangārei, Tauranga, Queenstown, Christchurch | Urban design, heritage, planning and resource management, resource consents, policy and plan development, plan changes, designations | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 483 3224 |
| Lisa Thorne | Partner | Taylor Planning | Nationwide (Based in Otago) | District and regional planning and resource management. Plan reviews, plan changes, designations, resource consents. Subdivision, land use, freshwater, discharges, coastal activities, infrastructure, biodiversity, ports, airports, residential, urban and mixed use, spatial planning. | 31 December 2026 | No |
0224749254 |
| Liz Curry (Dr) | Technical Director - Ecology | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Nationwide | Terrestrial Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 568 1995 |
| Liz Gavin | Landscape Architect | Boffa Miskell | Nelson/ Tasman based; New Zealand wide | Landscape and visual effects assessment, rural and coastal landscape assessment; landscape classification (RMA Section 6 and 7 landscapes) and landscape related policy. | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Liz Lambert | Independent Hearings Commissioner | Hawke’s Bay-based; Nationwide | Regional and district policy development and planning, freshwater planning, regional and district resource consents; spatial and transport planning; mediation and facilitation. | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 428 5618 |
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| Liz White | Director / Principal Planner | Liz White Planning |
Christchurch |
Resource management planning, policy and plan development, particularly District Plan reviews and plan changes, and resource consents. |
30 June 2027 |
No |
027 2285 006 |
| Lloyd Johnson | Independent Commissioner |
Auckland |
Planning and resource management, resource consents, transport planning and transport infrastructure |
31 December 2027 |
No |
027 374 2444 |
|
| Logan Brown | Freshwater and Partnerships Manager | Horizons District Council | Based in Palmerston North, work nationally | Freshwater ecology, water quality including rivers and lakes | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 22 77 090 |
| Loretta Lovell | Director | Lovell and Associates Ltd | Nationwide |
Fast track panel experience, legal, regulatory, te ao maori and Maori development, resource consents, policy statements, plan changes, reviews, designations. Decisions including fast track panel decisions involving large scale infrastructure in renewable energy, water, housing, the natural resources, ecology, freshwater. Specialist Te Ao Maori and Maori Development experience. |
30 June 2027 | Yes |
04 527 0925 |
| Lou Wickham | Independent Commissioner | Emission Impossible Ltd | Nationwide | Industrial/Technical Consents, National Environmental Standards, Air Quality | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Louis Paerata | 31 December 2027 | No | |||||
| Louise Mischewski | Te Pou Taiao Project Lead | Te Runanga o Te Rarawa Trustee Ltd | Kaitaia, Northland | Have a cultural understanding of whanau, hapū and Iwi perspectives with regards to mana Motuhake, use of natural resources, and environmental issues that impact their communities. | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Louise Fowler | Te Ao Marama Inc | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Louise Taylor | Director | Taylor Planning | Primarily South Island | Resource Consents – regional and landuse, Designations, District and Regional Plans and Infrastructure, Ports, Landscape, Water, Discharges, Subdivision, Education, Hospitals, Retirement Villages, Mixed Use Developments | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
027 230 4525 |
| Lucy Holden | Senior Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Luke McSoriley | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | Southland | Planning Policy and Resource Consents | 30 June 2027 | Yes | |
| Lynda Murchison |
Independent Commissioner |
Planning (policy & plan development & resource consents), Freshwater, coastal & marine, Te Ao Māori & Ngāi Tahu cultural values |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 2238070 |
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| Lynette Wharfe | Consultant | The Agribusness Group | Nationwide | Regional and district plan development, Rural | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lynley Newport |
|
Northland | Environmental Management (General) | 31 December 2028 | No | ||
| Malcolm Green (Dr) | Independent Commissioner |
RMA Science |
Nationwide | Estuarine, coastal and marine science | 30 June 2029 | No |
021 236 1844 |
| Malcolm Miller | Consents Manager | Hawke's Bay Regional Council | Hawke's Bay | Resource Management, Consents and Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Manasi Vaidya | Senior Policy Planner |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga |
RMA planning and policy/plan development. |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Mandy Tocher (Dr) | Principal Ecologist/Herpetologist/Owner | LizardExpertNZ | Dunedin | Ecology with a special interest in herpetology | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 248 9363 |
| Maramena Vercoe | General Manager | Te Runanga o Ngati Manawa | Waiariki, Waikato | Environmental connection – whanau, hapu, iwi. Matauranga Maori and ancestral knowledge transfer. Awareness of and role of relationships – people, the environment. Governance and management. Cultural foundations. Life balance and wellbeing. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Marcia Christian | Senior Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Bay of Plenty region |
Processing regional resource consents in the Bay of Plenty region. Primarily activities involving earthworks, groundwater, discharges to land and water, and works in the beds of waterbodies. |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 375 3884 |
| Marcus Fletcher | Research Assistant | The Whare Wānanga o Waikato/University of Waikato | Hamilton | Resource Management Planning and Te Ao Māori | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 055 1898 |
| Marcus Roy | Manager Environmental Management | Southland District Council | Southland | Policy, consenting, mediation | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 201 9457 |
| Ma-rea Clayton | Independent Commissioner | Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) | Maori – Cultural and Tikanga Natural Resource Management Economic Development RMA District and Regional Policy, Plan, and reviews plan changes and variations Resource Consents and Plan Changes Including major, infrastructure, discharges etc. |
30 June 2025 | No |
027 397 0815 |
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| Marei Apatu | Te Kaihautu | Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga | 31 December 2027 | No | |||
| Margaret Courtney | Senior Advisor (Māori Policy) |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Rotorua |
Māori Relationships and Engagements; Iwi and Hapū Management Plans; Policy development; Project and Contract Management; 30 years’ experience in Māori land management and development. LLB (Waikato), LLM and MIndS (Otago) |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 296 0395 |
| Margaret Ferguson | Kaikawe Mahere a Rohe (Environmental Advisor) | Te Ao Marama | Invercargill |
Planning and Policy development, Resource Consent |
31 December 2029 | No | |
| Margaret Rika-Heke (Makere) | Iwi Representative | Waikato-Tainui | 31 December 2028 | No | |||
| Marguerite Pearson | Principal Planner |
Auckland Transport |
Auckland | 31 December 2027 | No | ||
| Maria Bartlett | Independent Commissioner | Ngāi Tahu takiwā | Freshwater management, Te Ao Māori, mana whenua relationships with local government, climate change, Crown minerals, EEZ Act. Regional policy statements, regional plans, district plans, resource consent applications | 31 December 2027 | No |
022 062 8014 |
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| Maria Hokopaura | Planner | Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi | 30 June 2029 | No | |||
| Marian Smith | Partner | Waa Rata | Most Regions | Historic Treaty of Waitangi Settlements | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Mariana Waitai | Whanganui District Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Marianne Parker | Independent Commissioner, Te Taiao Consultant | Lake Ōmāpere Trust, Te Whiu Hapū and Ngāti Korohue Hapū | Northland, Auckland and Rotorua | Hapū/iwi engagement, Te Ao Māori values, mātauranga-ā-hapū integration, Cultural Impact Assessments, resource consent processes, kaitiakitanga practices, Treaty settlement support, co-governance development. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 497 5275 |
| Marie Cameron | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Science background, Māori world view; Iwi engagement; Conflict resolution | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 309 9388 |
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| Marie Doole | Director |
Mātaki Environmental Ltd |
Wairarapa/Wellington (Masterton) |
Environmental research, strategy and regulation including biodiversity offsetting, policy design, development and operational compliance/delivery (biodiversity, waste and resource management) |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 808 764 |
| Marie Long | Director |
Consultant |
Nationwide |
Natural resource and conservation regulatory specialist; RMA planning and consent practioner; environmental management. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 225 5521 |
| Marie Radford | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Marija Batistich | Senior Corporate Counsel | KiwiRail | Nationwide | Planning, resource management Law | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Marina Hape | Kaiarahi-Kaitiaki (under Hamilton City Council contract) | Southern Links Tangata Whenua Working Group | Hamilton | Cultural monitoring and project management/coordination | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Mark Ashby | Technical Director – Planning | SLR Consulting Limited (Wellington office) | Wellington and nationally | Commissioner since 2012, Chair since 2019 - covering district and regional consenting issues. RMA planning consultant, mostly for consent and NOR projects. Some experience in district plan development. Particular interest in renewable energy. | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
021 464 654 |
| Mark Chrisp | Independent Commissioner | Mitchell Daysh Limited | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Mark Dean | Independent Commissioner | Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty | Extensive experience in Environmental Restoration. Have held a number of chair position on environmental trusts. Background in education and the nursery industry. including president of the NZ Nursery Industry Association. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 949 339 |
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| Mark Farnsworth MNZM | Independent Commissioner | Farnsworth Management Services | Nationwide | Coastal issues, Plan Changes, Notices of Requirement, Land use and Water allocation, Good understanding Maori and RMA, Aquaculture, Panel Chair | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |
| Mark Geddes | Director | Perspective Consulting Ltd | South Island | Consents, notice of requirements, district/regional plan changes/reviews, spatial planning, rural, residential, commercial, industrial, infrastructure, extractive development, renewable energy, subdivision, heritage, Te Ao Māori, natural values, natural hazards, coastal | 31 December 2028 | Yes |
027 948 6575 |
| Mark Lowe | Principal Scientist | Morphum Environmental Ltd | Auckland primarily, Waikato, Wellington and Nelson | Ecology: (Wetland, Freshwater and Terrestrial); Ecological Impact Assessments; Biodiversity Offsetting; Ecological Management Plans and Enhancement Plans; Wetland delineation and stream classification; SEVs (Stream Ecological Valuations) . | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Mark Peck | Independent Commissioner | Based in Wellington, familiar with the far South, Central Otago, Christchurch, and the Central North Island particularly around the volcanic plateau | Expertise around problem solving largely from skills honed as a Member of Parliament (1993-2005) and as a city Councillor in Wellington (2013-2016) | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 446 1650 |
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| Mark Row | Waikato Regional Council | 31 December 2029 | No | ||||
| Mark St Clair | Independent Commissioner | stcplanning | Nationwide | District/Regional Policy, Plan Reviews and Plan changes; Resource Consents: Regional Consents; District Consents, Notices of Requirement/Designations; Chair and or Panel member and/or Commissioner Sole. | 31 December 2028 | Yes | |
| Mark Tamura | Consultant |
Self-employed |
Nationwide, with a focus on Waikato, Auckland and Bay of Plenty. |
Natural resources (biodiversity, air, land, water), Rural planning, Natural hazards, Urban growth management, Transport |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 899 632 |
| Mark Thode | Partner/Principal Planner |
Campbell Brown Planning Ltd |
Nationwide (Auckland focus) |
All aspects of planning and resource management, focussing on resource consenting and plan development. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 811 885 |
| Mark Tollemache | Town Planner/Director | Tollemache Consultants Ltd | North Island |
Town Planning |
30 June 2025 | No |
021 106 8991 |
| Mark Weingarth | Director / Planning Consultant |
Plan Co. NZ Ltd |
Nationwide, based in Auckland |
Planning and resource management specialising in consenting matters and conditions – District and regional consenting, subdivision consents, and designations. Experience across a broad range of sectors, including urban and rural development, large-scale residential and subdivision, mixed-use development, commercial, industrial, community and infrastructure projects. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 167 1873 |
| Marlene Bosch | Senior Consents Officer | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Industrial Sites, discharges (air, water and land), contaminated land | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Martin Kennedy | Independent Commissioner | Westcoast Planning Limited | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |||
| Martin Neale (Dr) | Director and Scientist | Puhoi Stour Limited | Nationwide | Environmental Science, Freshwater Ecology, Water Quality | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 956 088 |
| Martin Williams | Barrister | Shakespeare Chambers | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Martell Letica | Principal Planner |
Letica Environmental Planning Limited |
Tai Tokerau (Northland) |
Planning, including resource consents, notices of requirement, strategic planning and policy development. Specific expertise in infrastructure (3 Waters & Transport) and resource extraction. Fast track consenting. |
31 December 2027 | No |
0204 135 0589 |
| Mary Honey | Senior Policy Planner | Tasman District Council | Nelson | Urban and Rural and Biodiversity policy and plan development | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Mary McConnell | Senior Planner | Harrison Grierson | Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago | Resource consent preparation and considering applications, notice of requirements, planning and resource management, plan reviews and plan changes, Exclusive Economic Zone applications, Fast Track Applications | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 314 6935 |
| Mary O'Callahan | Technical Director - Planning | GHD Limited | Nationwide, based in Wellington | Planning | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 101 3603 |
| Mary Pappon | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Mary-Anne Baker | Team Lead Policy and Planning | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Napier |
Planning and resource management including water quality and quantity, air quality, policy and plan development, plan changes. |
31 December 2025 | No |
027 214 6942 |
| Masato Nakamura | Consultant Planner | CoLab Planning | Auckland |
Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents |
31 December 2026 | No |
021 985 272 |
| Mathew Bell | Senior Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | Otago | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Matilda Bercic |
Trustee |
Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa |
Northland |
RMA; Management and Policy writing; Housing advisory; Farming planning and Forestry; Te Riti o Waitangi |
31 December 2026 | No |
022 504 4347 |
| Matire Duncan |
Independent Commissioner |
Nationwide |
Competency in making good decisions on RMA matters |
31 December 2028 | No |
021 181 1253 |
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| Matthew Bacon |
Development Planning Manager |
Waimakariri District Council |
Christchurch |
District and land use planning, policy and plan development, subdivision (including post consent processes), consent process and pathways |
30 June 2029 | No | |
| Matt Baber | Principal Ecologist / Director | Alliance Ecology Ltd | Nationwide (located in Auckland) | Terrestrial and Wetland Ecology including Ecological Assessment of Effects; Biodiversity Offsetting and Compensation; and Ecological Monitoring and Adaptive Management. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 589 5076 |
| Matt Heale | Senior Planner and Independent Commissioner | The Property Group | Nationwide | Resource Management, local and regional planning, policy and plan development. Resource Consents. | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
| Matt Hoggard | Strategy, Policy and District Plan Manager | Kaikoura District Council | Small Council Local Government Planning – Over 23 years of experience working in scall councils within the South Island. Covering a range of planning process from plan changes and reviews to resource consent and designations. | 30 June 2027 | No |
0272 428 314 |
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| Matt Muspratt | Independent Commissioner and Planner | Muspratt Consulting Ltd | Nationwide, based on the Kapiti Coast |
RMA district planning, policy and plan development, notices of requirement, resource consents. Topics include urban development and rezoning, natural hazards, SNAs, historic heritage, landscapes, infrastructure, subdivision, rural issues. Recommendation /decision report drafting. |
31 December 2029 | No |
027 9155 293 |
| Matt Riley |
Senior Principal Urban Designer |
Boffa Miskell | Auckland | Urban Design | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 201 7781 |
| Matt Smith |
Environmental Scientist |
Lowe Environmental Impact |
Canterbury |
Groundwater; Stream depletion; Irrigation demand; Surface water – Groundwater interaction; RMA planning - Fromer Principal Consents Planner at Environment Canterbury |
31 December 2025 | No |
03 359 3059 |
| Matthew Byrne | Director | Babington and Associates (2004) Limited | Auckland |
Erosion & Sediment Control, Earthworks, Streamworks, Contaminated Land, Consent Compliance, Infrastructure Projects. |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 755 013 |
| Matthew Casey | Barrister (Queen’s Counsel) | Matthew Casey QC | Nationwide | Resource management, plan changes/reviews, resource consents (all), designations, Reserves Act, Local Government, DC objections | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
021 375 113 |
| Matthew Holder | New Zealand Planning Manager | Development Nous | Nationwide | Town Planning/ Resource Management/Environmental | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Matthew McCallum-Clark | Director | Incite | Nationwide |
Planning: Practicing for over 30 years for regional authorities, territorial authorities and private clients. Resource consents and plans, with a particular focus on rural issues and water management - integrated land and water management, water allocation, land use impacts on water quality. |
31 December 2029 | Yes |
027 221 3363 |
| Matthew Bonis | Partner | Planz Consultants | Christchurch, Taupo, Nationwide | Practicing for over 25 years for both territorial authorities and private clients. Particular expertise in commercial/retail planning and large scale developments. Experience includes resource consents, plan changes and designations for airport matters. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 796 670 |
| Matthew Wright | Team Leader - Resource Consent | Auckland Council | Auckland | Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents | 31 December 2027 | No |
020 412 63543 |
| Maurice Dale | Senior Principal / Planner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Christchurch and the South Island | RMA plan and policy development, resource consetns and assessment of environmental effects preparation, research and planning studies, expert planning witness | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 801 8072 |
| Mawhaturia White | Chairperson |
Manukorihi Hapū |
Taranaki |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 141 1014 |
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| Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai | Iwi Authority | Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Maylene Barrett | Principal Planner/Planning Manager | Align Limited |
Nationwide |
RMA planning and policy/plan development, Parks and Open Space policy and planning, Reserves Act, Local Government Act, Notices of Requirement/Designations, Infrastructure, Greenfield and brownfield subdivisions, Private Plan Changes, Board of Inquiry processes, coastal planning | 31 December 2029 | Yes |
027 396 6737 |
| Mayuri Bhole | Senior Planner | Auckland Transport |
Auckland |
Resource Consents, Designations, Transport and Infrastructure Projects | 31 December 2027 | No |
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| Megan Hands | Land Savvy | 30 June 2027 | No | ||||
| Megan Justice | Partner | Taylor Planning | Dunedin, Central Otago, Invercargill, Southland | Land use planning | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Megen McKay | Lawyer and Independent Hearings Commissioner | Megen McKay Consulting Limited | Ngāi Tahu takiwā | Experienced Commissioner (primarily District Plans and Plan Changes). Lawyer specialising in entity design, trusts, tax and commercial law. Ngāi te Ruahikihiki whakapapa and deeply emerged in my rūnanga community. Mātauranga Māori. Iwi, hapū, rūnanga engagement and relationships. Strategic advisor. Business and Operations consultant. Experienced as a District Council Councillor, appointed by and representing mana whenua. | 31 December 2029 | Yes |
027 331 5131 |
| Mel Chow | Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Queenstown | Planning, Resource Management, Urban design, Resource Consents, Private Plan Change, Public Plan Change, Master Plan, Area Plans | 31 December 2025 | No | 021 861 031 | ||
| Mel Sutherland | Director | Mel Sutherland West Coast Consulting Ltd | West Coast, South Island | Over 35 years' experience in development and management of public infrastructure for communities. Advisor to public and private sector on development including subdivision. BSc (Geography), BE (Civil), DipBusStudies, PGDBusAdmin (Law) | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 6264 555 |
| Melean Absolum | Director | Melean Absolum Limited | Northland and Auckland | Registered Landscape Architect with specialist expertise in landscape and visual assessment work, including presentation of expert witness evidence to Council and Environment Court hearings. |
31 December 2028 | No |
027 448 7733 |
| Melissa King-Howell | Ahu Whenua Trustee & Marae Reservation (Sec 439) Trustee | Ngaati Maahanga | Waikato | Conservation, Te Ao Maori Tikanga and kawa | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Melissa Robson-Williams (Dr) |
Senior scientist, Research Priority Area Leader for Integrated land and water management |
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research |
Ōtautahi Christchurch |
Integrated land and water management, integrated catchment management, nutrient/contaminant management, land use impacts on water quality, regional land and water planning, integrated and participatory environmental modelling, integration of natural and social sciences, collaborative processes | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 048 6171 |
| Melanie Russell |
Chief Legal Advisor |
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga |
Nationwide, based in Christchurch |
Historic and cultural heritage; archaeology |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 263 4386 |
| Melissa Slatter |
Technical Director - Planning |
Beca |
Aotearoa generally, Waikato, South Canterbury specifically |
Resource consents, Designations, Transport and Infrastructure Projects, Iwi Partnerships, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Stakeholder Engagement, Ngāi Tahu and Te Rūnanga o Waihao Resource Management | 30 June 2026 | No |
0274 116 754 |
| Mereana Wilson-Rooy |
Programme Manager, Maori Research and Engagement |
GNS Science |
National Taupo Volcanic Zone (Turangi-south, Coromandel-west, Whakatane-east). |
Freshwater planning, Te Mana o te Wai, freshwater cultural assessments, mahinga kai, lake and groundwater modelling, ecosystem services. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 733 2764 |
| Merianne Orlowski |
Independent Commissioner |
Kaitiaki Solutions |
North Island |
Maori engagement, iwi environmental management | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 204 8997 |
| Mia Morgan | Strategic Advisor – Environmental Policy and Planning | Maniapoto Māori Trust Board/ Te Nehenehenui Trust | Te Kuiti | Environmental Policy and Planning, Iwi Māori/ Tikanga/ Te ao Māori | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Michael Campbell | Director / Planner | Campbell Brown Planning Limited | Auckland, Northland, Hamilton, Tauranga | Planning and Resource Management, Resource Consents, Plan Reviews and Changes, Notices of Requirement, Section 357 Objections | 30 June 2029 | No |
021 2789018 |
| Michael Durand |
Consultant Planner |
Planz Consultants | Nationwide |
Natural resources, water, land use, air pollution, waste management, mining, environmental toxicology and health, RMA |
31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 035 2593 |
| Michael Fryer | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Planning and Policy development, incorporation of Matauranga maori in resource consenting and national policy statement matters. Cultural Values/Impact Assessment, Treaty Settlements and Planning, Community Engagement. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 382 8439 |
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| Michael Horler | 31 December 2025 | No |
0274 838 002 |
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| Michael Morris | Manager - Governance and Legal/Legal Counsel | Invercargill City Council | Invercargill and Southland | RMA Law | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 678 363 |
| Michael Morris | Kaitātari Taiao |
Ngā Waihua o Paerangi |
Central North Island |
Planning & policy development, tikanga Māori, taiao management plans, environmental ethics, public health, effects of animal agriculture, ski field resource management, freshwater monitoring | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 464 0241 |
| Michael Parsonson | Independent Commissioner | Southern Skies Environmental Limited | Nationwide |
District and regional consenting, plan changes, policy development. Resource use, construction, infrastructure, general land use activities, and associated effects. Council hearings, fast-track panels, boards of inquiry. |
30 June 2029 | Yes | |
| Michael Stewart (Dr) | Director/Environmental Chemist | Streamlined Environmental Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental chemistry; Water quality, primarily environmental effects of contaminants (nutrients, metals and emerging organic contaminants) in discharges (wastewater and stormwater); Risk assessments (human and ecological health); Chemical ecology | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 070 4874 |
| Michaela Glaspey | Group Manager Regulatory & Planning | Kawerau District Council | Kawerau | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Michaela Howard | Project Manager | WSP New Zealand Limited | Bay of Plenty, Waikato | Resource consents | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Michelle Budgen | Team Leader - Environmental Planning | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga, Te Awamutu | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 297 0992 |
| Michelle Carmine | Director/Principal Planner | Element Planning Ltd | Waikato/Bay of Plenty | Resource Consent Planner and ex LG Team Leader, Plan Weighting, Notification Decisions, Rural and Urban Subdivision and Land Use | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 605 9822 |
| Michelle Hingston | Strategic Māori Relationships Manager | Whakatāne District Council | Bay of Plenty | Strategic Relationships, Te Ao Māori, Tikanga & Matauranga, Legal and Policy | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Michelle Lee | Planner (Water Policy) |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Bay of Plenty, Auckland |
Freshwater management policy and planning; resource management; co-governance river documents and joint river strategies |
31 December 2027 | No |
0800 884 881 extn 9324 |
| Michelle Lewis | Hat's Off Limited | Director | Nationwide | Waikanae Community Board member; Land use and transport; plan reviews; site consents; Development contributions; Urban focus and nationally significant orf major projects; Interested in creative solutions that fit within Plans, Policies and Rules | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 195 7635 |
| Michelle McIlroy | Director | Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa Trust | Wairoa, Hawke's Bay | Taiao advocacy and matauranga Maori; Marae Trustee Hinemihi Marae. Treaty claimant representative and currently Director for Settlement; group Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa. Pou Taiao – Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa (hold the Taiao portfolio for TToTW); Chair Body Representing Māori Interests regarding Wairoa District; Council Wastewater Consent conditions. Advocate for Taiao – founder of Wairoa Awa Mauri Restoration Group. Cultural Impact Assessments – HBRC in environmental case against Affco Wairoa. Wairoa Timber Mill regarding a stormwater discharge consent. Steeling Piling CIA Ferry Road, Wairoa – HBRC. Regional Planning Committee representative Tatau Tatau o Te Wairoa. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Michelle Mehlhopt | Senior Associate | Wynn Williams | Nationwide | Legal – resource management, local government, biosecurity. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Michelle Sands | Principal Environmental Scientist | Jacobs | Nationwide | Water quality, Hydrology, flood Management | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Mick Abbott | Professor in Landscape Architecture, Independent Commissioner | Lincoln University | Nationwide | Landscape and landuse planning and design, rural and coastal assessment, landscape and visual effects assessment. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Mike Freeman (Dr) | Principal Environmental Consultant | Landpro | Based in Central Otago |
Water resources, water quality, nutrient management and contaminated site management. |
30 June 2026 | Yes |
021 957 563 |
| Mike Hurley | Planner and Independent Commissioner | Nationwide – Wellington based | Regional policy statements, regional plan and district plan development and changes, resource consents, notice of requirement/designations, utilities, linear infrastructure, urban development, subdivisions. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 246 7823 |
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| Mike Jebson | Consulting Director | Southern Falcon Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Agriculture, Horticulture, Indigenous and Exotic Forestry, Water, Mining, Irrigation, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Contaminants, Natural Coastal Processes, Resource Policy, Roading, Telecommunication sites | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 499 759 |
| Mike Scarsbrook (Dr) |
Science Manager |
Waikato Regional Council |
Hamilton |
Land use effects on freshwater |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 864 602 |
| Mike Scott |
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The Catalyst Group |
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30 June 2027 | No |
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| Mike Trent | Chief Advisor Māori/Te Pou Heranga | Environment Southland | Invercargill/Southland | Te Ao Māori; background in Fisheries compliance and investigation; environmental compliance and investigation | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Mike Wood | Principal Planner | Waka Kotahi | Waikato/Bay of Plenty | Consenting of infrastructure (transport) projects; Policy drafting (including s32 analysis); Mediation; Evidence drafting and presentation; Project Management; Iwi/stakeholder engagement | 31 December 2026 | No |
09 9288756 |
| Minnie Zhang | Intermediate Planner | Auckland Council | Auckland | Resource Management, Regional and District Planning; Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 251 8722 |
| Miriam Robertson | Manager, New Organisms | Environmental Protection Authority | Nationwide | Regional consents, Nationally Significant Proposals, domestic/commercial geothermal, hazardous substances, biological systems. | 31 December 2028 | Yes | |
| Mirka Langford | Team Leader – Land Use & Soils |
Tasman District Council |
Tasman |
Nutrient management and modelling. Freshwater and Environmental Farm Planning. Farm System Modelling. Soil Conservation. Productive Land assessments. Irrigation management and Dairy effluent system design and management. Natural Resource Policy and Management. Implementation of Essential Freshwater. |
31 December 2028 | No |
027 703 2415 |
| Mitch Lewandowski | Resource Management Consultant | Building Block Planning Limited | Wellington | RMA Planning | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 515 481 |
| Moira Smith | Director | The Heritage Practice Ltd | Nationwide | Architecture, Building Conservation, Heritage, Character, Built Environment, District Plan Reviews, Plan Changes, Resource Consents | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 139 6662 |
| Mollie Lyders | Kaitiaki Taiao (Environmental Assistant) | Hokonui Runanga | Gore/Southland | Planning and freshwater work | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 384 2683 |
| Monique Leith | Independent Commissioner |
Leith Consulting |
Nationwide |
Resource management, local and regional planning, policy and plan development. Private plan changes. Resource consents: subdivision, land use, notices of requirement for designations, freshwater. |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
027 208 0140 |
| Morag Butler | Team Leader – Climate Change and Community Resilience |
Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch | Strategy and policy development; climate risk assessment; climate change mainstreaming and action planning; strategic planning. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 310 1569 |
| Morgan Shepherd | Resource Management Planner | Brown & Company Planning Group | Queenstown, Wanaka, Auckland | Resource Management Planning | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 246 7597 |
| Morgan Smith | Planner/Team Leader – Planning |
Otago/Southland |
General Resource Management Planning, Resource Consents, Policy and Plan Development, General Regulatory Functions (District Council), Urban Planning, Rural Activities, Subdivision and Land Use. |
30 June 2027 | No | ||
| Murray Palmer | Principal | Nga Mahi Te Taiao, Environment and Natural Resources (Te Mahi a Taiao Ltd) | Tairawhiti, Wider Nationally | Planning, Natural Resources, Freshwater, Bicultural approaches to Resource Management | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Myra Leaf | Independent Commissioner | Northland, Tai Tokerau | Governance, policy, traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge; Te Ao Maori/ Matauranga Maori relationships | 31 December 2027 | No |
022 380 2251 |
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| Myles McCauley | Environmental Consultant | Environment Matters Limited | Christchurch | Air quality, land use, discharges to land and water, general RMA planning | 31 December 2026 | No |
022 367 5486 |
| Nachelle Griffiths | Iwi Representative | Raukawa Settlement Trust | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Nadja McLean | Principal Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury region | 30 June 2028 | No |
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| Nardia Feehan | Principal Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | South Island |
Plan Making, Resource Consents |
30 June 2028 | No |
021 256 2069 |
| Natalie Bedggood | Principal Specialist - Planner | Auckland Council | Auckland | Planning and Landscape Architecture | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 682 576 |
| Natasha Adsett |
Senior Planner |
Evergreen Consulting Limited |
Nationwide, very familiar with the lower North Island |
Planning; District and regional planning; Resource consents, consent review, plan and policy development and plan changes | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 309 6105 |
| Natasha Berkett |
Senior Policy Analyst |
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Nationwide |
Regional planning - freshwater management including takes, damming and diversions, discharges to water, on farm and large scale water storage; land and air; coastal permits; activities in river and lake beds. National and regional policy and plan development. Environmental science and policy. Governance and project management. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Natasha Pritchard | Principal Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | Otago |
Resource consents (regional) including freshwater management, wastewater discharges, other discharges, instream works, earthworks, farming; Regional plan development; resource management |
31 December 2029 | No |
027 228 2072 |
| Natasha Tod | Independent Commissioner | Wellington |
Resource consents, Notices of Requirement/ Designations. Natural resource management and urban planning. District Plans, Regional Plans. Planning and strategy. 20+ yrs RMA experience. |
31 December 2029 | No | ||
| Natasha Willison-Reardon | Team Leader | Marokopa Kiritehere Environmental Team | Waikato Maniapoto | Conducting Cultural Impact assessments, Commissioner ready to make a difference, Understanding of Taiao, profound belief in the connection between people and the environment. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 02914 094 |
| Nathan Capper | Kaitohutohu Māori - Matua (Senior Advisor – Māori) | WSP New Zealand Ltd | Nationwide, based in Nelson | Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Member New Zealand Planning Institute (MNZPI), Marine and freshwater Science Degree. Planning and resource management advice at national, regional, and district levels. Freshwater policy and planning (NPSFM 2020). Policy advice, Māori engagement and relationships, Treaty policy, including statutory obligations to Māori under the RMA. Iwi Management Plans, Consent conditions re kaupapa Māori. Planning and consenting advice to support capability and capacity for Iwi Māori. | 30 June 2029 | No |
027 300 5295 |
| Nathan O'Connell | Principal Planner | Nathan O'Connell Planning Ltd | Christchurch/Canterbury; Queenstown District Council | Resource Consents, Resource Management Planning | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 302 107 |
| Ned Norton | Independent Commissioner | Land Water People Ltd | Nationwide | Water quality and quantity resource management, NPSFM plan changes | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 243 9546 |
| Neenu Vijayadharan | Resource Consents Planner/Independent Commissioner |
Rotorua Lakes Council |
Based in Bay of Plenty (Rotorua) but have worked in Gisborne as well. Open to work Nation-wide. | Resource Consents Planning, Resource Management, Sustainability, Environmental Management, Disaster Management, and Natural Hazards. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 056 6715 |
| Nessie Kuka | Resource Manager | Ngāi Tuwhiwhia - Matakana Island | Western Bay of Plenty District | Māori Resource Management | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Neville Williams | Director Community and Services | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato Region | Pre and post Treaty of Waitangi settlement arrangements | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Ngaire Phillips (Dr) | Director/Aquatic Ecology& Ecotoxicology Specialist | Streamlined Environmental Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental science, particularly aquatic ecology (freshwater, estuarine, urban), ecotoxicology, ecohealth (human health/environmental health links), impact assessment, iwi resource management issues (especially customary fisheries) | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
021 076 3603 |
| Ngatokoa Tikitau | Kaiwhakamokihi – Kaitiaki/Mountain Ranger | Taranaki Mounga Project Limited – Te Korowai o Ngaruahine | Taranaki Mounga | Pest and Predator Control. Tiaki taiao | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 0823 2229 |
| Nichola Nicholson | Policy Planner | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Hawkes Bay | 31 December 2027 | No | ||
| Nicholas Aiken | Independent Commissioner | VisionUrban Environmental | Nationwide | Urban Design and CPTED, RMA Planning esp. Major Infrastructure, Urban Design based District Plan Policy - Frameworks, Urban Centres, Mixed-use and mixed density, Urban growth, Subdivision, Objections | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
027 226 2676 |
| Nicholas Jessen | Partner | Cooper Rapley Lawyers | Lower North Island | Resource management, local government matters, administrative law, and civil dispute resolution | 31 December 2028 | No |
06 350 3769 |
| Nicholas Manukau | Independent Commissioner | Auckland, Hamilton | Cultural, Land Transport, Ecology, Fisheries, Tikanga & Mātauranga Māori | 31 December 2028 | No | ||
| Nicola Bishop |
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31 December 2027 | No |
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| Nick Alleyne | Senior Environmental Monitoring Officer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga |
Biological Sciences, RMA - CME |
31 December 2025 | No |
027 801 6761 |
| Nick Barratt-Boyes | Director Co Founder | Studio Pacific Architecture | Wellington/Auckland based |
Architecture and Urban design. Expertise in mixed use green-fields and brownfields regeneration and multi-unit residential intensification. Expertise with integration of multidisciplinary teams. |
31 December 2027 | No |
029 289 7202 |
| Nick Carter | Ecological Solutions Limited | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Nick Kim | Senior Lecturer |
Massey University (Wellington) |
Wellington, upper South Island, lower North Island |
Chemical contaminants in the environment; discharges to air, land, and water; applied environmental chemistry; the environmental behaviour of toxic substances; ecotoxicology; monitoring; contaminated land management; and the science-policy interface. |
30 June 2027 | No |
04 979 3458 |
| Nick Pollard | Associate Partner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Nationwide | Planning and resource management, resource consents, policy and plan development, plan changes, designations, urban design | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 424 175 |
| Nick Reuther | Principal Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury, Christchurch and other urban areas in the region | Urban contaminant discharges (stormwater, municipal wastewater, etc.); Three Waters infrastructure; contaminated land; waste and landfilling; construction activities (earthworks, dewatering, etc.); planning and resource consents | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Nicki Wakefield | 31 December 2027 | No | |||||
| Nicki Williams | Independent Commissioner | Mitchell Daysh Limited | Wellington, Coromandel, Auckland | Resource Management, Plan changes and Policy | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Nicola Duke | Principal Consents Planner | Canterbury Regional Council | Canterbury Region | Groundwater, Surfacewater, Discharge to air | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Nicola Holmes | Principal Consents Advisor | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Nicole Calder-Steele | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury and all of New Zealand | Groundwater, freshwater, freshwater management (quality, quantity, managing impacts of activities), integrated catchment management. | 31 December 2028 | No | ||
| Nicole Marshall |
Planning and resource management: resource consents, policy planning, and urban and land use development. |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Nigel Bryce | National Planning Manager | 4Sight Consulting | Dunedin | Planning and Resource Management and Principal Level Planner with a diverse range of experience covering policy and consent related projects across New Zealand. | 31 December 2026 | No |
022 047 8500 |
| Nigel Mark-Brown | Director | Environmental Context Limited | Auckland | Civil and environmental engineering: subdivisions, stormwater, terrestrial and coastal flood management, sediment management, land contamination, landfills, wastewater, water resources, groundwater, assessment of environmental effects of development on surface and groundwater | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 656 121 |
| Nigel Williams | Independent Commissioner | Clearway Consulting Limited | Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning. Sustainable transport. Impacts of climate change and resource limitations on transport demand and infrastructure. Also qualifications and experience relating to land-based aquaculture | 31 December 2026 | No | ||
| Nikki McRobie | Kaikawe Tikanga a iwi | Te Ao Marama Inc | Murihiku Southland | Resource management, environmental management, partnership projects, consent, compliance and enforcement | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Nikki Vryenhoek | District Licensing Committee - Duty Commissioner | Self Employed | Queenstown | I was a commercial and resource management lawyer who adds value by adapting my skill set to meet the client’s needs (when consistent with the rule of law). My skill set now provides value as a District Licensing Committee Member/Commissioner and member of the District Licensing Committee Advisory Group, drawing on my policy background working in Central Government as a former employee of CCMAU. I hold a practise certificate as a Barrister | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Nina Raharuhi | Director |
Kōrari Ora Ltd |
Nationwide/located in Te Tai Tokerau & Muriwhenua |
Hapū environmental consultant, Kaitiaki o Tokerau monitor, Māori weaving artist (Bachelor of Maōri Art & Visual Culture), Hapū Resource Consent respondent |
31 December 2026 | No | |
| Olivia Cook | Principal Planning Advisor | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury | RMA policy and plan development – with an emphasis on freshwater management | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Olivia Restieaux | Planning Manager |
Clutha District Council |
Otago |
Resource management planning function at District Council |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Oriwia Mason | Principal Advisor |
Kāpiti Coast District Council |
Greater Wellington Region |
Iwi/Māori resource management |
30 June 2027 | No |
022 313 7308 |
| Parvati Rotherham | Planning Manager | Plan Co. NZ Limited |
Based in Auckland, can be nationwide |
Over 17 years experience in RMA Planning including, monitoring and compliance, resource consents, Plan Changes, Future Development Strategy. With good understanding of Tikanga and experience engaging with Māori and applying a Te Ao Māori lens on RMA work. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 190 0838 |
| Patricia Harte | Consultant Planner | Davie Lovell-Smith Limited |
Canterbury |
Resource Management Policy and Plan development, plan changes, resource consents, notices of requirement |
30 June 2029 | No |
021 807 905 |
| Patricia Routley | Manager Resource Consents | Far North District Council |
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Over 20 years of planning experience including Resource Consents –Planning and resource management at national, regional, and district levels, including coastal activities, subdivision and land use activities, and plan change process. Experienced with large scale infrastructure projects, preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments. | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Patrick Buckley | Team Leader Consent Planning | Auckland Transport |
Auckland |
District and Regional Planning, Resource Consents, Notices of Requirement / Designations. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 225 2623 |
| Patrick Killalea | Consultant Planner | Northland |
Resource management. Some forty years local government experience primarily in resource consents but also experience in District Plan and policy matters. |
31 December 2028 | No |
027 539 5985 |
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| Patrick Young | Lands Trust Chair, Marae Committee Chair, Farmer, Speaker on Marae Paetapu | Sponsored by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa and Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Hapu (subtribe) and iwi (iwi authority) engagement, Maori tikanga and reo (practices and language); Marae Committees; Agricultural (farming); Marine | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Paul Barrett | Team Leader Consents | Hawke's Bay Regional Council | Hawke's Bay | Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Paul Clarke | Principal Advisor Māori, Tumuaki Māori, CEO Office | Wellington Water Ltd | Wellington/Nationwide | Incorporating the Māori world into consent processes and environmental planning and policy. Ensuring mana whenua iwi values and aspirations are incorporated into 3 waters infrastructure and land development. Freshwater planning processes | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 208 8628 |
| Paul Hopwood | Principal Implementation Advisor | Canterbury Regional Council | Canterbury |
Urban and industrial resource management – stormwater, wastewater, air quality |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 549 7652 |
| Paul Maxwell | Coastal and Works Consents Manager | Northland Regional Council | Northland | Resource Management Law and Resource Consenting in a Regional Context. Background in Marine Science and Tertiary Education | 31 December 2028 | No |
2102658211 |
| Paul McGimpsey | Manager - Central Planning & Engagement | Beca Ltd | Wellington | Planning, resource management, infrastructure | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Paul Rogers | Independent Commissioner | RMA lawyer admitted 1981; Chair, Resource consents - many sectors, Plan changes, Plan reviews, Particular interest, freshwater, irrigation | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |||
| Paul Thomas | Director | Thomas Planning Ltd | Wellington | Resource Management Planning. See www.thomasplanning.co.nz | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
0274 534 816 |
| Paul Thompson | Principal Planner |
Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch |
Planning, policy development, and resource consents. |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 314 0397 |
| Paula Costello | Director | Williams and Co. | Queenstown, South Island | Urban Design & Planning | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 133 1124 |
| Paula Golsby | Principal Advisor, Consents | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty |
Regional and District Resource Consents, RMA plan and policy development |
30 June 2027 | No |
0800 884 880 |
| Paula Hansen | Senior Policy Advisor | Gisborne District Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Paul Waanders | Director/Planner, Independent Commissioner | PLANUP Ltd | Upper North Island | Policy and Resource Planning, Spatial Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
09 435 2262 |
| Paula Hunter | Technical Director Planner | Stantec | Auckland based, work nationwide | Planning; regional and district plan making and consenting | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 439 6206 |
| Pauline Whitney | Planner | Boffa Miskell Ltd |
North Island |
Planning - District and Regional Plan making and plan changes | 30 June 2029 | No |
021 0236 4245 |
| Peng Zhang | Investment Strategist | Kainga Ora | Auckland | RMA consenting, urban planning, investment and development planning, project management | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Penny Pirrit | Penny Pirrit Consulting | Northland, Auckland | RMA, Planning Policy Development and Implementation, community engagement, place making | 31 December 2028 | No |
0274 517 665 |
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| Penny Smart | Owner | Aoroa Farms Trust | Dargaville, Northland | General | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 439 735 |
| Penny Weng | Senior Planner | The Property Group Limited | Auckland and Canterbury | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Peter Callander | Technical Director – Water Resources | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd | Nationwide | Groundwater, Water Resource Management, Contaminated Land | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 214 8333 |
| Peter Christensen | Technical Director | Storm Environmental Ltd | Nationwide | Stormwater Management, Floodplain Management, Environmental Engineering, Land Development, Water Quality, Construction Impacts | 31 December 2026 | No |
022 342 2164 |
| Peter Christophers | Principal Consents Officer | Otago Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Peter Constantine | Principal | PlanWrite | Canterbury, Otago & Southland but available nationwide | Regional and district plan making and plan changes; regional and district resource consent applications; notices of requirement | 31 December 2027 | Yes |
022 177 0648 |
| Peter Edwards |
Building Control & Resource Consents Manager |
Ōpōtiki District Council | Ōpōtiki/Bay of Plenty | 30 June 2027 | No | ||
| Peter Johnson | Environmental Planner | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | 30 June 2028 | No | ||
| Peter Kensington | Consultant Planner and Landscape Architect | KPLC Limited | Nationwide | Planning and Landscape Architecture | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 227 8700 |
| Peter Phillips (Dr) | Managing Director | Dialogue Consultants Ltd | Nationwide | Social impact assessment, consultation, tourism, strategic planning, instrastructure project (including roading, airports, water treatment, wastewater treatment, mining, electricity generation including wind power, and distribution) | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Peter Reaburn | Director - Planning | Cato Bolam Consultants | Auckland, Northland, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay | All urban issues, rural subdivision, marine area aquaculture and protection, landscape and ecology, Māori issues; resource consents, plan changes and designations | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
0274 479 248 |
| Peter Weir | Independent Commissioner | Canterbury - experience in Coromandel, Waikato, Tairawhiti-Gisborne, Nelson-Marlborough, Buller-Westland, Otago and Southland | Freshwater Commissioner RMA: NPS-FM, Freshwater NES, Stock Exclusion Regs, NES Plantation Forestry |
31 December 2025 | No |
027 454 7873 |
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| Peter Wethey | Kaipara District Council | Kaipara District and Northland | Resource management & consents, water quality, coastal | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 740 941 |
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| Peter Wilson | Senior Policy Planner | Waimakariri District Council | Nationwide | Freshwater and regional planning, in particular catchment planning, water quality and quantity allocation, freshwater science, fisheries, recreation, farming and agriculture. Interface planning, extensive experience with protected areas, conservation and reserves legislation, South Island high country, recreation, tourism. Urban planning, particularly, housing intensification. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 151 3486 |
| Petera Tapsell | Advisor | Waimanu Consulting | Bay of Plenty | Current Cultural Advisor to Waka Kotahi. Extensive background working in Central and Local Government delivering training programmes locally and nationally on Tikanga, Marae protocol and the Treaty of Waitangi. | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 576 0176 |
| Phernne Tancock | Barrister sole | Harbour Chambers | Wellington/ Auckland/ Whangarei/Palmerston North/ Wairarapa / Kapiti /Nelson |
I have practiced in RMA and environmental litigation for over 17 years. I have particular expertise in renewable energy (solar/wind farms) iron sand mining, quarrying, airports, large scale rural and urban land developments including housing and retail developments. Plan Changes, Resource Consents, Plan Changes (both public and private) and designations. |
31 December 2027 | No |
04 4992684 |
| Phil Doole | Principal Planner Resource Consents | Tasman District Council |
I have experience with the full range of resource management consenting both Regional and District having worked for Unitary Councils for 20 years |
30 June 2029 | Yes |
03 543 8487 |
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| Phil Mitchell (Dr) | Environmental Consultant | Mitchell Daysh Limited | Nationwide | Resource Management Planning, Environmental assessment | 30 June 2029 | Yes | |
| Philip Brown | Director / Planner | Campbell Brown Planning Limited | Nationwide | All aspects of planning and resource management, including resource consenting and plan development | 31 December 2029 | Yes | |
| Philip Burge | Team Leader Consents Planning | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Philip McKay | Associate & Napier Office Team Leader | Mitchell Daysh Limited | Napier / Hastings, Hawke’s Bay | Planning | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 495 5442 |
| Philip Milne | Environmental Lawyer, Barrister, Commissioner | Barrister Milnelaw | Nationwide | All aspects of RMA consenting, with particular expertise in water allocation and quality, discharge consents, regional planning and infrastructure projects, issues associated with notification decisions and legal issues, chairing hearings including complex hearings. | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 803 327 |
| Philip Taylor | Senior Freshwater Ecologist | Ecological Solutions Limited | Tauranga/Waikato |
18 years of consulting experience as a freshwater ecologist, including macroinvertebrate, periphyton and fish ecology. Area of expertise is in compliance and environmental impact projects, and fish passage assessments and design. Technical skills include extensive experience in various field techniques and statistical analysis of ecological and water quality data. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 357 6879 |
| Philippa Cope | Team Leader Consents Investigations | Canterbury Regional Council | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Philippa Lynch | General Manager | Poutini Environmental | Resource consents, regional planning and cultural values | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Phill Reid | Manager Auckland-wide Planning | Auckland Council | Auckland | Generalist Planner. 22 years in local government across consents and policy. Specific experience –growth management planning, tree and ecological protection, structure planning, contaminated land management. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Phil Hindrup | Director/Principal Planner | Phocus Planning Ltd | Manawatu-Whanganui | Planning | 30 June 2028 | No |
021 247 7335 |
| Phillip Percy | Independent Commissioner | Kāhu Environmental | Nationwide | Regional and district Planning | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 441 226 |
| Phillip Warner | 31 December 2025 | No | |||||
| Piatarihi Bennett | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Plenty | Coastal issues, Water issues, Maori Cultural issues, Matauranga Maori | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Pita (Peter) Paul | Managing Director; Independent Commissioner | Waiwhenua Associates Ltd/Taumata Arowai Governance Group | North Island | Whakapapa to Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngai Tūhoe (Mai Tihirau ki nga kuri a Whārei). Te Taiao – environment and ecosystems. Land development, community development, health, education, small rural communities, marae & tribal drinking water, wastewater and stormwater development. Treaty of Waitangi advisor, and speaker of te reo me ona tikanga. | 30 June 2025 | No |
0275 207 011 |
| Poto Davies | Waikato Tainui; Ngati Koroki Kahukura Trustee | Waikato-Tainui | Nationwide | Maori | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Pranil Wadan | 3 Waters General Manager | Woods | National, based in Auckland | 3 Waters infrastructure and planning; catchment management plans; strategic planning; flood risk assessment; flood response; land development; stormwater management | 30 June 2026 | No |
09 308 9229 |
| Puawai Kake | Principal Planner | Kohu Strategy and Planning Ltd |
Northland and Auckland |
Rural and Urban Planning, Māori Planning, Freshwater policy planning and monitoring, Policy and Plan Making, Infrastructure, engagement, papakāinga developments, and resource consents. |
31 December 2026 | No |
021 228 6925 |
| Puawai Swindells-Wallace | Independent Commissioner | Christchurch and West Coast/South Westland | Christchurch and West Coast/South Westland | 30 June 2026 | No |
022 098 4971 |
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| Puti Corbett | Kuia | Ngati Kuta/Patukeha | Ngapuhi/Bay of Islands | Tikanga Maori; Masters in Environmental Law (Hons); Resource Management Act 1991 | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 233 1373 |
| Rachael O’Donnell | Senior Resource Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | Processing resource consents for industrial discharges, particularly discharges to air. Also processing consents for contaminated land remediation. | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Rachael Pull | Senior Environmental Advisor - Planning | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Canterbury, West Coast, Whanganui, Far North, Thames-Coromandel | Small local territorial authorities. Focus on RMA planning, enforcement, compliance, reserve planning, long term planning, annual reports and iwi engagement | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 725 873 |
| Rachel Boyte | Legal Counsel | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Tauranga/North Island |
Resource management and local government law; Treaty settlements |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 223 7948 |
| Rachel Conner | Partner | Hazelton Law | Wellington | Resource Management Act, Local Government, Environmental Law, Construction Law | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 141 1878 |
| Rachel Dimery | Director | Dimery Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Planning | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 777 441 |
| Rachel Lawson | Head of Planning | WSP New Zealand Limited | Nationwide, based in Wellington | Strategic planning (national, regional, district), consenting, policy, designations, infrastructure, mixed use/residential, transport, energy infrastructure (generation, transmission, distribution) | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 263 9288 |
| Rachel Reese | Principal, Independent Hearings Commissioner and Mediator | Rachel Reese Consulting | Nationwide | Statutory planning and legislation review, regional and district plan development and decision-making, regional and district resource consent hearings, consultation and public participant, dispute resolution | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 548 3021 |
| Rachel Standring | Analyst | Ministry for the Environment | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Rachel Tutty | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Rae-Anne Kurucz | Manager | Christchurch | Planning, Resource management matters for infrastructure, transportation planning, designations and legislation, integrated land use planning, spatial planning. | 31 December 2027 | No | ||
| Raewyn Bennett | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Plenty | Māori cultural and social issues | 31 December 2028 | Yes | ||
| Raewyn Legge | Independent Commissioner | Independent | Auckland, Northland and Waikato | Regional and District Plan policy formulation and drafting, Resource Consents, transport, Climate Change, Natural Hazards. | 30 June 2026 | No | 021 252 4488 |
| Raewyn Solomon | Independent Commissioner | Kaiapoi and South Island | Ngāi Tahu/Māori values | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 194 4982
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| Ragu Ragunathan | Principal / Managing Director | EMACS Group | Auckland, Nationwide | Resource Management, Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Infrastructure Planning, Urban/Regional Planning, Land Development, Architectural and Building Design | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Rangatira Simon | Owner/Sole Trader | R Simon Consultant | Waikato | Environmental Consultant: specialising in local Iwi/Hapu/Marae engagement in resource consent matters; develop and write cultural values assessments/cultural impact assessments; environmental representative for Tūrangawaewae Marae | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 210 0396 |
| Rangi Tawhiao | Chairperson | Parawhenua Marae, Northland | Te Tai Tokerau, Northland | Te Reo me ona Tikanga Māori, Kaupapa Māori, Iwi Hapū Development, Tribunal Hearings for Te Tai Tokerau. Tertiary Education, Early Childhood Education, Management, Business Administration. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 278 2002 |
| Rāniera Kaio | Pouārahi | GM Culture & People |
Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa |
Te Taitokerau - Far North |
Cultural Impact and Analysis, Te Ao Māori (Te Reo, Tikanga Māori & Mātauranga Māori), Iwi and Hapū Relationship and Engagement, Executive Leadership, Governance, Iwi Environmental Management Plans, Cultural Heritage Management. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 295 7306 |
| Raukura Salisbury | Taiao Manager |
Nga Kaitiaki o Puketapu Hapu Trust |
Taranaki |
Working for hapū in engagement and environmental/resource consent spaces. |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Rauru Kirikiri | Director | RK Associates Ltd | Wellington | Tikanga Māori | 30 June 2028 | No |
021 335 7145
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| Rawiri Bhana | Senior Māori Advisor (Treaty of Waitangi) |
Toi Moana |
Waiariki (BOP) Iwi and Hapū |
Treaty Partner, iwi, hapū, marae, tangata whenua expertise. Expertise in Te Ao Māori, kaupapa Māori issues at both local, regional and national level. |
31 December 2028 | No |
021 685 591 |
| Rawiri Faulkner | Director | Tū Taiao Ltd | Nationwide - based in Wellington | Planning, Māori resource management | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 228 2954 |
| Rawiri Tinirau | Hapu Representative | Te Rūnanga o Tamaupoko | Whanganui | Tangata Whenua / Māori | 31 December 2025 | No |
(06) 345 2680 |
| Ray Edwards | Managing Director | PlanCreative | Christchurch based, practice Nationwide | Urban Planning, Traffic Engineering | 31 December 2027 | No |
029 963 8727 |
| Ray O'Callaghan | Director | O'Callaghan Design Limited | Nationwide | Civil Engineering, earthworks, 3 waters, land development, coastal engineering | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Ray Smith | Building Development Engineer | Auckland Council | 30 June 2029 | No | |||
| Rebecca Blyth | Southland District Council | 30 June 2028 | No | ||||
| Rebecca Fox | Workforce Development Manager | Civil Contractors New Zealand | Greater Wellington, Wairarapa, Christchurch, Kaikoura, Queenstown, Central Otago, Manawatu, Whaganui and Hawkes Bay | I have experience in applied science, environmental health science and drinking water treatment. I have also worked across community led catchment management led strategy as well as served as a local body councillor. | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 211 6317 |
| Rebecca Jackson | Team Leader Consents | Otago Regional Council | Dunedin |
Planning, Resource Management, Resource consents |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 724 0895 |
| Rebecca Skidmore | Director (Urban Designer and Landscape Architect) | RA Skidmore Urban Design Limited | Nationwide but focus in Auckland |
Resource management policy and strategic planning and resource consents with specialist expertise in urban design, landscape and special character. |
30 June 2029 | No | |
| Reece Fitzgibbon | Senior Policy Officer |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Wellington |
Masters in Professional Economics. Experience in governance, central and local government, trade, data analysis, economics, and policy development and analysis. Skilled in communications, technical writing and stakeholder engagement. |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Reg Korau | South Taranaki District Council | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Reginald Proffit | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | 30 June 2025 | Yes | |||
| Renee Fraser-Smith | Principal Planner/Town Planner | Tollemache Consultants Ltd | North Island | Town planning | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 238 2937 |
| Renēe Love | Kaitohutohu Taiao / Environmental Advisor |
Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui |
Te Tauihu |
Kaitiakitanga me mātauranga ā Te Ātiawa o te Waka-a-Māui; Mahi taiao; Resource management and consenting; Environmental Science | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 088 74189 |
| Renee Thomas | Kaihautū |
Tasman District Council - Kaunihera o te Tai o Aorere |
Te Tauihu |
Iwi/Māori governance and executive management. Te Tauihu Treaty Settlement processes. Whānau, hapū and iwi relationships |
31 December 2027 | No |
027 666 1640 |
| Reuben Fraser | Consents Manager | Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Regional consenting | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 244 8460 |
| Reuben Gardiner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2028 | No | ||||
| Reuben Peterson | Team Leader Planning, Principal Planner |
WSP New Zealand Limited |
Nelson |
RMA Plan and Policy Development (Plan Changes), District and Regional consents, Notice of Requirements. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 851 066 |
| Richard Black | Planning Manager | Babbage Consultants | Nationwide | Planning & Resource Management | 31 December 2026 | No |
09 379 9980 |
| Richard Blakey | Independent Commissioner/Planning Consultant | Blakey Planning Limited | Auckland, North Island | Resource consents including coastal, district and regional planning, and notices of requirement/designations | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 619 677 |
| Richard Campion | Principal Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Landscape planning, parks and open space, general resource consents | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Richard Chilton | Technical Director - Air Quality, Discipline Manager - Environmental Engineering | Tonkin & Taylor | Christchurch | Air Quality, Environmental Science | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Richard Fowler | Barrister | Wellington | RMA hearings and appeals | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 255 5709 |
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| Richard Gardner | Barrister | Richard Gardner Law | Auckland | Environment Law, Resource Management Law, Local Government Law, Public Law, Rural Law, Administrative Law, Mediation |
31 December 2028 | No |
021 706 138 |
| Richard Gibbs | Planning Consultant | Richard Gibbs | Central North Island | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Richard Knott | Director | Richard Knott Ltd | Nationwide | Urban Design, Built Heritage/Cultural Heritage, Special Character,District Plans/Plan Changes, Resource Consents, Notices of Requirement and Mediation. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
021 242 5865 |
| Richard Purdon | Consent Decision Maker | Canterbury Regional Council | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 789 0019 |
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| Richard Te One | Relationship Liaison Officer | Hikoikoi Management Limited | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Richard Thomas | Managing Director | Thomas Consultants Ltd | Auckland | Civil engineering, flooding | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Ricky Hohaia Fife | Business Professional and Advisor - Māori |
Te Waipounamu – South Island |
Māori development/Tikanga Māori/Coastal Marine Area/Fresh Water. Head of Māori development for Silver Fern Farms Ltd covering a broad portfolio including environmental initiatives. Project lead MACA application. Working group chair for Mātaitai ki Ruapuke Island Group. Strong governance and leadership acumen. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 285 6555 |
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| Riki Ellison | Director/Independent Commissioner | Waka Taurua Limited | Nationwide | National, regional and local resource management, Te Ao Māori, Te Mana o Te Wai, Te Oranga o Te Taiao, Freshwater planning and policy, Iwi Environmental Management | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 482 8782 |
| Riki Parata | Kaiārihi Taiao | Hokonui Rūnanga Kaupapa Taiao | Gore | Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Taiao Mātauranga Māori, Resource Management, Cultural Expert | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Roanna Gravit | Independent Commissioner | Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Waikato | RMA, Water Law and Policy, Environmental Science | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Rob Enright | Rob Enright Barrister | Nationwide | RMA Barrister | 30 June 2029 | Yes | ||
| Rob Lieffering (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Discharge permits (land, air, water), coastal permits, water permits, land use consents, subdivision consents, environmental science, planning | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 600 9781 |
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| Rob Hunter | Independent Commissioner; Director/Principal | Hunter Services BOP Ltd | Nationwide, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Auckland | Environmental and resource management at national, regional and district levels. Environmental management and engineering background, covering all aspects of plans, policy, consenting and operational management. Experience in industry, local and central government and small business over 30 years, including RMA, HPA, PWA and consultation. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 621 022 |
| Rob Warrington | Deputy Chairman – Muaupoko Tribal Authority Inc | Independent Commissioner | Aotearoa | Cultural Impacts | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Robbie McKinney | 31 December 2027 | No | |||||
| Robert Bell | Environmental Engineer | Bell Adapt Ltd | Coastal and Environmental engineering, climate change effects, natural hazards, discharges, sediments | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Robert Love | Executive Director – Development and Growth | Selwyn District Council | Selwyn/Christchurch | RMA Hearings, Plan Making, Strategic Planning | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 241 2558 |
| Robert Muraahi | Director, Committee of Management member, Responsible Trustee | Kaitiaki Pest Control Solutions | Waikato | Conservation (Pest Management, Weed Control, Restoration) Environmental/Cultural Monitoring, Matauranga Māori | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 1456 598 |
| Robert Schofield | Independent Commissioner | Wellington | Regional district plan preparation; Urban/transportation/energy/strategic planning; Resource consents and effects assessments; Designations; RMA Planning Instruments | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 444 0060 |
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| Robert Scott | Independent Commissioner | Scott Wilkinson Planning | Auckland, North Island | Resource management, land use and coastal resource consents | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
09 354 4166 |
| Robert van Voorthuysen | Director | Van Voorthuysen Environmental Limited | Based in Napier but sit on hearings all over New Zealand | All asepcts of RMA matters requiring hearings including regional policy statements, regional and district plans, notices of requirement and resource consents | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
027 248 2822 |
| Dr Robin Quigg | Pūkenga/Lecturer | Independent/University of Otago | Nationwide, Otago, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Mātauranga Māori. Parks and reserves, public health, resource management, cultural heritage management | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 279 9041 |
| Roger Cook | Heritage, Environment and Regulatory Group Manager | Waitaki District Council | Waitaki District, Otago | Broad based knowledge of Local Authority Regulatory activities. | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 464 102 |
| Roger Maaka (Dr) | Te Taiwhenua o Tamatea Ngāi Tahumakakanui ki Takapau, Ngāti Kahungunu |
Te Matau o Maui Hawke’s Bay | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 860 9955 |
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| Roger Young | Freshwater Ecologist |
Cawthron Institute |
Nationwide |
Freshwater ecology, water quality, flows, habitat, freshwater management, river ecosystem health, catchment management, water allocation, freshwater plans and policy, fish, macroinvertebrates, dissolved oxygen, ecosystem metabolism |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 036 4067 |
| Rohario Murray | Barrister | Kōkiri Chambers | Nationwide | Legal with expertise in Māori Land Law, Public and Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Resource Management, Community and Māori Engagement, Te Ao Māori, Tikanga Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Treaty Settlements, governance experience and speaker of Te Reo Māori | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 411 3425 |
| Roland Kingi | Pakeke Kaitiaki – Independent Commissioner | Ngāti Pikiao Koeke | Bay of Plenty, Nationwide | Kaitiakitanga integration with Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles, Matauranga and Tikanga applied to Environmental and Strategic Planning processes. Iwi Natural Resource Management and Environmental Engineering, Community relationships, impact assessments, resource consents, planning, water management, cultural heritage, monitoring and sustainability. | 31 December 2026 | No |
020 4037 0512 |
| Roland Sapsford | Independent Commissioner | Sustainability Solutions Consulting | Nationwide | Transport, economics, systems ecology, public health | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Romae Calland | Independent Commissioner | Tonkin + Taylor | Bay of Plenty and Nationwide | Regional Council focus (consents and plans), notices of requirement. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Ronald Crosby | Self Employed Barrister | South Island | Legal and treaty related issues, freshwater and coastal issues | 31 December 2028 | Yes | ||
| Ronald Takerei | Independent Commissioner |
Mirumiru paa ki Marokopa Kaitiaki |
Maniapoto/Waikato | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 576 6253 |
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| Rory Power | Manager – Spatial Planning & Policy | Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Transport and planning. Plan Changes and Notices of Requirement. |
31 December 2027 | No |
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| Ros Day-Cleavin | Independent Commissioner | Self employed | Dunedin City, Central Otago District, Otago Region, Mackenzie District, Waimakariri District, Timaru District, Canterbury Region | Planning and resource management; Experienced chair and panel member; Panel advisory roles; District plan reviews and private plan changes; Resource consent applications; s357 Objections and cost objections; LGA Bylaws | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
021 027 64705 |
| Rosanne Heyes | Intermediate Resource Planner | Masterton District Council | Wairarapa | District plan practitioner | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Rosemary Dixon | Senior Crown Counsel | Predominantly Wellington but also nation-wide |
Resource management – consenting and regulation. Mediation. Environmental law generally. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 222 1181 |
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| Rowan Tautari | Independent Commissioner | Te Whakapiko Hapū o Ngāti Manaia | Northland | Historical heritage, whenua Māori, tikanga Māori, kaitiakitanga, He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti, regional plan development, freshwater, engagement with tangata whenua, climate change adaptation, post-graduate qualifications in history, and te reo Māori. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 523 2930 |
| Rowena Cudby | Principal Planner | Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua | Nelson, Tasman, Marlborough | Kaupapa Māori, resource consents, statutory policy and plan development | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 234 4246 |
| Ruihana Smith | Kaitohutohu hononga ā Iwi |
Marlborough District Council |
Te Tauihu |
Matauranga Māori and Māori heritage specialist, Cultural and environmental effects assessments. |
31 December 2027 | No | |
| Rupert Statham | Senior Ecologist | Auckland Council | Auckland Region | Indigenous ecosystems and biodiversity | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Russell Benge | Director – Surveying/Planning | Davis Ogilvie & Partners Ltd | South Island | Rural and urban land development, planning, subdivision design and land tenure. | 30 June 2029 | No |
021 803 308 |
| Russell Hockley | Iwi Representative | Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui | Hāwera, South Taranaki | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 213 8349 |
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| Ryan O'Leary | Planning Manager | The Property Group Ltd | Manawatu, Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay | Resource Management (Resource Consents, Designations) | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Sage Wansell | Infrastructure Planner |
Far North District Council |
Based in Far North |
General: Stormwater and Wastewater Infrastructure Resource Consents; Environmental Impact Assessment for renewable energy; Specific: Invasive Plant Ecology, Botany (MSc), Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 0875 2853 |
| Sally Neal | Pou Taiao / Environmental Manager |
Rangitāne o Wairau |
Upper South Island |
20 years of experience in resource management, specialising in local and regional consents planning. Expertise encompasses both regional and district consenting matters, with a strong focus on Iwi/Māori resource management. particular interest in regional planning and Māori resource management issues. |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 133 7177 |
| Sam Morrison | Principal Planner |
Civix Limited |
Auckland |
Planning, Resource Consents, Resource Management |
31 December 2027 | No |
022 410 8579 |
| Sam Williams | Independent Trustee |
Ngāti Tawhirikura |
New Plymouth/Dunedin |
Instrumentation/Electrical & Control Systems Engineer; TUV Functional Safety Engineer |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 805 384 |
| Samantha Pottage | Urban Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Tauranga | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 812 6293 |
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| Samuel Flewellen | National Consents Manager | National | District Consents Processes/Planning: Land Use consenting; Residential, Industrial, Commercial Developments. Regional Consents/Planning: Water Takes; Discharges to land, water and air | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 178 9427 |
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| Samuel Napia | Aotearoa New Zealand wide | Expertise in matters of tikanga Māori, including Part 2 matters under sections 6(e), 7(a) and 8. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 479 0511 |
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| Sam Tamarapa | Chairman | Te Kāhui Maru Trust – PSGE for Ngāti Maru Taranaki | Taranaki region | Iwi/Maori Resource Management, Matauranga Maori Freshwater and Marine Fisheries |
30 June 2028 | No |
027 474 9211 |
| Sandra Hawken | Hapū Representative, Trustee, Committee Member, Administrator | Te Whanau ā Rangiwhakaahu Hapū | Tai Tokerau to North Auckland (includes all coastal areas and Islands) | Cultural Contractor, Tikanga Maori, Kaitiakitanga, Mana Moana, Te Taiao, Mana Whenua, Communication, Leadership, Administration, Planning and Organisation, Intermediate Te Reo Maori. |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 479 0900 |
| Sara Westcott | Team Leader Consents | Horizons Regional Council | Manawatu-Whanganui Region | Planning | 30 June 2027 | No |
06 952 2976 |
| Sara-Lee Hape | Settlements Officer | Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust | Hastings, Hawkes Bay | Tikanga Māori/ Te Reo Māori/ Te Tiriti o Waitanga/ Kaupapa Māori | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 196 9935 |
| Sarah Pearson | Strategic Planner | Marlborough District Council | Blenheim | Contaminated Land, Air Quality | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Sarah Fagan | Principal Advisor | Environment Canterbury | Nationwide |
Strategic Planning and Policy Development, Spatial Planning, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Treaty Settlements, Stakeholder Engagement, Central and Local Government, Impact Assessment (Economic, Social, Cultural, Environmental), Governance and Leadership |
30 June 2028 | No | |
| Sarah Gathercole | Senior Planner | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Auckland, Queenstown, Wanaka | Planning and resource management, resource consents | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Sarah Hills | Consents Officer | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Consents Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Sarah Hunt | Senior Planner | Cheal Consultants Ltd | Central North Island, Taupo and surrounding districts | Planning, Resource Consents, Resource Management | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Sarah Hunter | Principal Planning and Policy Consultant | SLR Consulting | Nationwide with a focus on Tairawhiti | RMA Planning, Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 643 8313 |
| Sarah Jenkin | Owner/Principal | Navigatrix | Nationwide (based in Wellington) |
Resource management planning (BREP(Hons), including regional and district policy/plans, resource consent applications and Notices of Requirement. |
31 December 2027 | No |
022 061 4746 |
| Sarah McCarthy | Manager | Ministry for the Environment | Nationwide | Urban planning, National Policy Statements, National Environmental Standards, plan making, resource consents | 31 December 2029 | No | |
| Sarah Omundsen | General Manager, Regulatory Services | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Tauranga | Regional plans and rules, particularly as they relate to air and water quality | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Sarah Ongley | Barrister | Bank Chambers | Nationwide Primarily North Island | Law - including plans, consents, designations | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 446 7917 |
| Sarah Picard | Senior Policy Planner | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Wānaka, Upper Clutha, Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago | Planning: resource consents - large scale greenfield subdivisions, complex and contentious notified consents. Policy development - rural environment, cultural and landscape value work. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Sarah Pohatu | Senior Advisor | Ministry for the Environment | Tairawhiti | Māori natural resource management including Māori land governance and management, Treaty frameworks, te reo and tikanga Māori | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 458 616
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| Sarah Sandilands | Senior Planner |
The Property Group Limited |
Lower North Island - Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawkes Bay | Planning, Regional and Environmental Planning, Resource Consents | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 248 8710 |
| Sarah Shaw | Barrister | Sarah Shaw Barrister | Nationwide | Resource consents, policy / plan making | 31 December 2028 | Yes | |
| Sarah Stevenson | Independent Commissioner | Sole Trader | Nationwide | Independent planning and policy advice. Notification decisions, resource consent hearings, plan hearings, notices of requirement, RMA planning best practice, Local Government Act, Te Tiriti ō Waitangi and te ao Māori planning. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
0274 752 662 |
| Sarah Wilson |
Senior Consents Planner |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Bay of Plenty |
Planning & Resource Management: resource consents at both regional and district council levels. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 247 7150 |
| Scott Devonport |
Director & Principal Planner |
Bay of Plenty and Waikato Area | Land Use and Subdivision Consents and District Plan Policy | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 605 9143 |
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| Scott Dickson |
Senior Resource Management Planner |
Southland District Council |
Southland | Resource Management Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Scott Macarthur |
Director |
Urban Planning Consultants |
Auckland | Urban planning, transport planning, urban design, resource management | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 164 1209 |
| Scott McKnight | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga |
Planning and Resource Consents |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Sean Bragg | Geospatial Analyst | Ngāi Tahu Holdings | Murihiku | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Sean Crocker | Senior Planner | WSP New Zealand Ltd | Hawke's Bay | Environmental Planning (Degree – Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning, 2nd Class Honors), Resource Management Act, Local Government Act | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Sean Zieltjes | Principal Planner |
Zeeland Planning |
Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay |
Planning – Policy formulation, District Plan review process, plan changes (urban/rural areas), consenting and other approval processes |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 541 2462 |
| Season-Mary Downs | Director | Tukau Law | Northland | Te Tiriti o Waitangi; Maori legal issues; RMA; MACA | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Selva Selvarajah | Consulting Direcgtor | Enviroknowledge Limited | Waikato, Canterbury, Otago and Southland regions | Regional council RMA consent process, consents monitoring and enforcement and in-depth technical, scientific and expert knowledge in wastewater (industrial, sewage and farm) treatment process, soil quality and contamination, water quality and quantity, catchment management, farm environment and nutrient management | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 432 9810
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| Senitra Nathan-Marsh | Pou Taiao, Environmental Lead | Mana Ahuriri Trust | Hawke's Bay | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Shadrach Rolleston | Director | Rolleston Advisory Services Ltd | Nationwide | Planning and Resource Management, Spatial and Growth Management Planning, Community and Māori Engagement, Te Ao Māori, Iwi Management Planning, Tikanga Māori, Treaty Settlements, Local Government Policy Planning | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 110 5811 |
| Shanan Miles | Owner and Principal Planner | MilesCo | Tauranga | Urban Planning; Policy; Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 466 2611 |
| Shane Ingley | Transportation Engineer | Abley Transportation Consultants | Auckland | Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Shane Kelly | Independent Commissioner | Coast and Catchment Limited | Nationwide | Marine Science, Contaminant Management, Aquaculture, Ecology, Stormwater, Wastewater | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Shane Roberts | Planning Consultant | WSP New Zealand Limited | South Island | Resource Consents & Plan Development | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Shannon Bray | Principal Landscape Architect, Director | Wayfinder Landscape Planning and Strategy Ltd | Nationwide | Landscape Strategy and Planning. Infrastructure (roads, windfarms, transmission, subdivisions), ONLs/ONFs, landscape and visual effects and urban design assessments and reviews. | 31 December 2029 | No | |
| Shannon Johnston | Lawyer/Partner | Cooper Rapley Lawyers | Nationwide | Law – Resource Management and Local Government | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Shannon Richardson | Technical Director – Planning | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Nationwide | Planning and resource management, resource consents, notice of requirements/designations | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Sharan Mavi | Litigation Solicitor | Gascoigne Wicks Lawyers | Marlborough | Local government, resource management, resource consent planning, and compliance, environmental policies and planning, legal interpretation and application, civil litigation | 31 December 2027 | Yes |
03 520 8225 |
| Sharon De Luca (Dr) | Partner/Senior Ecologist | Boffa Miskell Ltd | Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei | Marine ecology, marine ecotoxicology, marine monitoring and impact assessment | 30 June 2027 | No |
0275 728 481 |
| Sharon McGarry | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, Christchurch based | Statutory decision making (RMA, EEZ Act, LGA and CRAFTA) for consents, plans and policies, and bylaws. Resource management, ecology, and fresh water and marine biology | 30 June 2028 | Yes | ||
| Sharon Roche | Buller District Council | Buller and West Coast | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 659 9050 |
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| Sharron Wooler | Sharron Wooler Barrister | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Shaun McCracken | Regional Lead – River Engineering |
Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch/Canterbury |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Land Development, River Engineering, Flooding, Stormwater, Earthworks, Streamworks, Discharge Consents, RMA Compliance |
30 June 2028 | No |
03 365 3828 |
| Shay McDonald | Senior Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | Dunedin | Environmental Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Sheena Penwarden | Operations Manager/Environmental Specialist |
Te Runanga o Te Rarawa – Me He Wai |
Far North, Northland |
Environmental policy, land and water management, and agricultural land use. Expertise in freshwater analytics, biodiversity, iwi consultation, and cultural heritage. Skilled in geospatial imaging, climate change, and strategic planning. | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 010 2610
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| Sheena Tepania | Independent Commissioner | Self Employed | Auckland and Nationwide | Law, Resource Management, Matauranga Maori, Iwi Environmental Management, Treaty Issues. | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Sheila-Anne Taylor | Kaiārahi Kaupapa Maori | Northland Regional Council | Northland | Accounting, Business, financial and local government planning, Project Management, Maori Advisor | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Shelley Chadwick | Senior Associate | Anderson Lloyd Lawyers | Nationwide | Legal expertise in resource consent, designation, plan and policy processes. Decisions on objections, development contributions, dog control, roads, infrastructure, public works and other RMA/LGA/bylaws/compliance & regulatory matters. Dispute resolution. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Sheryl Roa | Senior Resource Officer | 31 December 2025 | Yes | ||||
| Shirin Brown | Auckland, Coastal Areas | Facilitation, listening, adopting holistic solutions, recognising a diversity of viewpoints (skills). Coastal Areas, understanding Te Ao Maori issues, (Extpretise). | 31 December 2026 | No | |||
| Shirley Hull | Independent Commissioner | Tararua District | Rural/Provincial | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 417 044 |
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| Shirley Trumper | Independent Commissioner | Rotorua | Farming/Rural Communities | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
021 277 1040 |
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| Siani Walker | Resource Management Planner | Bentley and Co Ltd | Auckland and North Island | Planning and Resource Management, Local Government, Resource consents, Open space policy and Open space planning - Reserves Act 1977, Strategic planning, Treaty Settlements, Maori Cultural Heritage, Iwi Governance (including Post Settlement Governance). | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 274 4040 |
| Simeon McLean | Planning Consultant | Reflection Planning | Far North | Land use and subdivision consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 535 8247 |
| Simon Berry | Founding Partner | Berry Simons Environmental Law |
Based in Auckland but practises all over New Zealand, particularly the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions, and Queenstown Lakes. |
Brown and greenfield land development, incl. plan changes, resource consent applications, FTAs – residential, comm’l/MU, digital billboards; Infrastructure (water, wastewater, electricity); Hearing commissioner for > 20 years, many as chair or sole. | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
09 969 2300 / 021 987 095 |
| Simon Coubrough | Principal Compliance Advisor | Environmental Protection Authority | Wellington | Aquatic ecology, marine science, shipping, oil and gas industry, aquaculture, compliance, discharges to water | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 534 3872 |
| Simon Mutonhori | Independent Commissioner | Te Arawa River Trust | Central North Island, Bay of Plenty | Policy planning, agriculture, Te Ao Maori | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Simone Elsmore | Team Leader - Infrastructure Consenting | Far North District Council | 31 December 2027 | No | |||
| Sophia Edmead | Team Leader Consents | Hawke's Bay Regional Council | Hawke's Bay |
RMA consenting under functions of both regional and territorial authorities |
30 June 2029 | No | |
| Sophie Canute | Planner | South Taranaki District Council | South Taranaki | Resource consent planning and urban development | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Sophie McGregor | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Sonja Lister | Consent Planning Team Leader | Auckland Transport | Auckland, Waikato, Hamilton, Northland | Resource consent (land use, subdivision, regional, Fast Track), notice of requirement, infrastructure expertise in roading and 3 Waters, policy planning, environmental compliance, management plan development, kaitiaki monitoring and iwi engagement. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 120 6221 |
| Sonya McCall | Team Leader Environmental Planning | Waka Kotahi | Auckland | Large infrastructure projects, notices of requirement, resource consents | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 521 488 |
| Sonya Nicol | Planning Consultant | Southern Land and Water Planning Ltd | Southland, Otago | Planning: Resource Consents (Regional and District) and Policy and Plan Development | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 50 500 77 |
| Stacey Hikairo | Team Leader: Environmental Planning | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Local Government, District Land Use and Subdivision Resource Consenting. Notice of Requirement | 30 June 2029 | No | |
| Stephanie Bougen | Principal Planning and Policy Consultant | 4Sight Consulting, part of SLR | Planning - District and Regional Resource Consenting (including Designations) | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Stephanie Dijkstra | HSNO Komiti Chair | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Christchurch, Murihiku, Te Waipounamu | Mātauranga taiao, contaminated land, agrichemical use, mahinga kai, environmental policy, mātauranga ki te Kāi Tahu, bicultural design, stormwater design and infrastructure, freshwater ecology, biochemistry, plant cell biology | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 253 1663 |
| Stephanie Mead (Dr) | Independent Commissioner / Barrister | Nationwide | Environmental health law, licensing, resource management, environmental, planning and local government law | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 724 676 |
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| Stephanie Hantler | Development Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Environmental Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Stephanie Styles | Senior Planner | Boffa Miskell Limited | South Island | Statutory Planning and Policy preparation, resource consents, assessment of effects on the environment, plan administration, research and planning studies, expert evidence, public consultation | 31 December 2025 | No |
03 364 4215 |
| Stephen Bigwood | Managing Director / Principal Planner | Bloxam Burnett and Olliver Limited | Waikato and Bay of Plenty |
Statutory Planning and Policy preparation, resource consents, designations, assessment of effects on the environment, plan administration, research and planning studies, expert evidence, public consultation |
30 June 2029 | No |
07 838 0144 |
| Stephen Christensen | Barrister | Project Barrister | Nationwide | Water, energy, infrastructure, industry, mining, aquaculture | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
0274 482 325 |
| Stephen Colson | North Island with emphasis in central North Island regions | Resource Management. National policy instruments, regional and district plans. Focus on infrastructure and natural resource management, including freshwater and geothermal resources and associated collaborative planning processes. Also familiar with resource consents and designations. Qualified Mediator. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 026 98645 |
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| Stephen Daysh | Director | Mitchell Daysh Limited | Nationwide | District and Regional Policy and Plan Instruments, Spatial Planning, Freshwater Planning, EEZ Act Processes, Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation Planning, Renewable Energy Project Planning and Consenting, and all forms of Infrastructure and Industrial Planning and Development | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 246 8595 |
| Stephen Howard | Principal Consents Advisor | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | Community Engagement and Consultation / Resource Management Planning | 31 December 2026 | no |
221690543 |
| Stephen West | Principal Consents Officer | Environment Southland | Southland | Regional council consents: water takes, discharges to water, land and air, coastal permits and activities in river and lake beds. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Steve Abley | Managing Director | Abley Transportation Consultants Limited | Nationwide | Traffic engineering and transport planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Steven Sanson | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Islands Planning [2022] Ltd | Northland (Kaipara District, Far North District, Whangarei District, Northland Regional Councils) & Auckland | Planning - District and Regional Planning - Plan review, changes and resource consents. Te Ao Maori | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 160 6035 |
| Steven Waterhouse | Director/Manager | Independent Planners | Nelson, Queenstown, Coromandel | Regional and District, Urban and rural developments/subdivision. Interests and experience – mini & micro Hydro-electric plants, Solar farms. My particular interests are sustainable energy solutions. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Steven Wilson | Independent Commissioner/Consultant | Maximize Consultancy Limited | Nationwide | Māori, Iwi | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
021 476 645 |
| Stevie-Rae Blair | Kaitohutohu Taiao/Environmental Advisor | Te Ao Marama Inc | Murihiku ki Te Tonga - Southland | Te Ao Māori, Mātauranga Māori | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Stuart Challenger | Civil/Environmental Engineer | Chris J Coll Surveying Limited | West Coast of the South Island | Natural Hazards assessments, soil investigations, design, and construction monitoring of civil infrastructure, onsite wastewater disposal for land development and Stormwater attenuation and disposal for land development | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 231 0913 |
| Sue Bulfield-Johnston | Hearing Facilitator | Marlborough District Council | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Sue Clark | Consultant |
Allegrow Limited |
Bay of Plenty |
Resource consents – regional |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Sue Wells | Director | Sue Wells and Associates | Nationwide, resident in Kapiti | Urban planning, plan review , resource consent, designation, mediation, facilitation, chair, writing, structure plans, training, mentoring | 31 December 2027 | Yes |
027 229 0505 |
| Sukhi Singh | Principal Planner | Babbage Consultants Ltd | Auckland and Nationwide | Planning – Policy formulation, District Plan review process, plan changes (urban/rural areas) and consenting. Specific experience infrastructure planning, airports, hazardous facilities, structure planning, dairy factory development, appeals resolution. | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Summer Salmon | Waikato District Council | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Susan Aitken | Director/Principal Planner | NewCog Ltd | Canterbury, Wellington regions | Planning, resource consents | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Susannah Black | Principal Consent Planner |
Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch |
Regional planning, resource consents. |
30 June 2028 | No |
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| Susannah Tait | Partner / Planner |
Planz Consultants |
Located in Christchurch, but nationwide experience |
RMA plan and policy development. District Plan Reviews. Environmental management/natural resources planning. Strategic/spatial planning. Urban growth and development. Resource consents. |
31 December 2027 | No |
022 451 9252 |
| Susanne Bernsdorf Solly | Senior Planner | WSP New Zealand Limited | Nelson | Regional consents: water takes & management, wastewater treatment and disposal, swing moorings. | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
027 246 4893 |
| Susana Figlioli | Democracy & Governance Administrator | Palmerston North City Council | Palmerston North and Manawatu | Resource management and local government regulatory processes; governance and compliance; legal background | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Suzanne O'Rourke | National Environmental Policy Manager | Fonterra | Primarily Waikato region / nationwide |
Resource management planning, district and regional resource consents, district and regional compliance, policy and plan development and plan change processes. |
31 December 2029 | No | |
| Syed Khurram Iqbal | Senior Project Manager | Napier City Council | Napier | Infrastructure Services, Regional and District planning, policy and consent, Information and communication technology, Industrial Engineering and Environmental | 31 December 2028 | Yes |
021 573 933 |
| Tabitha Manderson | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | Regional and District Resource Consents, Land Management, Nutrient Management, Rural Land Use | 31 December 2029 | No | ||
| Tamai Sinclair | Independent Commissioner | Te Waipounamu | Iwi/Rūnanga/hapū/whānau Relationship Manager, Matauranga Māori understanding of biological sciences relating to the environment and knowledge of Ngai Tahu rohe landscapes. Working knowledge of papakāinga and district planning. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 432 3433 |
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| Tamaki Mercer | Trustee / Director | Ngati Whatua o Kaipara | Tai Tokerau. Northern Auckland; Tamaki Makaurau; Kaipara Harbour and environs; Hauraki Gulf; Thames/Coromandel | Takutai Moana-Marine and Coastal areas. Environmental. Water discharges (waste,storm) Water quality. Forestry, ecology. Waste management. Landfills. Scientific applications. Cleanfills. Managed fills. Earthworks. Tangata whenua engagement. Cultural Impacts. Waahi Tapu Sites (Sites of significance). Regeneration, Taiao environmental. Native planting restorations. Iwi community consultation/ engagement/Mediation. | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 282 0470 |
| Tamil Dyer | Development Planning Manager | Thames-Coromandel District Council | Waikato Region | 30 June 2027 | No | ||
| Tammy Deans | Director |
Spring Resource Management Ltd |
Auckland/Waikato |
Resource Management Planning including resource consents and Plan changes for Regional and District Councils. Specific areas of expertise freshwater management and farm systems. |
31 December 2027 | No |
024 765 5873 |
| Tāne Houston | Director | Te Ritenga Industries | Nationwide | Environmental, Te Ao Māori, Critical expertise, Strategic planning | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 256 2199 |
| Tania Diack | Parks Policy Planner | Napier City Council | Hawkes Bay | Regional and District Planning - consenting and monitoring | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Tania Hopmans | Toihau/Chair | Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust (a post settlement governance entity based in Hawke’s Bay) | Te Matua a Māui Hawkes Bay | Governance of Post Settlement Governance Entity and related projects including listing of wāhi taonga in district plan, review of resource consents and cultural impact assessments, 10 years as a governor (and current Co-Chair) of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's regional planning committee | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 927 417 |
| Tania Turner | Environmental Manager | Ngāti Whakahemo | Pukehina, Western Bay of Plenty | Environmental Manager | 31 December 2026 | No |
0204 137 4781 |
| Tanya Sorrell | Senior Analyst | Ministry for the Environment | Auckland | Built and Cultural Heritage | 31 December 2026 | No |
212342266 |
| Tanya Stevens | Senior Planner | Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu | Nationwide particularly top of the North Island, Canterbury and Marlborough | Planning and resource management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Te Ao Maori | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Tara Hills | Senior Traffic Engineer | Direction Traffic Design Ltd | Nationwide | Traffic and transportation | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 510 4953 |
| Taria Tahana | Head of Sustainability |
Contact Energy |
Taupo |
Solid understanding of Māori communities, central government, NGOs and corporates from grassroots to governance and practical to policy. Business Management degree and 30 years business experience - resource management, resource consents, policy planning, regional planning, Māori Resource Management, Cultural Values/Impact Assessment, Treaty Settlements, and Community Engagement. | 30 June 2027 | No |
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| Tarryn Ryan | Self Employed | Christchurch and Southland | I am a māmā, historian, researcher/writer and te reo Māori; kaiako.I don't work in any governance roles, however, I am tangata whenua and feel a deep sense of responsibility for Papatuānuku and Aotearoa. | 30 June 2027 | No |
022 388 7120 |
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| Tasha Hohaia | Independent Commissioner | Northland and Auckland |
Legal & Governance; Planning and policy development; Te Ao Māori/ Mātauranga-ā-hapu/iwi relationships; protocols; Aquaculture |
31 December 2027 | No |
021 033 4724 |
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| Taunu Manihera | Director/Planner |
TMRP Limited |
Nationwide and with significant experience within the Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Tairawhiti Regions (Tauranga based professional) |
Maori Resource Management Planner with 20 years of experience in District Plans and Policy, Strategic Planning, Land Development, Landuse Resource Consents, Subdivision Resource Consents, and Discharge Resource Consents. I whakapapa to Tainui, Ngati Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi and Nga Potiki |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 555 8162 |
| Tavisha Fernando | Team Leader Consents Planning | Environment Canterbury |
Canterbury Region |
Regional Consenting, Plan/Policy processes and administration |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 252 9062 |
| Tawhana Ball (Dr) | Independent Commissioner |
Nationwide |
Law/LLB, LLM, LLD |
31 December 2027 | No |
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| Tazmyn Katene-Ashford | Taiao Planner | Te Korowai ō Ngāruahine | Hawera, Taranaki | Māori Studies, Māori Resource Management, Criminology | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Te Haana Jacob | Pouārahi |
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga |
Tauranga, Waiariki |
Te Ao Māori/Mātauranga Māori relationships, connection and tikanga, New Zealand Heritage. |
30 June 2028 | No |
021 258 3761 |
| Te Huia Taylor | Director | Paakaurua Consultants Limited | Auckland | Maatauranga Maori based project management, te reo Maaori, maatauranga Maaori in environmental projects, enabling manawhenua partnership in projects | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Te Kopa King | Manga Waitawhiriwhiri Kaitiaki Founder and Manager | Manga Waitawhiriwhiri Kaitiaki, No Nga Uri o Ngamurikaitaua | Hamilton, Waikato | Tikanga Māori , Whakapapa, Historian, Landscape and Heritage Restoration, Rongoa Māori , Maramataka Māori | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 303 3519 |
| Te Makarini Mapu |
Environmental Advisor |
Waikato Tainui |
Hamilton |
Environmental Planning and Policy Advisor |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 768 0212 |
| Te Moananui Rameka |
Data & Ai Manager, Advisor Data & Ai |
Te Kotahitanga o Ngati Tuwharetoa; Taniwha Technology Limited; Waipahihi Marae Trust; Ngati Hinerau & Ngati Hineure |
Taupo |
Policy and Planning; Māori Relationship and Engagement Strategies/Plans; Iwi Management Plans; Preparation of tools to recognise matauranga Māori in monitoring, policy development and procurement. Whānau, Hapū and Iwi Engagement |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 286 6262 |
| Te Reinga Patu | Policy Advisor |
Waikato-Tainui |
Hamilton |
Iwi/maaori resource management |
30 June 2027 | No |
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| Te Rua Wallace | Environmental Planner |
Iarau Ltd |
Rotorua, Matatā, Whakatāne, Minginui, Murupara, Whanganui |
Iwi / Māori Resource Management; Planning, Iwi Management Plans, Spatial Planning and policy development; Resource Consents; Māori engagement and mātauranga Māori; Waste Minimisation. |
31 December 2027 | No | |
| Tepara Jennings | Kaitiaki & Beneficiary | Te Whanau ā Rangiwhakaahu Hapū | Tai Tokerau, Whangarei including Coastal and Islands | Mana whenua, Kaitiakitanga, Tikanga, Te ao Māori consultant, Mana Moana, Leadership, Environment (local to Matapouri and surrounding areas. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 437 8317 |
| Terence Boylan | Planner | Invercargill City Council | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |||
| Terence Tata | Kaiarataki mō te Taiao/Environmental Group Team Leader |
Ngāti Ranginui Iwi Society Inc. |
Tauranga |
I have recently graduated from the Waikato University with a BSC in Ecology and Biodiversity. I am currently employed by the Iwi to build the capability and capacity of hapū to participate in and make decisions in the management of the freshwater resource.
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30 June 2027 | No |
021 0883 6402 |
| Terry Calmeyer | Associate Director | Enspire Consulting Limited | Nationwide |
Environmental Impact Assessment, Statutory planning and resource consents, Environmental Management, EEZ |
30 June 2029 | No |
022 318 7577 |
| Tess Drewitt | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd |
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30 June 2027 | No |
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| Tessa Craig | Development Planning Team Leader | Auckland Transport | Auckland |
Resource Consents, Transport
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31 December 2027 | No |
020 401 45593 |
| Theresa Burkhardt | RMA Technical Advisor | Ngā- Kurī Trust Board | Te Hiku / Far North | Resource management policy planning, district plan policy and plan development and review. Whenua Māori and Treaty Se6lement Land development. Te Oneroa a Tohe Beach Board technical support. | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 672 807 |
| Theresa Thornton | Trustee | Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust | Hawkes Bay | 31 December 2026 | No | ||
| Thompson Hokianga | Cultural Advisor / Environmental Expert / Indigenous Researcher | Haukūnui Solutions, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa | Hawkes Bay | Gazetted Kaitiaki /Customary Authority ( MPI), Customary Fresh Water Management, Mātauranga Māori Expert, Fluent in Te Reo Māori, Masters of Māori & Indigenous Leadership with Distinction at University of Canterbury. Experienced Iwi Māori Governor, Hawkes Bay Regional Councillor 2022 | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 253 7717 |
| Tiana Edwards | RMA Analyst |
Mana Ahuriri Trust |
Hawkes Bay |
Iwi /Hapū resource and taiao management undertaking works with consents, plan and processes. Support ngā whitu hapū o Ahuriri to be kaitiaki of their wāhi taonga. |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 913 2724 |
| Tim Baker | Principal Consultant |
SLR Consulting New Zealand Limited |
Wellington / Nationwide |
Groundwater, Water Resource Management, Water Quality, Land Contamination, Discharges to Land |
31 December 2026 | No |
021 817 186 |
| Tim Davie (Dr) | Director of Science | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch |
Science integration into policy; hydrology, land use impacts on water quality, resource management science; integrated catchment management |
31 December 2028 | No | |
| Tim Harris | Group Manager Development and Growth | Selwyn District Council | Christchurch | RMA Hearings, particularly experience in Proposed District Plan Hearings; Local Government Act processes; Strategic Planning | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 345 6116 |
| Tim Hegarty | Principal Planner | Jacobs New Zealand Limited | Nationwide with a focus on the Auckland and Canterbury regions | Planning, including resource consents, notices of requirement, strategic planning and policy development. Specific expertise in infrastructure (3 Waters, Transport, Coastal) and resource extraction. Fast track consenting. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Tim Manukau | Co-Director - Mātauranga Māori | Waikato University | Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty |
Resource management planning, tangata whenua engagement, treaty settlement negotiations, relationship development, Mātauranga Māori |
30 June 2026 | No |
021 546 310 |
| Tim Vial | Senior Planner | Aukaha | South Island |
Resource management, local and regional planning; Resource consents; Iwi Māori engagement and relationships; Te Ao Māori; Freshwater planning and Te Mana o te Wai; Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu engagement and resource management. |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 584 690 |
| Tim Walsh | Senior Planner | Novo Group Ltd | South Island |
My experience covers a wide range of planning matters including (but |
31 December 2026 | No |
027 267 0000 |
| Tina Latimer | Te Paatu ki Kauhanga Trust |
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31 December 2026 | No |
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| Tina Nixon | Independent Commissioner | Wairarapa/Southland |
Economic Development, Member of Institute of Directors, Director/Trustee of 2 Maori organisations ( Southland) both with a conservation tourism focus. Variety of Maori Governance Experience |
31 December 2028 | No |
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| Tina Warnock | Principal RMA Advisor | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato Region |
Regional consent application processing under the Resource Management Act |
31 December 2026 | No |
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| Titus Smith | Technical Director | Riley Consultants Limited | Nationwide, based in Christchurch | Dams, Stopbanks, Geotechnical Engineering | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Tom Anderson | Director/Principal Planner | Incite | Nationwide, based in Wellington |
Resource Consent, Notice of Requirements and Policy Planning |
30 June 2029 | No |
027 231 0246 |
| Tom Carter | Landscape architect /Landscape planner | Tasman Carter Ltd | Kaikoura, Marlborough, West Coast, Tasman, Nelson, Nationwide. | Landscape, amenity, natural character. ONL, ONF and ONC. Policy analysis, assessment of effects, research, public engagement. Subdivision, aquaculture, coastal structures, mining, quarrying, hydrogeneration, infrastructure. | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Tom Scott | Principal Strategy Advisor - Tuia |
Environment Canterbury |
Te Waipounamu; Canterbury |
Resource Management; Iwi/Māori Relationships; Land Use; Agricultural Activities; Conservation; Tourism Development; Forestry; Mining. |
30 June 2028 | No |
021 228 9387 |
| Tom Watts | Urban Designer/Landscape Architect | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga |
Experienced in urban design, planning and landscape architecture (NZILA registered), across a range of development projects in New Zealand, Perth WA and London UK. With a specific focus in master planning, subdivision design, landscape and urban design assessment. |
30 June 2027 | No |
022 157 9197 |
| Tommy Lai | Team Leader – Resource Consent |
Auckland Council |
Auckland |
Planning and Resource Management, Resource Consents including major infrastructure, stormwater and wastewater discharges, freshwater, wetlands, urban and rural subdivision, land development, rural land use and multi-unit housing. |
31 December 2027 | No |
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| Thomas Lord | Te Kanohi |
Waipā District Council |
Waipā District |
Iwi Representative on Waipā District Council Regulatory Committee |
30 June 2027 | No | |
| Tony Petch (Dr) | Director | Tony Petch Consulting Ltd | Waikato/Nationwide | Land and water management, land use impacts on water, agri-environmental interactions, nutrient management, integrated catchment management, water abstraction, ground water, flood management, regional planning. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 333 776 |
| Tony Quickfall | Nationwide (Waikato based) | Planning: Urban, district, regional and coastal; land development; tourism; aviation; infrastructure; resource consents and plan changes | 31 December 2026 | No |
212457286 |
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| Tracey Gray | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2028 | No | ||||
| Tracie Dean-Speirs | Waikato but has worked extensively in national roles across the North Island and New Zealand. | Resource Management processes; Freshwater ecology - lakes, wetlands, freshwater fish, fish passage, Biodiversity and water quality, Integrated land and water (catchment) management, Resource Management and conservation legislation, policy and planning, Partnerships and stakeholder management | 31 December 2028 | No |
021 991 347 |
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| Tracy Berghan | Owner Integration Lead, Riverlink | Greater Wellington Regional Council | Wellington | Planning and Policy development particularly in operational areas of Council; National Hazards; Flood Risk Management; Co-design and development; Consultation | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Tracy Ogden-Cork | Director | Motu Design Ltd | Auckland | Urban Design | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Tramaine Murray | Environmental Manager |
Te Nehenehenui Trust |
Waikato |
Iwi/Maori Environmental / Resource Management |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 134 6758 |
| Treena Davidson | Senior Environmental Policy Advisor | Aoraki Environmental Consultancy | Nationwide based in Christchurch | Resource management, regional and local policy and plan development with a focus on rural matters | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 242 3798 |
| Trevor J. Shiels QC | Independent Commissioner | Trevor J. Shiels QC, Barrister | Nationwide | Very experienced RMA lawyer and Panel Chair | 30 June 2026 | Yes | |
| Trevor Mackie | Planner | Auckland | Urban Planning, Built Environment Planning, Urban Design | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 601 5725 |
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| Trevor Robinson | Independent Commissioner | Trevor Robinson - Barrister | Nationwide | RMA Law and Practice, Chair of Hearing Panels, experience and expertise in large complex resource consent proposals and plans. | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
027 446 8644 |
| Trish Nuku | Te Takawaenga | Te Manaaki Taiao - Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga | Heretaunga - Hastings/Hawkes Bay | After education, I excelled in entrepreneurship for 15 years, specializing in organic products. Certified in cookery and apiculture, I championed environmental causes, addressing horticultural spray concerns. Engaging with local authorities, I now lead in environmental processes, including RMA consents and cultural assessments. Serving on various boards, I contribute to cultural preservation and river safeguarding. As a Maori GPI graduate, I integrate indigenous perspectives into assessments. My unique background positions me at the intersection of environmental concerns, cultural preservation, and community wellbeing, notably in Marae and Hapu development. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 3615428 |
| Tristan Reynard | Independent Commissioner | TKR Consultants Ltd | Nationwide, based in Wellington | Coasts and Port Infrastructure, Public and Private Sector Infrastructure, Municipal Engineering (Three Waters), Stormwater and Flood Protection | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Troy Brockbank | Te Mana o Te Wai Lead |
Beca |
Aotearoa New Zealand / Nationwide / Te Tai Tokerau Northland, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland |
Mātauranga & Indigenous knowledge; Tangata Whenua engagement; Te Mana o te Wai; Mauri; Civil & Environmental Engineering; 3 waters - Stormwater, Wastewater, Drinking Water; freshwater management; Taiao Environmental management; Iwi/Hapū resource management; Te Ao Māori; wetland; flood management |
30 June 2026 | No |
021 394 071 |
| Troy Urlich | Director | T M Urlich Law / TA Ngatote Legal | Waikato | Barrister and solicitor, practicing predominantly in environmental law and the Treaty space. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 261 6694 |
| Trudie Hurst | Group Manager - Customer & Environment | Invercargill City Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Trudy Allen | Director | Ahikaa Matakairiri Limited | Tai Tokerau/Te Hiku | Te Tiriti o Waitangi; Māori world view within Te Ao Māori of tikanga; principles and values | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 269 9319 |
| Tui Qauqau Te Paa | Trustee | Te Runanga o Te Rarawa | Northland, Nationwide | A particular interest in: Resource Management Policy and Planning - District and Regional, Resource Consents, Tangata whenua engagement, Treaty Settlement negotiations, Relationship Development, Māori Resource Management and Conservation. | 31 December 2028 | No |
027 308 5986 |
| Urlwyn Trebilco | Principal Policy Advisor | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato Region | Environmental Planning and Policy | 31 December 2028 | No | |
| Vanessa Hamm | Partner | Holland Beckett Law | Nationwide | Resource management lawyer (full range) | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 452 2343 |
| Vanessa Scott | Principle Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | Rural and urban environments, Canterbury based. | Air Quality, Land Use, Consents Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Vanessa Wilkinson | Consultant Planner | Scott Wilkinson Planning | Nationwide | Planning and resource management, regional and district planning, resource consenting, policy and plan development and plan changes | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
09 354 4166 |
| Vaughan Smith | Resource Management Consultant / Director | Vaughan Smith Planning Ltd | Nationwide, with a focus on the Upper North Island |
Planning and resource management – plan changes, resource consents and notices of requirement. Dual qualifications and experience in planning and civil engineering. |
31 December 2029 | No |
021 378 827 |
| Vaughan van Noorden | Team Leader - Consents Planning | Environment Canterbury | Ōtautahi Christchurch | Consents Planning: Wastewater, Forestry, Contaminated Land, Earthworks. Policy Planning: Forestry | 31 December 2026 | No |
272168542 |
| Veronica Baldwin | South Island | Planning, Resource Management Policy and Planning – district and regional, Resource Consents, Iwi Māori Engagement and relationships, Treaty obligations under legislation, particular resource management and conservation | 31 December 2029 | No |
027 419 1964 |
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| Vicki Morrison-Shaw | Rōia Tūtahi Taiao | Environmental Barrister | Aotearoa | Nationwide | Law including Resource Management, Local Government, Environmental, Marine and Coastal and Māori Land | 30 June 2029 | Yes |
027 572 0883 |
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| Victoria Araba | Director, Assets | Stratford District Council | Taranaki | Planning - Resource and environmental; Policy and Strategic. Engineering - Asset Management, Transportation Policy and Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Victoria del la Varis-Woodcock | Independent Commissioner | Politics: Gender & Development, Sustainable Development | 31 December 2026 | No | |||
| Victoria Watt | Senior Planner | Environment Canterbury |
Canterbury |
Analysis and strategic planning of resource management policies, development and review of regional policy statements/plans and district plans, as well as plan changes and variations. | 30 June 2028 | No |
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| Victoria Woodbridge | Senior Planner | The Property Group | Nelson Tasman - Top of the South Island | Wide range of policy and resource consent expertise focusing primarily on housing and growth, including greenfield and infill development and coastal development. Providing expert evidence for policy and resource consent hearings for a wide range of developments and policy provisions. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 210 2600 |
| Vishal Chandra | Principal Planner & Independent Commissioner | vUrbs Planning Services Limited | Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Northland, Otago, Southland and Waikato | Resource Consents (ss 9 to 15 of the RMA 1991); Notice of Requirement (Transport, Three Waters, Education and Utilities); District Plan Development and Plan Changes (Private and Council); Objections (s357 of the RMA 1991); and Pacifika Planning. | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
027 886 4181 |
| Viv Beazley |
Independent Commissioner |
Te Tai Tokerau |
Tikanga Maori/Te Ao Maori, Whanau/hapu/Iwi Relationship Management/Engagement, Cultural Impact Assessments, Strategic Planning and Policy Development, Governance and Leadership |
30 June 2027 | No |
027 318 9408 |
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| Wade Hill | Consents Team Leader | Waikato District council | Waikato Region and Canterbury Region | Regional consent application processing under the Resource Management Act | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 216 4914 |
| Warrick Zander | Executive Manager- Regulatory & Customer Services | Ruapehu District Council | Central North Island | Senior management of local government regulatory services. (I will not be available to actively work as a Hearings Commissioner) | 31 December 2026 | No |
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| Wayne Donovan (Dr) | Director | Bio Ltd | Auckland | Aquatic Ecology; Environmental Impact Assessment; Water Quality and Quantity; Freshwater Fisheries; Aquatic Ecological Monitoring and Management Plans; Expert Witness and Peer Review | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 278 7660 |
| Wendy Baker | Independent Commissioner, Resource Management Consultant and Consents Planner | Wendy Baker Planning | Queenstown Lakes District and Christchurch; nationwide Hearings Commissioner | Territorial Authority Resource Consents | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 184 3309 |
| Wendy Baverstock | Director/Principal Planner | Isle Land Limited | Based on Waiheke Island, Auckland; Queenstown Lakes District; can work nationwide | Extensive background in coastal, residential, rural lifestyle, notably unreticulated sites in high amenity landscapes. Specific experience in tourism activities, wineries, function facilities, coastal structures, acoustic effects eg helipads. Master planning, subdivision incl ecological protection and unit titles. Planning, resource management/consents, policy advice. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 220 2203 |
| Wendy Saunders | Principal Advisor, Risk Reduction & Resilience | EQC Toka Tū Ake | Nationwide | Principal Advisor and the Champion of Land Use Planning at EQC Toka Tū Ake. PhD in risk-based land use planning for natural hazard risk reduction, and is a full member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 278 5607 |
| Werner Murray | Senior Planner | The Property Group | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Whitney Peat | Senior Resource Planner | Far North District Council | Far North District | Planning and resource management at regional and district levels, including subdivision and land use activities | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Whitney Rakich | 31 December 2027 | No | |||||
| Wikitōria Tāne | Iwi Advisor & Iwi Consultant |
Manukarere Ltd & Trust Waiwaiā Ltd |
Nationwide | Whānau/Hapū/Iwi Relationships, Manawhenua & Iwi/Council Planning, Environmental Project Management, RMA in relation to Iwi, Mātauranga Māori, Kaitiaki. | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 712 1322 |
| Yolanda Morgan | Team Leader Open Space Planning | Kapiti Coast District Council | North Island | Resource consents (landuse and subdivision), hydrology and stormwater, natural hazards, reserve contributions | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 0270 9067 |
| Yvette Couch-Lewis | Independent Commissioner | AspxZ Limited | National | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Yvette Shirley | Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Whakatane | Resource consent planning at both regional and district council level, and transport planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Yvonne Pfluger | Associate Partner Landscape Planner | Boffa Miskell Ltd | South Island, in particular Canterbury, Otago, Southland and West Coast | Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments, Territorial Landscape and Coastal Natural Character Studies, Riverscape and Flow Assessments (incl natural character), Landscape Management Plans, Spatial Planning, Policy Advice for Plan reviews relating to these. | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 600 4679 |
| Zella Smith | Environment Canterbury | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Zoe McCormack | Resource Management Planner | Landpro Ltd | Otago and Southland | Resource Management Planning | 31 December 2025 |
No |