Acknowledgments
This project has been a collaborative effort, and the involvement of all the people mentioned below has been invaluable and is gratefully acknowledged. The Ministry for the Environment thanks you for your contributions.
The Urban Amenity Project consultant team comprised:
Karen Bell (Enviro Solutions NZ Ltd)
Peter Glasson and Fiona Hill (Glasson Potts Fowler Ltd)
The Urban Amenity Focus Group members were:
Graeme McIndoe (Urban Design, Wellington)
Paul Honeybone (Sustainable Cities Trust, Christchurch)
Rewi Thompson (Architect, Auckland)
Greg Vossler (Palmerston North City Council)
Philip Brown (Waitakere City Council)
Philippa Richardson (Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment)
Bob Nixon (Christchurch City Council)
Stephen Colson (Rotorua District Council)
Robyn Fisher (Hutt City Council)
James Corbett (Manakau City Council)
Clive Anstey (Landscape Architect, Wellington)
The report was peer-reviewed by Professor David Yencken and Professor Ian Lowe and Bob Nixon (Christchurch City Council) and Sue Veart (Porirua City Council).
It needs to be acknowledged that this guide like many others the Ministry for the Environment produces could not have been achieved without the generous contributions of local authorities and their staff.
Councils and people involved in the case studies were:
- Tasman District – Steve Markham and Rose Biss
- Waimakariri District – Richard Johnson, Kathy Perreau, Deborah Hewett and Mary Sparrow
- Christchurch City – Corinne Macintyre and David Price
- Palmerston North City – Peter Frawley and Rochelle Viles
- Auckland City – Kathryn Elliff, Karen A. Bell, Rennae Shirley, Penny Pirit, Bruce Young, Heather Haylock, David Saunders and Tania Richmond
The councils and people involved in the urban amenity trials were:
- Palmerston North City – Greg Vossler
- Waitakere City – Phillip Brown
- Rotorua District – Stephen Colson, Ingrid Haverkamp and Calum Revfem
- Waimakariri District – Richard Johnson, Kathy Perreau and Nick Harrison
In addition to the people mentioned above, useful discussions and examples were provided by Janet Reeves, Janine Sowerby and Ian McKenzie (Christchurch City Council); Brenna Waghorn (Auckland Regional Council); and Bill King (Housing New Zealand).
