Certificate holders - non-local body elected members
This page lists Making Good Decisions certificate holders who are non-local body elected members.
- Certificates 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.
- The chairing endorsement column records those who, in attaining re-certification, have successfully demonstrated the competencies for chairing required by 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 | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 2024 | No |
027 297 2724 |
| Aidan Prebble | Lawyer | Community Law Canterbury | Christchurch | Resource management, local government and public law. Resource consent applications, notices of requirement, private and council plan change requests | 31 December 2027 | Yes |
027 722 7223 |
| 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 |
| Alan Catchpole | Principal Planner | NZ Transport Agency | Southern North Island | Resource Management issues affecting infrastructure development and resulting effects on the environment | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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. | 31 December 2024 | No |
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 | Independent Commissioner | Alandale Associates | Nationwide from bases in Bay of Plenty, Wairarapa and Queenstown. | Commissioner and facilitator, fulfilling chair, panel and sole adjudication and mediation assignments. | 31 December 2024 | Yes |
021 739 529 |
| Alana Standish | Resource Consents Team Leader | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Queenstown | Resource Management Planning | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| 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 | Transportation Engineer | Gray Matter Ltd | Waikato Region | Traffic engineering and transportation planning | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| 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 | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |||
| Alex Gardner | Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | 30 June 2024 | 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 Balme | Partner | Wynn Williams | Nationwide | Legal – resource management and local government including Reserves Act matters | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| 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 |
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Alison Cooper |
Consents Planning - Hearings |
Canterbury Regional Council |
Canterbury | 30 June 2024 | No | ||
| 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 and contaminated land. Environmental policy and planning advice. | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Alistair Aburn | Independent Commissioner | Urban Perspectives Limited | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
| Amber Buckley | Tauranga City Council | 30 June 2024 | 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 | Regional Consents Manager | Waikato Regional Council | Hamilton | RMA, regional consents, coastal, biodiversity | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Amy Spurdle | Tauranga City Council | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| 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 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 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 - Independent Commissioner | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental Science specialising in Air Quality Issues | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 | |
| Andrew Henderson | Principal Planner | Jacobs | South Island | District and Regional Planning | 30 June 2024 | 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 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 | ||
| Ange Paget | Community Ranger, Kaitiaki, Āo Hāpori | Department of Conservation | Central Plateau and Rotorua | Statutory Processes | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Angela Fenemor | Resource Management Consultant | Incite | Nationwide | Planning - Freshwater management, regional policy development, regional consenting | 31 December 2024 | 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 | Senior Planner | The Property Group Limited - Wellington Office | Wellington | Planning | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Angela McFlynn | Director/Consultant Planner | McFlynn Surveying & Planning | Hawkes Bay | District Planning, Resource Consents | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Ann Nicholas | Planning Consultant | Sigma Consultants Limited | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| Ann Rodgers | Planning Manager/Independent Commissioner | Mackenzie District Council | Nationwide, based in Central Otago | Resource Management, Local Government, policy and plan development, resource consents. | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Anne Bradbury | Napier City Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| 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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Annie Reed |
Team Leader Subdivision |
Tasman District Council |
30 June 2024 | No | |||
| Apiata Tapine | Independent Commissioner | Napier | 31 December 2023 | 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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| 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 |
| Asher Davidson | Barrister | Auckland | Legal | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 213 0538 |
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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 | ||||
| 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 2024 | 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 Gilchrist | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2023 | No | ||||
| Barbara Mead | Senior Associate | Sharp Tudhope Lawyers | Tauranga | RMA Solicitor | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
07 928 0773 027 510 0199 |
| 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 Kaye | Independent Commissioner | Barry Kaye Associates Limited | Nationwide | Planning, coastal, rural issues, subdivisions, major projects | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| Barry Mosley | Principal | BKM Consulting & Babbich Consultants Ltd | Auckland, Taranaki, Northland, Gisborne | Planning and Resource Management | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
022 010 6429 |
| Basil J Morrison CNZM JP | Independent Commissioner | Basil J Morrison and Associates Limited | 30 June 2024 | No | |||
| 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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| Beverley James | Researcher | Public Policy and Research | Social impact assessment. Housing | 31 December 2025 | No | ||
| Bianca Sullivan | Independent Commissioner | Enviser Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental planning, water resource management, coastal & marine developments | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Brenda Baillie | Policy Specialist | Northland Regional Council | 30 June 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 2023 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 2024 | No |
021 685 809 |
| Bronwyn Faulkner | Senior Principal | Boffa Miskell Limited | Nationwide | Landscape planning and design, rural and coastal assessment, landscape and visual effects assessment | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 2023 | No | ||
| Brooke Loader | Director | Loader Legal Limited | Auckland, Nothland | Resource management lead on Henderson-Massey Local Board, practicing Barrister and Solicitor in Māori issues advocacy and environmental issues, governance experience | 30 June 2024 | No |
022 025 0436 |
| Bruce Graham | Independent Commissioner | Graham Environmental Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Air quality, Environmental science, hazardous substances | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Bryan Bates | Consultant | Cirrus Associates Limited | Nationwide | Water resource management, Wastewater, Dams Stormwater, Coastal, General resource management | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Bryce Phillipson | Senior Environmental Engineer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Resource consent processing and decision making | 30 June 2024 | 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 |
| Caleb Sutton | Environmental Consents Manager | Hastings District Council | Auckland – Hauraki Gulf Islands Hastings District |
Experienced resource consents planner with over 15 years in both consent and policy roles for local government |
30 June 2024 | No | |
| Callum Beattie | Kaitātari Kaupapa Here | Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust | Hawkes Bay | Lawyer | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 223 6016 |
| 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 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 |
| Camilla Owen | Lawyer | 31 December 2023 | Yes | ||||
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | Cheal Consultants | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Chanti Boyle | Intermediate Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Resource consent processing and decision making | 30 June 2024 | 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 |
| Chelsea Terei | Director | Tukau Law | Te Taitokerau, Auckland | Maori Crown Relations, Waitangi Tribunal, Maori Land Court | 31 December 2023 | 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 | Nationwide, based in Waikato | All aspects of resource management planning, including district and regional resource consents, policy and plan preparation and reviews, plan changes, and notices of requirement. | 30 June 2024 | No |
020 4019 5688 |
| Chloe Trenouth | Director | Hill Young Cooper Limited | Auckland, Waikato, Northland and Bay of Plenty | District plans; regional policy statements; designations; resource consents; stormwater; Māori planning; growth management; Housing development; Industrial site development; and Transport infrastructure. | 31 December 2023 | No |
022 614 7605 |
| Chris Dawson | Senior Planner | Bloxam Burnett and Olliver Limited | Waikato/Bay of Plenty | Land development, rural and urban subdivision, structure planning, wind farms, quarries, large infrastructure projects, heritage buildings. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| 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 |
| Christin Atchinson | Resource Officer | Waikato Regional Council | Coastal | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Christine Coste | Principal/Planner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Auckland | Planning | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Christine Foster | Independent Commissioner | CF Consulting Services Ltd | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |||
| 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 | Principal Planner | Auckland Council | Auckland, Bay of Plenty | All RMA Planning | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Chloe Roper | Environmental Monitoring Officer: Noise & Vibration Specialist | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Noise & Vibration monitoring and advice | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 589 986 |
| 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 Gibb | Ministry for the Environment | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| 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 Hamilton |
Team Leader: Development Engineering (Environmental Planning) |
Tauranga City Council | Tauranga and Selwyn |
Engineering aspects developments including service connections, network capacities, upgrading of infrastructure, natural hazards and how these tie back to RMA/ City and District Plans. |
30 June 2024 | No | |
| Clare Lenihan | Environmental and Public Law Barrister | Clare Lenihan Barrister | Southland and Otago but able to travel | Lawyer, Resource Manasgement, planning, conservation, consents, plans | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 577 6823 |
| Clare Sinnott | Barrister and Solicitor | MinterEllisonRuddWatts | Law and Infrastructure | 30 June 2024 | No | ||
| Clive Anstey | Landscape and Resource Planner | Landscape Planning and design, forestry and ecology | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
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Cole Burmester |
Waste Planning Manager |
Tauranga City Council |
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Thames-Coromandel |
Planning, Resource Consents, Urban Development, Natural Hazards, Coastal Environment, Waste Infrastructure, Landfills, Resource Recovery Parks |
30 June 2024 | No | |
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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 |
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Colin Weatherall Qsm / JP |
Independent Commissioner / Mediator | Self | South Island | Commissioner & Facilitator, Experienced Chair - panel and sole, All RMA Matters and mediation assignments. | 30 June 2024 | Yes |
021 717 070 |
| 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 | |
| Daina-Jane Cunningham |
Consents Planner |
Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
Hamilton, Waikato, Otorohanga, Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty, Whakatāne. Bay of Plenty Regional and Waikato Regional. |
Environmental management, science and consent planning. Māori natural resources management (whenua). |
30 June 2024 | 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 Smith | Environmental Planning Manager | Tauranga City Council | Bay of Plenty | Resource Management Planning | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Daniel Tingey | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2023 | No | ||||
| Daniel Williams | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | 30 years Planning and Land Development experience including small and large scale residential and commercial development. Feasibility, planning, design, construction and compliance of projects | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 484 6477 |
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| Danielle 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 | |
| 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 Black | Tauranga City Council | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 Clendon | Far North District Council | Northland, Auckland | B.A (Politics & Education) Auckland Uni. MSc (Hons) Resource Management, Lincoln Uni. Programme Director, Bachelor Resource Management, Unitec (ecosystem management, environmental economics). Sustainable Business Adviser. Member of Parliament 2009 - 2017 | 31 December 2023 | No |
021 682 580 |
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| David Allen | Special Counsel | Buddle Findlay | Wellington | Law | 30 June 2025 | Yes | |
| David Bridges | Independent Commissioner | Kaiuru Consulting Limited | Nationwide | Water Resource Engineering, Municipal Engineering, Public and Private Sector Infrastructure, Stormwater and Flood Protection, Rivers Engineering and Land Development. | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| David Caldwell | Barrister | Bridgeside Chambers | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| David Campbell | Planning Manager | Central Otago District Council | 31 December 2023 | 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 Forrest | Senior Planner | Beca Ltd | Lower North Island | Planner | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| David Hill | Independent Commissioner | Sole Practitioner | Nationwide, International | Planning, social science, Te Ao Maori, Environmental science | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| 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 McLernon | Independent Commissioner | Octa Associates Limited | Christchurch | Engineering. Expertise in groundwater, discharges to ground and air | 31 December 2023 | 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 2023 | No | |
| David Mead | Independent Commissioner | David Mead Urban Planning | Auckland | Urban design, urban plannnig | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |
| David Murphy | City Planner | Palmerston North City Council | Palmserston North and Manawatu | District Plan development, strategic land-use planning, urban design policy, development contributions and placemaking. | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Kissick | Senior Environmental Planner | Traverse Environmental | Nationwide, particularly North Island | Planning | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Deborah Paterson | Independent Commissioner | Ngāi Tahu, Agriculture | 31 December 2025 | 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| Denis Nugent | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | District and Regional Planning, coastal Planning, heritage Planning | 31 December 2023 | Yes | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | Resource Officer-Energy | Waikato Regional Council | 30 June 2024 | No | |||
| 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 2023 | Yes | |
| Donna Jones | Waikato Regional Council | 31 December 2023 | No | ||||
| Doug Tate | Group Manager – Customer and Community Partnerships | Central Hawke’s Bay District Council | Hawkes 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 2024 | 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 | ||||
| Dugald Ley | Development Engineer | Tasman District Council | Top of the South Island Region | Civil Environmental Engineering | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Duncan Gray | Senior Scientist – freshwater ecology | ECan | Canterbury, West Coast | Freshwater ecology, water quality, fish and invertebrates, Mining, land use change/agriculture, urban development, braided rivers, environmental monitoring. River flow and allocation, policy and plan development | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Dylan Makgill | Team Leader Environmental Planning | Tauranga City Council | Bay of Plenty | Consenting | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| 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 (surface water and groundwater), water allocation policy and implementation | 30 June 2024 | 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 | Resourse Consents, Planning, Travel Demand Management | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Elizabeth Burge | Independent Commissioner | Wellington region | Te Ao Maori, District and Regional policy, plans and plan changes, resource consents including regional, land use and subdivision. | 30 June 2024 | No | ||
| Liz Devery | Team Leader - Planning | Invercargill City Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| (Dr) Elizabeth McKenzie | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Former Regional Councillor. PhD in Forensic Science (Environmental contaminants), analytical chemistry, surface and airborne contaminants, volatile organic compounds, geochemistry, and exposomics (exposure of humans to enviromental contaminants) | 31 December 2023 | 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 Tennent | Principal Advisor Consents | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| 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 |
| Eloise Ryan (Dr) | Senior Scientist | Waikato Regional Council | Waikato | Water Quality | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Elva Conroy | Director/Planning Consultant | Conroy & Donald Consultants Limited | Nationwide | Planning & Resource Management, Regional Planning, Water Resource Management, Te Ao Māori, Māori Cultural Heritage | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Elyse Neville | Senior Consents Officer | Otago Regional Council | Otago | 31 December 2023 | No | ||
| 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 2024 | Yes |
027 620 6031 |
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| Emma Cowan | Resource Officer / Land Development, Resource Use | Waikato Regional Council | Resource Management Planning, aggregate and mineral extraction, landfills, plantation forestry. | 31 December 2023 | No | ||
| 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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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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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 2024 | No | |
| 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 |
| Fiona Blight | Manager Resource Consents | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Queenstown Lakes District | Land use, resource consent matters, Designations (including alterations) | 31 December 2023 | 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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| 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 |
| Gail Gordon | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| 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 |
027 340 6494 |
| 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 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 |
| Geoff Shier | Independent Commissioner | Hurunui District | 30 June 2026 | No |
0274 520 534 |
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| George Lyons | North Island | Rural, Planning and resource consents | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
274739544 |
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| Gerard McCarten | Planning Manager | Sentinel Planning Ltd | Nationwide | Planning, Resource Management, Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
| Gerard Willis | Director | Enfocus Ltd | Nationwide | Land and water management (quality and quantity), Rural management issues (district and regional), Natural hazards, Biodiversity, Energy | 31 December 2023 | No |
021 630 349 |
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Gemma Conlon |
Director – Principal Planner |
Perspective Consulting Limited |
Canterbury and Otago | Strategy advice and policy development, Issue scoping, Public consultation, Resource consenting including applications, outline plans, subdivisions, submissions and objections, Pre-planning advice, Environment Court mediation, District Plan changes, Section 32 reports | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 | ||
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Gillian Ensor |
Environmental Consultant |
Enviser Ltd |
Christchurch and South Island | Planning and resource management, resource consents, policy and plan drafting | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Gina Ferguson | Compliance Manager | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | RMA, Regional and District, Noise | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Gina Jones | Director | Gina Jones | Wellington, Wairarapa | Architecture; Heritage | 30 June 2024 | No |
021 456 088 |
| 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 |
| Giulia Lazarim | RedCrow | 31 December 2023 | No | ||||
| Glen Cooper | Technical Director - Planning | Ity Limited | Wellington | Urban, country and infrastructure planning | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 235 2385 |
| Glenda Fryer | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| Glenice Paine | Independent Maori Commissioner | Independent | Nationwide | A wide range of Environmental issues affecting Tangata Whenua. Iwi environmental management including economic, social, and cultural development. Fisheries incl; Maori customary and commercial | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Glenn Wilcox | Board Member | Independent Maori Statutory Board | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| 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 Thomas | Consultant | Resource Management Consultants | Nelson, Tasman, West Coast | Engineering, Maori Issues, Developments and Land Use Consents | 30 June 2024 | 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 Blackie | Land and Soil Programme Manager | Waikato Regional Council | 30 June 2024 | No | |||
| 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 | 31 December 2024 | 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 2023 | Yes |
021 451 820 |
| Greg Ryder (Dr) | Technical Direcotr - Ecology & Water Quality | 4Sight Consulting | Nationwide | Abstractions, aquatic ecology, flow setting, impoundments, mining, non-point source discharges, water quality, wastewater discharges to coastal and freshwater environment, 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 | Good Earth Matters Consulting Ltd | Hawke’s Bay, East Coast, Manawatu, Central North Island | Community infrastructure and three waters consenting; water resources; infrastructure policy development; aggregate resources; rivers and flood protection; electricity generation and transmission including renewables. | 31 December 2023 | No |
027 255 1035 |
| Gwyneth Elsum | General Manager Strategy, Policy & Science | Otago Regional Council | 31 December 2023 | 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 | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| Hamish Dean | Consents Team Leader | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| 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 | Independent Commissioner | Eclectic Energy | Nationwide, Waikato, Bay of Plenty Regions | Coastal and marine Planning and resource management (especially aquaculture, marinas, reefs), tourism facilities, social science, Environmental impact assessment, common pool resources and co-management | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 | Senior Resource Management Consultant | Incite (Christchurch) Ltd | Nationwide | Planning, Resource Consenting and regional policy planning | 31 December 2023 | 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 | |
| Harriet Fraser | Consultant Traffic Engineer and Transportation Planner | Harriet Fraser Engineering and Transportation Planning | Nationwide | Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
|
Haupai Puke |
Senior Lecturer |
University of Waikato |
30 June 2024 | No | |||
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Hayley Brunel |
Tauranga City Council |
30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| Hayley Lawrence | Independent Commissioner | Napier | 31 December 2027 | No | |||
| Heath Copland | Independent Commissioner | I have a finance and accounting background, have travelled extensively through the Americas, Caribbean and Africa. Living in Arrowtown I have a strong appreciation of the heritage and history of our district, along with a good understanding of environmental pressures related to tourism related activities | 31 December 2023 | 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 | Partner | Atkins Holm Majurey | Nationwide | Law | 31 December 2024 | Yes | |
| 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 (nee Webb) | Principal, Environment and Planning | Aurecon | Nationwide—particularly Auckland, Waikato, Manawatu and Wellington | All Planning, including Consenting, Designations, Policy and Plan Preparation, Major Infrastructure, Water and Wastewater, Landfills, Contamination, Coastal Consents, Discharges, Historic Heritage, Land Development, Consultation and Iwi Engagement | 31 December 2023 | 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 | |
| Henrietta Carroll | General Manager | Mahaanui Kurataiao Ltd | Christcurch | 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 Weston | Independent Consultant | Weston Consulting | Rotorua, Bay of Plenty | Law, Planning, Natural Resource Management and Conservation, Treaty of Waitangi | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 Associate | Barker & Associates | 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 | Senior Advisor | Rural Directions Advisory Services Ltd | Nationwide | Land management, Nutrient management, Catchment modelling, Policy analysis, Agriculture, Freshwater management, farm planning, AEE, community resilience, Landscape Analysis. | 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 | Kaitohutohu Māori - Matua (Senior Advisor – Māori) | WSP New Zealand Ltd |
Nationwide |
Mātauranga Māori, Cultural Values, Sights of Significance, Te Mana o Te Wai, Iwi Consultation, Iwi Environmental Management Planning, Cultural Impact Assessments and Mana Whenua Māori Landowner Advocate. Resource Consent Pre-Hearing, Hearing and Environment Court Appeal Negotiation. Environment Court; and Future Development Strategy Hearing Panel Iwi Representative experience. |
30 June 2025 | No |
027 311 4675
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| Ian Ruru | Director | Maumahara Consultancy Services Limited |
Gisborne |
Matauranga Maori & Western Science |
31 December 2025 | No | |
| 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 McConchie | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | Waikato to Marlborough | Hydrology,Groundwater, Land Use Impacts, Environmental Science, Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Jack Turner | Director | Engineer | Planner | 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 2023 | No | |
| Jacky Bartley | Director/Principal Planner | Bartley Planning Ltd | Nationwide | Strategic Planning, Unitary and District Plan Reviews, Plan Changes, Resource Consents, Treaty of Waitangi. | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 2023 | 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 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 | Environmental Scientist | Morphum Environmental Limited | Primarily Auckland | Environmental Science | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Jason Ward | Manager, Planning & Development Solutions | Rotorua Lakes Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Jayne Macdonald | Partner | Mactodd | South Island | Planning and law | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |
| Jeff Farrell | Manager Strategic Projects | Whakatane District Council | Natural hazard risk management; climate change adaptation; strategic planning; resource consents; building development; contaminated sites | 30 June 2027 | No |
0274 536 248 |
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| Jeff Smith | Science Manager | Hawke’s Bay Regional Council | Hawke’s Bay | Resource management science and planning | 31 December 2024 | No |
021 544 933 |
| Jemma Hardwick-Smith | Environmental Advisor | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Canterbury | Cultural landscapes; Mana whenua engagement and feedback in the consent process | 30 June 2026 | No |
021 197 4269 |
| Jenna Sinclair | Senior Consents Planner | Otago Regional Council | Otago | Consent planning. Primarily specialising in Water permits and NES FW regulations consents. Familiar with Land use consents. | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 230 4141
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| Jennie Smeaton | Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Inc | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Jennifer Green | Principal Planning Consultant | WM Environmental | Southland | Land use and subdivision consenting | 30 June 2028 | No |
0204 080 2380 |
| Jennifer Hayman | Researcher | Hayman Consulting | Aotearoa NZ | Archaeology, cultural heritage management | 31 December 2024 | Yes | |
| Jennifer Lancashire | Beca | 31 December 2024 | No | ||||
| Jennifer McGirr | Independent Commissioner and RMA Practitioner | Nationwide | RMA Planning, Resource Consent Compliance, Drinking Water Management and Compliance | 31 December 2026 | No |
022 384 5130 |
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| Jennifer Valentine | Technical Director - Planning | 4Sight Consulting Ltd | Auckland | Planner - particular experience in preparation and processing of resource consents | 30 June 2025 | No |
021 157 3143 |
| Jenny Harrison | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| Jenny Ross | Team Leader Consents | Otago Regional Council | Otago | Consents | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Jenny Simpson | Senior Environmental Engineer | Tonkin & Taylor Limited | Nationwide | Environmental Engineering, Air Quality | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Jerald Twomey | Principal Advisor | ManawatūDisrict Council | Manawatū | A Māori Policy, Tikanga and Mātauranga view point with experience working within Iwi, Hapū and Marae, as well as for Regional and District Council. | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 206 0031 |
| Jeremy Brophy | Director | Flint Planning Limited | Taranaki, Waikato, Whanganui Regions | Resource Management Planning, Environmental Assessment | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 224 4486 |
| Jeremy Phillips | Director & Senior Planner | Novo Group Limited | Christchurch, Selwyn & Waimakariri Districts | Land use planning, including resource consents and plan changes. Specific experience in urban development, including commercial, institutional, large scale residential/intensification and transportation matters. Sole Commissioner and/or Panel member | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
03 365 5570 |
| Jerry van Lier | Policy Analyst | Ministry for the Environment | Wellington | 31 December 2024 | No | ||
| Jesse Forsyth | Intermediate Environmental Planner | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No |
07 577 7027 |
| Jessica Phillips | Planning Consultant | Nationwide | Resource Management — national direction, plan-making, resource consents | 30 June 2028 | No | ||
| Jessica Riddell | Senior Environmental Advisor/Solicitor | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Christchurch | Resource management and local government law; resource consents and designations; iwi engagement; climate change | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 632 9646 |
| Jill Sheehy | Independent Commissioner | Whanganui District Council/Te Runanga o Tupoho | Whanganui | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
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| Jim Bradley | Technical Director - Public Health and Environmental Engineering | Stantec New Zealand Limited | Auckland, but work nationwide | Environmental Engineering specialising in three waters particularly wastewater consenting | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 436 1195 |
| Jim Cooke (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Environmental Science (40+ years experience) particularly water quality (freshwater and marine) and ecology, water quantity (allocation), soils, point sources, diffuse sources, cumulative effects. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 738 587 |
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| Jinty MacTavish | Principal Policy Advisor | Dunedin City Council | 30 June 2024 | No | |||
| Jo Cranswick | Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Water take and use, Wastewater discharges, Instream structures and works | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Jo Gould | Department of Conservation | 31 December 2023 | No | ||||
| Joanna Gilroy | Environment Southland | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Joanna Noble | Principal/Director | Noble Planning | Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay | Planning, focus on coastal and freshwater management, but a range of experience | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Joanne Lewis | Independent Commissioner | Lewis Consultancy Limited | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 446 0386 |
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| Joanne McLean | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | 30 June 2026 | No | ||||
| Jocelyne Allen | Resource Consents Manager | Gisborne District Council | Canterbury, Taranaki, Gisborne District, Northland | Experienced resource management practitioner with expertise spanning surface water and groundwater takes and uses, works in the river, stormwater and contaminant discharges, and farming land use | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| John Gwilliam | Lawyer | Main Street Legal | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |||
| John Hudson | Independent Commissioner | Hudson Associates | Nationwide | Landscape and visual | 30 June 2026 | Yes |
021 324 409 |
| John Iseli | Independent Commissioner | Specialist Environmental Services | Nationwide | Air quality science | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| John Maassen | Barrister | Barrister | Nationwide | One of New Zealand's most experienced resource management and local government lawyers; over 20 years national experience as a Commissioner | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
027 271 2999 |
| John McLean | 30 June 2024 | No | |||||
| John Olliver | Principal Project Planner | Bloxam Burnett and Olliver Ltd | Bay of Plenty, Waikato | Urban growth and structure planning for both local authorities and private developers. Large scale infrastructure projects including notices of requirement for the Huntly and Ngaruawahia sections of the Waikato Expressway. Policy development and subsequent plan changes. Resource consent applications. | 30 June 2027 | No |
0274 822637 |
| John Parlane | Independent Engineer and Economist | Parlane & Associates Ltd | Nationwide | Traffic engineering, Infrastructure, urban and transportation planning. | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| John Rapana | Independent Commissioner | Ngāti Mākino Iwi Authority | Waiaraki/Bay of Plenty | Environmental Management, Resource Consents, Water Quality, Mātauranga Māori, Iwi Management, Cultural Monitoring. | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| John Roberts | Statutory Manager | Department of Conservation | Inland Otago | Tourism Development Proposals | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| John Sule | Senior Planner | Dunedin City Council | 31 December 2026 | No | |||
| Jonathan Clease | Partner | Planz Consultants Ltd | Canterbury |
Urban growth, spatial planning, and urban regeneration matters and the District Plan policy and zone frameworks. Experience with preparing large-scale resource consent applications for commercial, medium density, and tourism projects. A pragmatic approach to both policy and consent processes and decision-making. |
31 December 2026 | No | |
| Jonathan Shaw | Manager Planning and Building | Invercargill City Council | Southland | Planning | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 412 5558 |
| Jorge Rodriguez | Technical Lead - Planning | GHD | Waikato |
Resource consents related to soil disturbance activities, infrastructure works, mining and quarries, state highways, landfills, cleanfill and managed fills. |
31 December 2024 | No | |
| Joy Comrie | Department of Conservation | 31 December 2026 | No | ||||
| Judene Edgar | Nelson | 31 December 2023 | No | ||||
| Judith Batchelor | Independent Commissioner | Hurunui District Council | Canterbury | Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Judith Earl-Goulet | General Manager - Regulatory Services | Environment Canterbury | Christchurch | Over 15 years of experience in working in Local Government in roles related to the implementation and leading of the implementation of work programmes to deliver on the requirements of the RMA. Over 5 years of experience as a tertiary educator in Environmental Management in New Zealand and overseas. | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Judith Makinson | Director | CKL | Nationwide | Transportation and Traffic Engineering | 30 June 2028 | No |
022 685 5496 |
| Julia Byrne | Senior Resource Management and Environmental Planner | Pattle Delamore Partners | Hawke's Bay/nationwide | Resource Management Planning and Environmental Impact Assessments | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 479 648 |
| Julia Wick | Landscape Architect | Boffa Miskell Limited | Auckland | Landscape Architecture, Landscape and Visual | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Julia Williams | Independent Commissioner | Drakeford Williams Limited | Landscape planning and design, landscape and visual effects assessment. | 31 December 2023 | No | ||
| Julian Hansen | Kaiārahi Kaupapa Māori - Senior Māori Technical Advisor, Governance and Engagement | Northland Regional Council | Whangārei | Māori relationships and engagement; proficient te reo Māori speaker; communications outreach to tāngata whenua; plan and policy analysis and development; project and team management; engagement with iwi/hapū on Mana Whakahono ā Rohe and Environmental Management Planning; grant funding administration. | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 264 0650 |
| Julian Ironside | Independent Commissioner, Barrister | Resource Management/Local Government Law | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |||
| Juliane Chetham | Independent Commissioner | Chetham Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Planning, environmental science, geography, coastal and marine ecology and management, cultural Impact Assessment, Tikanga Maori, Matauranga Maori | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Julie Shepherd | Senior Māori- Environmental Planner and Resource Management Independent Consultant | Manaaki Taiao Ltd | Western Bay of Plenty District, Tauranga City, Bay of Plenty Region | Planning, from a Maori perspective to negotiate outcomes of conditions of consent and their implementation of augier agreements | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Julie Geange | Partner, Independent Commissioner | I Could Do That Consulting | Nationwide, based in Wellington | Local Government, Regional and District Plan Development | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |
| Justine Ashley | Director | Planz Consultants Limited | Christchurch | Planning and Policy: district plan reviews, strategic planning, urban growth, plan changes, resource consents, rural issues and activities. | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 285 9458 |
| Justine Bray | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | Auckland, Nationwide | Planning, designations, social impact assessment | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |
| Justine Quinn | Senior Freshwater Scientist | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Auckland based, but have worked in other parts of NZ. | Freshwater science (water quality and ecology), freshwater management, urban land development (streamworks, stormwater), ecology, environmental impact assessments, environmental monitoring and management plans | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Karen Baverstock | Principal Planner | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Auckland, Northland, Waikato | Planning, Coastal Planning, Infrastructure and Industry, regional consenting | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Karen Coutts | Representative Te Rūnanga o Moeraki | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Nationwide | Matauranga Māori, tikanga, māna whenua, Māori - Iwi - hapū, HSNO - as understood by Māori | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Karen Mitchell | Kaitātari Taiao | Ngā Waihua o Paerangi Trust | Ruapheu | Iwi / Māori resource management | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 248 8971 |
| Karen Parcell | Team Leader Kaiwhakatinana (Policy and Planning) | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty, nationwide | Planning, Air Quality policy and planning | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 5484 785 |
| Karen Price | Lawyer | Price Consulting | Nationwide | Law; resource management policy, plans, consents, designations; climate change; mining; water; coastal; Treaty of Waitangi; infrastructure; advanced mediator; restorative justice | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 680 301 |
| Karyn Kurzeja | Director | Purpose Planning | Auckland Region | Rural Subdivision, Urban Subdivision, Greenfield Subdivision, Coastal Land Development, Integrated Housing Developments, as well as Residential, Retail and Commercial land uses. | 31 December 2025 | Yes |
029 930 6026 |
| Karyn Sinclair | Technical Director Planning and Environmental Approvals ANZ | Jacobs NZ Ltd | Auckland | Planning, resource management, plan changes and policy development, infrastructure | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 814 463 |
| Kasey Bellamy | Pou Taiao / Environmental Policy Advisor | Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust | Ngāmotu / New Plymouth | Planning | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Kataraina O'Brien | Staff Member | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Katarina Kawana | WT Pou Taiao; TToTW Taiao Komiti - NTAHT board member; Chair - TToTW Te Rohe o Te Wairoa (Matangirau) Reserves Board; Deputy Chair – NTAH Trustee | Wairoa Taiwhenua - Ngati Kahungunu (WTNK); Tatau Tatu o Te Wairoa (TToTW); Nga Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri Trust (NTAHT) | Te Wairoa, Ngati Kahungunu ki Te Matau a Maui, Hawkes Bay | Kaupapa Maori Research, Iwi Environmental Marine & Freshwater Solutions, Mauri Monitor | 30 June 2025 | No |
022 548 1607 |
| Kate McArthur | Practice Leader - Water Quality | The Catalyst Group | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Kate Searle | Principal Planner | Tonkin + Taylor | Wellington, lower North Island | Planning and resource management, including district and regional plan making, resource consents | 30 June 2025 | No | |
| Katerina Pihera-Ridge | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Plenty | Resource & Environmental Planning, Mana o te Wai, Mana o Te Taiao, Cultural Impact Management, Climate Change, Biosecurity, Biodiversity | 31 December 2023 | No | ||
| Katherine Kaue | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
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Katherine Luketina |
Independent Commissioner |
Nationwide |
Regional Policy and Plan development, regional consenting matters, critical analysis of scientific and technical evidence, geothermal energy, geophysics. |
30 June 2024 |
No |
021 043 7668 |
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Katherine Trought |
Director, Strategy & Planning |
Environment Canterbury | Christchurch |
Strategy development and RMA |
30 June 2025 |
No |
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| Kathryn Drew | Land Development Manager | Bloxam Burnett & Olliver | Waikato and Bay of Plenty | Preparation of assessment of environment effects for various subdivision and land use consent proposals (ie all scales of land development and subdivision, quarries, landfills and all associated regional consenting matters); preparing plan changes and submissions for plan changes, processing District and Regional consents, evidence for hearings and evidence/attendance at the Environment Court. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Kathryn St Amand | Director & Planning Consultant | Private consultancy | Wellington, Queenstown Lakes (Wanaka) | Regulatory planning; utilities/infrastructure, district plan policy, subdivision, and land use planning. | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 149 4051 |
| Kathy Mason | Senior Policy Advisor | New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated | Nationwide | 31 December 2023 | No |
021 056 4778 |
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| Katia Fraser | Special Counsel | RiceSpeir | Nationwide | Law, Resource Management, planning, environmental. | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Katrina Brunton | Planning and Regulatory Consultant | Regulatory Solutions | Nationwide | RMA Planning and Policy Development, RMA Consenting, Local Government, Local Government Regulatory processes, Mediation and Facilitation. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Katrina Ellis | Senior Planner | The Property Group | Nationwide | Planning | 31 December 2023 | No |
027 347 0288 |
| Katy Dimmendaal | Senior Planner | Thames-Coromandel District Council | Coromandel | Land use, Subdivision and Designations | 30 June 2027 | No | |
| Katy Marr | Environmental Monitoring Officer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Biological Sciences, RMA - CME | 31 December 2025 | No |
0272 532 584 |
| Kay Booth | Independent Commissioner | Lindis Consulting Limited | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Keith Hamill | Director | River Lake Ltd | New Zealand, Nationwide | Aquatic ecology and water quality | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Kelly May | Independent Commissioner | Independent | Nelson/Marlborough/Wellington | Fisheries, Aquaculture, Māori Perspectives | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Kelly Walker | Senior Consents Planner | Environment Canterbury | South Canterbury | Process consents and provide recommendations on mainly: Ground and surface water take and use, s9 earthworks, discharges including single site wastewater and territorial authority wastewater treatment plants. | 31 December 2024 | No |
03 367 7345 |
| Kelvyn Eglinton | Director | Eglinton Consulting | Waikato/Bay of Plenty/Manawatu/Rangitikei | Mining and industrial projects, District Plan reviews, resource consent, social impact and community including iwi impacts, growth and spatial strategies and plans | 30 June 2028 | No |
022 687 6591 |
| Ken Fletcher | Independent Resource Management Commissioner | Canterbury | Economics, Modelling, Retail, Trade Competition, Housing Affordability, Mediation, Dispute Resolution | 31 December 2026 | Yes |
027 452 9852 |
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| Ken Gimblett | Planner | Boffa Miskell Limited | Christchurch | Statutory planning and policy preparation, Independent hearing commissioner, plan development and administration, project evalusation and effects assessments, resource consents, urban planning | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |
| Kendra Monteith | Consents Planner | Hawkes Bay Regional Council | Hawkes Bay | Resource consents, Environmental Planning | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Kenny Macdonald | Team Leader Resource Consents | Queenstown Lakes District Council | Queenstown Lakes District | Resource Consents | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Keri Johnston | Principal Consultant, Director | Irricon Resource Solutions Limited | Canterbury, Otago and Southland | Natural resources engineering, surface and groundwater hydrology, water and nutrient allocation frameworks. | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Keri Ropiha | Board Trustee |
Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust;
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Hawkes Bay | Strategic Planning and Management, Policy development and implementation, change management, engagement specialist, Matauranga maori, Te Tiriti; Bachelor of Applied Management with Distinction | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 482 1247 |
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Kereana Naera-Sims |
Founder & CEO |
KdOBay Consulting |
Nationwide, based in the Wairarapa | Upholding Principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi; Valuing Te ao Māori and mātauranga Māori; Iwi, hāpu and whānau engagement; Te Mana o te Wai; Te Mana o te Taiao; Govt policy; Civil/Environmental; Engineering; Urban development; 3Waters; Infrastructure; Flood Protection | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 220 4651 |
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Kerstin Strauss |
Team Leader Consents – Coastal Otago |
Otago Regional Council |
Auckland, Otago | District and regional consents, unitary authority ‘bundled’ consents; particularly heritage, urban design, traffic, noise/ vibration, subdivision, large-scale earthworks, wastewater, contamination, coastal | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Kim Hardy | Group Director Environment New Zealand | AECOM New Zealand | Nationwide | Regional and District Consents, Infrastructure, Commercial and Residential Development, Resource use and allocation including water, Plan Changes, Designations. | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
021 544 856 |
| Kim Lawson | Strategic Planner | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | Legal, resource consents, policy and plans | 31 December 2025 | No |
021 607 145 |
| Kim Seaton | Independent Commissioner | Novo Group Limited | South Island | Planning | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| Kim Smith | Senior Policy Advisor | Rotorua Lakes Council | Bay of Plenty and Gisborne | Regional and District plan development and natural hazards. | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Kirsten Sanson | Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Consent Planning for Groundwater and surface water takes, Earthworks, Contaminated land, Quarries and Dairy effluent consents | 31 December 2025 | No |
07 570 4116 ext 8388 |
| Kirsten Tebbutt | Resource Management Consultant | Mitchell Daysh Limited | 30 June 2026 | No | |||
| Kirstyn Royce | Senior Planner | Dunedin City Council | Dunedin | Resource consents | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| Kitt Littlejohn | Independent Commissioner | Self-employed barrister | Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Taranaki | Resource management and planning law and procedure; resource consents (district and regional); land-use, urban and natural environment planning (plan changes; variations); designations; coastal; s357 objections. | 30 June 2024 | Yes |
021 657 376 |
| Koreene Henry-Cracknell | Te Ikaroa Rangatahi Services (Pou Amo) | Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust | Hastings, Hawkes Bay | Social Service | 31 December 2025 | No |
022 635 7894 |
| Kura Stafford | He Pou Taiao | Ngāti Tama ki Te Waipounamu Trust | Nelson, Tasman region | RMA Planning, environmental management, Mātauranga Māori, Cultural attributes and activities. | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Lachlan McHaffie | Development Planning Team Leader | Thames-Coromandel District Council | Coromandel | Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lachlan Muldowney | Barrister | Nationwide | RMA/ Local Government/Public Law | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Laura Coll McLaughlin | Senior Licensed Cadastral Surveyor & Planning Consultant | Chris J Coll Surveying Ltd | West Coast | Subdivision and land use resource consenting, local government, district plan development | 30 June 2028 | No | |
| Laura Kele | Trustee | Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust | Hawkes Bay, Tairawhiti | Historian and Researcher. Māori Land Tenure, Customary forms of authority, Governance | 31 December 2025 | No |
027 329 2001
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| Laura Swan | Senior Resource Planner | Haines Planning Consultants Limited | 30 June 2024 | No | |||
| Laura Walker | Environmental Monitoring Officer | Tauranga City Council | Tauranga | Monitoring and Compliance | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lauren Semple | Partner | Greenwood Roche | South Island predominately but work nationally | Resource Management Law | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lauren Wallace | Partner | Govett Quilliam | New Plymouth | RMA/Local Government Lawyer | 30 June 2025 | No |
06 768 3712 |
| Laurence Dolan | Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Resource Consents, particularly in respect of discharges and waste management and disposal facilities | 30 June 2027 | No |
027 521 5339 |
| Lean Phuah | Discipline Director Environmental | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Auckland | Environmental science and management specialising in contaminated land | 30 June 2026 | No |
09 356 7887 |
| Leana Shirley | Consents Planner | Horizons Regional Council | Planning | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Lee Beattie | Independent Commissioner | Town Planning and Design Limited | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |||
| Lee Sampson | Director | Habitus Group | Christchurch | Project Planning, Management Land and Development Management | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Lesley Jenkins | Local Area Manager. Local Board Services | Auckland Council | Auckland, Northland |
Governance, planning (Resource Management), reserve management |
30 June 2027 | No |
021 566 826 |
| Lianne Dalziel | Independent Commissioner | Christchurch | Qualified lawyer, with significant experience in different types of hearings with over 30 years in central and local government. | 30 June 2024 | No | ||
| Liane Ngamane | Member | Independent Maori Statutory Board | Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions | Kaupapa Maori and Planning | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lilian Harley | Director/Consultant | Allegrow Limited | Bay of Plenty, Gisborne | Environmental Consulting, Water quantity, Water quality, Nutrient Management. | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 378 308 |
| Linda Cooper | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| Linda Kerkmeester | Principal - Consultant | Linda Kerkmeester Lanscape Architects | Wellington | Landscape Design and Site Planning; Landscape Planning and Visual Assessment; Landscape Mitigation and Contract Administration; Project experience includes large scale infrastructure (eg roading) and subdivision planning and design | 30 June 2027 | No |
0274 494 424 |
| Linda Te Aho | Tribal Member | University of Waikato | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Lindsay Daysh | Independent Commissioner | Incite | Central New Zealand | Consenting, policy development, designations, infrastructure, transportation | 31 December 2023 | Yes |
027 502 0779 |
| Lisa Gibellini | Planning Advisor | Nelson City Council | Planning Subdivision and Land Development | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Lisa Hayes | Principal Advisor, Planning | Wellington City Council | Wellington | Planning | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Lisa Mein | Independent Commissioner | Mein Urban Design and Planning Ltd | Auckland | Urban Design, Heritage, Planning | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Lisa Whyte | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| Liz Curry (Dr) | Technical Director - Ecology | Tonkin & Taylor Ltd | Nationwide | Terrestrial Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment | 31 December 2026 | No |
027 568 1995 |
| Liz Gavin | Landscape Architect | Boffa Miskell | Nelson/ Tasman based; New Zealand wide | Landscape and visual effects assessment, rural and coastal landscape assessment; landscape classification (RMA Section 6 and 7 landscapes) and landscape related policy. | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Liz Lambert | Planning and Resource Management Consultant | Domus Consulting | Hawke’s Bay-based; Nationwide | Regional and district policy development and planning, regional and district resource consents; spatial and transport planning; mediation and facilitation. | 31 December 2023 | No |
027 428 5618 |
| Logan Brown | Freshwater and Partnerships Manager | Horizons District Council | Based in Palmerston North, work nationally | Freshwater ecology, water quality including rivers and lakes | 31 December 2027 | No |
021 22 77 090 |
| Loretta Lovell | Director | Lovell and Associates Ltd | Nationwide | Legal, resource consents, policy statements, plan changes, reviews, designations. Decisions involving natural resources, SNA's, ecology, freshwater, infrastructure, energy, farming, nutrients, housing development, heritage, Te Ao Maori matters. | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
04 527 0925 |
| Lou Wickham | Independent Commissioner | Emission Impossible Ltd | Nationwide | Industrial/Technical Consents, National Environmental Standards, Air Quality | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Louise Mischewski | Ringa Tāhūhū | Te Rarawa | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| Louise Fowler | Te Ao Marama Inc | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Louise Taylor | Director | Taylor Planning | Primarily South Island | Resource Consents – regional and landuse, Designations, District and Regional Plans and Infrastructure, Ports, Landscape, Water, Discharges, Subdivision, Education, Hospitals, Retirement Villages, Mixed Use Developments | 30 June 2027 | Yes |
027 230 4525 |
| Lucie Desrosiers | Independent Commissioner | Sole Practitioner | Nationwide | Urban design, spatial planning, greenfield and brownfield masterplanning, urban regeneration | 31 December 2024 | No |
021 0267 2603 |
| Lucy Cooper | Independent Commissioner | Planalytics | Nationwide | Resource consents, plan changes, and policy research and development across a range of topics including water quantity and quality, biodiversity, land transport, network utilities, hazardous substances, and residential and rural development. | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Lucy Holden | Senior Consents Planner | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Bay of Plenty | Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Luke McSoriley | Independent Commissioner | WSP New Zealand Limited | Southland | Planning Policy and Resource Consents | 30 June 2027 | Yes | |
| Lynette Wharfe | Consultant | The Agribusness Group | Nationwide | Regional and district plan development, Rural | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Lynley Newport |
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Northland | Environmental Management (General) | 31 December 2023 | No | ||
| Malcolm Green | Independent Commissioner/Consultant |
RMA Science |
Nationwide | Estuarine, coastal and marine science | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Malcolm Miller | Consents Manager | Hawke's Bay Regional Council | Hawke's Bay | Resource Management, Consents and Planning | 31 December 2026 | No | |
| Mandy Bishop | Manager Consents and Compliance | Nelson City Council | Nelson | RMA consenting and monitoring | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Mandy Tocher (Dr) | Principal Ecologist/Herpetologist/Owner | LizardExpertNZ | Dunedin | Ecology with a special interest in herpetology | 30 June 2026 | No |
027 248 9363 |
| Maramena Vercoe | General Manager | Te Runanga o Ngati Manawa | Waiariki, Waikato | Environmental connection – whanau, hapu, iwi. Matauranga Maori and ancestral knowledge transfer. Awareness of and role of relationships – people, the environment. Governance and management. Cultural foundations. Life balance and wellbeing. | 31 December 2025 | No | |
| Marcia Christian | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 30 June 2024 | No | ||||
| Marcus Roy | Manager Environmental Management | Southland District Council | Southland | Policy, consenting, mediation | 30 June 2028 | No |
027 201 9457 |
| Ma-rea Clayton | Independent Commissioner | Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) | Maori – Cultural and Tikanga Natural Resource Management Economic Development RMA District and Regional Policy, Plan, and reviews plan changes and variations Resource Consents and Plan Changes Including major, infrastructure, discharges etc. |
30 June 2025 | No |
027 397 0815 |
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| Marei Apatu | Te Kaihautu | Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga | 31 December 2027 | No | |||
| Margaret Ferguson | Policy Planner – Resource Management | Southland District Council | Invercargill | Resource consents, Policy Development | 31 December 2024 | No | |
| Margaret Rika-Heke (Makere) | Iwi Representative | Waikato-Tainui | 31 December 2023 | No | |||
| Maria Bartlett | Senior Policy Advisor | Te Runanga of Ngai Tahu | South Island | Water management, RMA reform, Mining, Oil and Gas activities, EEZ Act and marine consent process | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Maria Hokopaura | Planner | Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi | 30 June 2024 | No | |||
| Marian Smith | Partner | Waa Rata | Most Regions | Historic Treaty of Waitangi Settlements | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Marian Weaver | Independent Commissioner | Weaver Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Natural resources. Water, discharges, coast, air | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| Mariana Waitai | Whanganui District Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Marie Radford | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 31 December 2025 | No | ||||
| Marija Batistich | Consultant | Tomkins Wake | Nationwide | Planning, resource management Law | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Marina Hape | Kaiarahi-Kaitiaki (under Hamilton City Council contract) | Southern Links Tangata Whenua Working Group | Hamilton | Cultural monitoring and project management/coordination | 30 June 2026 | No | |
| Mark Apeldoorn | Practice Leader: Transport Advisory | Stantec | Nationwide | Traffic and Transportation | 30 June 2024 | No |
021 960 402 |
| Mark Ashby | Independent Commissioner | 4Sight Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | District/Regional Policy, Plans and Plan Changes; Resource Consents: Land Use, Subdivision, Regional; Notices of Requirement for Designation; Renewable Energy; Sole Commissioner and/or Panel Member | 30 June 2024 | Yes | |
| Mark Chrisp | Independent Commissioner | Mitchell Daysh Limited | 31 December 2025 | No | |||
| Mark Dean | Independent Commissioner | Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty | Extensive experience in Environmental Restoration. Have held a number of chair position on environmental trusts. Background in education and the nursery industry. including president of the NZ Nursery Industry Association. | 31 December 2026 | No |
021 949 339 |
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| Mark Farnsworth MNZM | Independent Commissioner | Farnsworth Management Services | Nationwide | Coastal issues, Plan Changes, Notices of Requirement, Land use and Water allocation, Good understanding Maori and RMA, Aquaculture, Panel Chair | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |
| Mark Geddes | Director | Perspective Consulting Ltd | South Island | Consents, notice of requirements, district/regional plan changes/reviews, expert evidence, mediation, consultation, spatial planning, urban regeneration, planning research, submissions, enforcement, residential, commercial, heritage, Te Ao Māori | 31 December 2024 | No |
027 948 6575 |
| Mark Kearney | Group Manager | Terra Group NZ Limited | Auckland, Christchurch | Civil Engineer. CPEng, IntPE(NZ), FIPENZ | 30 June 2024 | No | |
| Mark Lowe | Principal Scientist | Morphum Environmental Ltd | Auckland primarily, Waikato, Wellington and Nelson | Ecology: (Wetland, Freshwater and Terrestrial); Ecological Impact Assessments; Biodiversity Offsetting; Ecological Management Plans and Enhancement Plans; Wetland delineation and stream classification; SEVs (Stream Ecological Valuations) . | 31 December 2027 | No | |
| Mark Peck | Independent Commisssioner | Based in Wellington, familiar with the far South, Central Otago, Christchurch, and the Central North Island particularly around the volcanic plateau | Expertise around problem solving largely from skills honed as a Member of Parliament (1993-2005) and as a city Councillor in Wellington (2013-2016) | 31 December 2027 | No |
027 446 1650 |
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| Mark Row | Waikato Regional Council | 31 December 2024 | No | ||||
| Mark St Clair | Independent Commissioner | stcplanning | Nationwide | District/Regional Policy, Plan Reviews and Plan changes; Resource Consents: Regional Consents; District Consents, Notices of Requirement/Designations; Chair and or Panel member and/or Commissioner Sole. | 31 December 2023 | Yes | |
| Mark Tamura | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide |
District and Regional Plan making and plan changes. Particularly coastal management, natural heritage and biodiversity, strategic planning, rural land use and subdivision. |
30 June 2024 | No | ||
| Mark Tollemache | Town Planner/Director | Tollemache Consultants Ltd | North Island |
Town Planning |
30 June 2025 | No |
021 106 8991 |
| Marlene Bosch | Senior Consents Officer | Bay of Plenty Regional Council | Industrial Sites, discharges (air, water and land), contaminated land | 30 June 2026 | No | ||
| Martin Kennedy | Independent Commissioner | Westcoast Planning Limited | 30 June 2028 | Yes | |||
| Martin Neale (Dr) | Director and Scientist | Puhoi Stour Limited | Nationwide | Environmental Science, Freshwater Ecology, Water Quality | 30 June 2027 | No |
021 956 088 |
| Martin Williams | Barrister | Shakespeare Chambers | 31 December 2025 | Yes | |||
| Mary Honey | Senior Policy Manager | Tasman District Council | Nelson | Urban and Rural and Biodiversity policy and plan development | 31 December 2023 | No | |
| Mary McConnell | Senior Planner | Harrison Grierson | Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago | Resource consent preparation and considering applications, notice of requirements, planning and resource management, plan reviews and plan changes, Exclusive Economic Zone applications, Fast Track Applications | 30 June 2025 | No |
027 314 6935 |
| Mary O'Callahan | Technical Director - Planning | GHD Limited | Nationwide, based in Wellington | Planning | 30 June 2028 | Yes |
021 101 3603 |
| Mary Pappon |