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 | |
| Aimee McGregor | PMO (Project Management Office) Manager | Rotorua Lakes Council | Rotorua Lakes Area | Water quality and a general breadth of perspective from education BE(Civil) BCom(Economics) and experience: private & public sector; strategy development, marketing, capital projects and planning policy. | 31 December 2024 | No |
021 482 453 |
| Ajay Desai | Principal Engineer/Director | Watres Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Three Waters Infrastructure, Catchment Planning, Civil Design | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 960 430 |
| 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 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 Leith | Director / Planner | Remarkable Planning Limited | Queenstown | Planning and resource management, Resource consents, Policy and plan development, Notice of requirements / designations. | 31 December 2024 | No |
021 621 759 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Brabant | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | 31 December 2024 | No | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Andrea Halloran | Associate | Pitt and Moore Solicitors Ltd | Nationwide | Law, Dispute Resolution | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Andrew Bashford | Director / Principal Planner | Evergreen Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Planning and forestry. District and regional planning. Resource consents, consent reviews, designations, plan and policy development and plan changes | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| 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 MacPherson | Consultant | Waikato Region |
Biological and Chemical Sciences and a general breadth of perspective from being a former Waikato Regional Councillor, having sat on several boards (Private and Public Sector) and having practised as a large animal veterinary surgeon along with my academic qualifications BVSc and MBA (dist). My interest is private & public sector organisations along with strategy, marketing, agribusiness, and commercialisation of good science. |
31 December 2024 | No |
021 932 624 |
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| 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 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 | Team Leader Marine, Air and Land Science | Independent Commissioner | 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 2024 | 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 | Consultant | Director / Consultant / Commissioner | Waikato, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki | Maori Resource Management, Cultural Heritage Management, Cultural Values/Impact Assessment, Treaty Settlements and Planning, Community Engagement. | 31 December 2024 | 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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| 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 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 | 31 December 2024 | No | |||||
| 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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| 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 | |
| Brandon Baillie | Senior Resource Consents Planner | Central Hawke’s Bay District Council | Central Hawke’s Bay (Waipukurau, Waipawa and surrounds) | Resource consent processing and compliance | 31 December 2024 | 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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| 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 |
| 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 | Manager Policy and Planning | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Napier/Hawkes Bay | Resource Management Policy Planning | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 278 4371 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Planning Consultant | Lane Associates Limited | Auckland, Whangarei, Hamilton. Available Nationwide. | Planning and resource management; resource consents, policy planning, and urban land use and development. | 31 December 2024 | 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 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 resource management, policy and plan development, resource consents, Notice of Requirement /designation, infrastructure, emerging technologies, digital planning tools, artificial intelligence in RM | 31 December 2024 | 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 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 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 Decenber 2025 | No |
09 306 0748 |
| 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 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 Marshall | 31 December 2024 | Yes | |||||
| 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 2024 | No | |
| 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 Natural Hazards Scientist | Jacobs | Nationwide | Coastal processes, coastal hazards, (erosion, inundation, sea level rise) | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| 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 | ||||
| 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 2024 | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
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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 |
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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 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 | Nationwide | Resource management, local and regional planning, policy and plan development. Resource consents. Te Ao Maori, Freshwater and Chair of Hearing Panels. | 31 December 2024 | 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 July 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 trader | Atkins Law | Auckland (but available nationwide) | Legal - local government, environment and public law. Experienced decision-making commissioner including as Chair | 31 December 2024 | 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 2024 | 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 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 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 | ||
| 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 Carstens | 31 December 2024 | No | |||||
| Ian Goldschmidt | Independent Commissioner | National | Large scale industrial/major infrastructure developments, Design and operational understanding of wastewater treatment plants, nutrient management for land systems, land contamination, stormwater treatment and design, water take and discharges to air (gas, coal and particulate). | 31 December 2024 | No |
027 274 2809 |
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| 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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| Isolina Waghorn |
Hearings Officer (Planning) |
Environment Canterbury |
Christchurch |
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31 December 2027 | No |
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| Iván Eiroa Santamarina |
Director: Urban Planner, Urban Designer and Registered Architect. |
Urbanhub Aotearoa | Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington / Greater Wellington and Wairarapa, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Ōtautahi Christchurch. All Aotearoa. |
RMA Planning, Urban Design and Architecture:Planning and Resource Management, District & Regional planning, Land use and Transport Integration, Urban development, Urban design, Spatial Planning, Special Character, Built and Cultural heritage, Building Conservation and Architecture. |
31 December 2024 | No |
021 0838 6636 |
| 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 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 |