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About the Board of Inquiry - Hauāuru mā raki Wind Farm Proposal

The Minister for the Environment, Hon Trevor Mallard, appointed the Board of Inquiry on 28 August 2008. 

The role of the board is to consider submissions on Contact’s applications for resource consent for the Hauāuru mā raki wind farm Proposal, to hold a public hearing and to make a final decision on the Hauāuru mā raki wind farm proposal.

The Chair is Judge Jeffrey Allan Smith, an Environment Judge, and the other members are Dr Diane Menzies, Ms Gina Rangi and Mr John Lumsden.

Biographical information on the members of the Board of Inquiry

Judge Smith was appointed to the Environment Court in July 2000. Judge Smith has presided over a large number of cases including appeals relating to hydro and wind (Mahinerangi) power generation, coastal issues and sensitive landscapes including the Banks Peninsula landscape case.

Dr Menzies is a registered landscape architect, and has over 30 years experience with local and national government in landscape planning, design, environmental policy analysis and resource management. She was appointed to the Environment Court of New Zealand as a Commissioner in 2001.

John Lumsden is a principal consultant in a Christchurch-based consultancy and has over forty year's professional engineering experience, with specialist skills in coastal engineering and resource management. He also has twelve years experience working as a hearings commissioner on a variety of proposals including the Mahinerangi wind farm in Otago.

Gina Rangi has affiliations with Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Raukawa. Gina Rangi is a development manager at Indigenous Corporate Solutions in Hamilton and has a background in environmental law and Maori governance. Gina Rangi has been a member of several boards, panels or taskforces including: the Tuaropaki Trust and Tuaropaki Power Company Ltd Board, the Kawerau Geothermal Peer Review Panel and the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board – Mighty River Power Economic Development Group.

To make contact or for further information on the Board of Inquiry, please contact:

Kim Morgan, Project Manager - Hauāuru mā raki
Phone: (04) 439 7447 or 0800 836 444
Fax: (04) 439 7705
Mobile: 021 844752
Email: hmrcallin@mfe.govt.nz
Board of Inquiry – Hauāuru mā raki

Attn:  Kim Morgan
Ministry for the Environment
PO Box 10362
Thorndon
Wellington

Last updated: 16 January 2009