Notice Title

Appointments/Reappointments to Conservation Boards

Publication Date
18 Aug 2025

Tags

Conservation Act Appointments/reappointments Conservation

Notice Number

2025-go4541
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Pursuant to sections 6P(8) and 6R(1) of the Conservation Act 1987, I, Hon Tama Potaka, Minister of Conservation, hereby appoint the persons named hereunder to serve as members of the specified Conservation Boards for the term from the date of appointment to 30 June 2028:

Status

Name

Location

Northland

Re-appointment

Alex Flavell-Johnson

Mangawhai

Appointment

Fiona Kemp

Northland

Auckland

Re-appointment

Gael Ogilvie

Auckland

Re-appointment

Chris Severne

Auckland

Appointment

Joseph Pihema

Orakei

Appointment

Kiri Toki

Great Barrier

Waikato

Re-appointment

Dr Shelley Langton-Myres

Pokeno

Appointment

Tama Blackburn

Waitomo

Bay of Plenty

Appointment

Catherine Ball

Whakatane

Appointment

Amy Board

Whakamārama

Appointment

Dr Chantal Pagel

Rotomā

East Coast Hawke’s Bay

Re-appointment

Dr John Menneer

Wairoa

Re-appointment

Keri Ropiha

Waipukurau

Appointment

Molly Nehu Marae Para

Gisborne

Tongariro Taupō

Re-appointments

Michael Richardson

Taupō

Appointment

Edward Jackson

Taupō

Taranaki Whanganui

Re-appointment

Jill Sheehy

Whanganui

Appointment

Macy Duxfield

Whanganui

Appointment

Linde Judd

Whanganui

Appointment

Mitchell Ritai

Waitara

Wellington

Re-appointment

Pamela Crisp

Lower Hutt

Re-appointment

Asher Wilson-Goldman

Waikanae

Appointment

Mackenzie Nicol

Lower Hutt

Appointment

Whakapono Waikare

Masterton

Chatham Islands

Re-appointment

Dennis Prendeville

Chatham Islands

Appointment

Tobias (Toby) Kemp

Chatham Islands

Nelson Marlborough

Re-appointment

Brian McGurk

Nelson

Appointment

Randal Te Ahu (Te Ahu) Rei

Motueka

Appointment

Tom Williams

Richmond

West Coast Tai Poutini

Re-appointment

Lucretia Maitland

Hokitika

Re-appointment

Lisa Steenhauer

Greymouth

Re-appointment

John Taylor

Reefton

Canterbury Aoraki

Re-appointment

Courtney Bennett

Christchurch

Re-appointment

Richard Suggate

Christchurch

Appointment

Roslyn Kerr

Christchurch

Otago

Re-appointment

Carl Barlev

Dunedin

Re-appointment

Neil Harraway

Dunedin

Appointment

Emma Brockie

Queenstown

Southland

Appointment

Glenda Darling

Wallacetown

Appointment

Jessica Rose (Rose) Hanley-Nickolls

Invercargill

Appointment

Michael Atwill

Wyndham


Pursuant to sections 6P(8) and 6R(1) of the Conservation Act 1987, I, Hon Tama Potaka, Minister of Conservation, hereby appoint the persons named hereunder to serve as members of the specified Conservation Boards from the date of appointment for the terms listed:

Status

Name

Location

End date

Te Hiku o Te Ika

Appointment

Dr Hinemoa Elder

Auckland

30 June 2027

Northland

Appointment

Paul Bonetti

Whangarei

30 June 2027

Appointment

Sarah Bray

Mangawhai

30 June 2026

Auckland

Appointment

‘Ema Latu

Auckland

30 June 2027

Waikato

Appointment

Heather McGuire

Tuakau

30 June 2026

Wellington

Appointment

Huia Gray

Waikanae

30 June 2026

Chatham Islands

Appointment

Richard Goomes

Chatham Islands

30 June 2027

Nelson Marlborough

Re-appointment

Lorraine Hawke

Kaikoura

30 June 2026

West Coast Tai Poutini

Re-appointment

Robert Wilson

Harihari

30 June 2026

Canterbury Aoraki

Re-appointment

Rachel Robilliard

Southbridge

30 June 2026

Appointment

Puāwai Swindells-Wallace

Christchurch

30 June 2026

Appointment

Khan Adam

Temuka

30 June 2026

Otago

Appointments

Michael Knapp

Port Chalmers

30 June 2026

Appointment

Dr Ravneel (Rav) Chand

Omaru

30 June 2026

Southland

Appointments

Jordan Traill

Invercargill

30 June 2027

Appointment

Jane Kitson

Invercargill

30 June 2026


Dated at Wellington this 7th day of August 2025.

Hon TAMA POTAKA, Minister of Conservation.