This list is currently ordered by certificate name.
Notes:
| Certificate name | Position | Organisation or company | Area of practice | Field of expertise | Certificate expiry date | Chairing endorsement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Giles Bramwell | Independent Commissioner | Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Adrian Selwyn Meredith | Expert Witness | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Adrienne Williams | Independent Commissioner | Regional council focus | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Adrienne Young Cooper | Director | Hill Young Cooper Limited | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Aileen Lawrie | Consents Manager | Environment Bay of Plenty | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Alan Bickers | Independent Commissioner | Catalyst Management Services Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Alan Bradbourne | Independent Commissioner | Alan Bradbourne Partners | Nationwide | District and regional planning, resource consents | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Alan Dormer | Independent Commissioner / Barrister | Shortland Chambers | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Alan Pattle | Consultant | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Alan Watson | Independent Commissioner | AR Watson Associates Ltd | Nationwide but emphasis on upper half of North Island | Planning and resource management, chair of hearings panels | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Alastair Thompson | Planner | Napier City Council | Hawke's Bay | Planning | 30 June 2011 | |
| Alec George Olsen | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Alick Shaw | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2014 | ||||
| Alison Feeney | Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Alison Wall | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Alistair Arthur Aburn | Independent Commissioner | Urban Perspectives Ltd | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Alistair Muirhead | Principal Planner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Central North Island | Planning - policy, consents, consultation, project management | 31 December 2013 | |
| Allan Baldock | Independent Commissioner | AWL Environmental | Nationwide | Water takes, discharges, hydro power schemes, ecology, coastal subdivision, regional council activities | 31 July 2014 | |
| Allan Cubitt | Independent Commissioner | Cubitt Consulting Ltd | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Allan Kirk | Independent Commissioner | Heritage planning and urban design | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Amanda Douglas | Independent Commissioner | Wynn Williams and Co | Nationwide | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Andrew Barton | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Andrew Feierabend | Manager Environmental Services | Hurunui District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Andrew Fenemor | Independent Commissioner | Landcare Research NZ Ltd | Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury | Water resource management | 30 June 2011 | |
| Andrew Giles Hazelton | Solicitor | Hazelton Law | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Andrew Green | Partner | Brookfields Lawyers | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Andrew Henderson | Independent Commissioner | Boulder Planning (Otago) Ltd | South Island | District and regional planning | 31 December 2013 | Yes |
| Andrew John Ralph | Planner | Tauranga City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Ann Fosberry | Traffic Engineer | GHD Limited | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Anne C E Leijnen | Planner | Planner | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Anne Sutton | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2013 | ||||
| Anthony Cussins | Independent Commissioner | Tonkin and Taylor | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Anthony William Olsen | Consultant | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Antoine Coffin | Independent Commissioner | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Aranne Donald | Specialist Heritage Advisor | North Shore City Council | Policy, resource consents, heritage, urban design, tree issues | 31 July 2014 | ||
| Arthur Hackett | Independent Commissioner | Environmental science, ecology, marine biology | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Arthur Hinds | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| B I J Cowper | Solicitor | Cowper Campbell | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Barry Kaye | Independent Commissioner | Barry Kaye Associates Ltd | Nationwide | Planning, coastal & rural issues, subdivisions, major projects | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| Barry Loe | Independent Commissioner | Loe Pearce & Associates Ltd | Nationwide, predominantly South Island | Discharge of contaminants into land and water | 31 July 2014 | |
| Barry Mosley | Independent Commissioner | BKM Consulting | Nationwide | Regional and district planning, economic appraisal, statistical modelling | 30 June 2013 | |
| Basil J Morrison CNZM JP | Independent Commissioner | Basil J Morrison and Associates Ltd | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Beverley Lorraine James | Researcher | Public Policy and Research Ltd | Wellington Region and Marlborough | Community development, social impacts, cultural issues | 30 June 2010 | |
| Bianca Sullivan | Council Officer | Environment Canterbury | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Bill Carlin | Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Auckland, Northland, King Country, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Bill Wasley | Independent Commissioner | Wasley Knell Consultants | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Bob Askew | Staff Member | Tasman District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Brad Coombs | Independent Commissioner | Isthmus Group | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Brent Cowie (Dr) | Cowie Resource Management | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Brett Gawn | Registered Surveyor | TSE Group Limited | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Brian Carey | Independent Commissioner | GNS Science | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Brian Fletcher | Independent Commissioner | Gascoigne Wicks | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Brian Hasell | Independent Consultant | Hasell Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Traffic, road engineering, historic heritage | 31 December 2013 | |
| Brian Waddell | Planning Consultant | Urbanister Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Bronwyn Ann Lees | Resource Consents Manager | North Shore City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Bruce A Manson | Resource Managment Consultant | Bruce Manson Associates Limited | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Bruce Hawkins | Independent Commissioner | Waitakere City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Bruce Nicholson | Group Manager | Manukau City Council | Auckland region | Planning | 31 December 2012 | |
| Bruce Thompson | Planning and Regulation Manager | Waimakariri District Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Bruce W. Graham | Independent Commissioner | Graham Environmental Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Air quality, environmental science, hazardous substances | 31 July 2014 | |
| Bryan Anthony Cartelle | Council Officer | Manukau City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Bryan Desmond Bang | Independent Commissioner | Assens Enterprises Ltd | North Island generally - particularly Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Central North Island, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki | District and regional planning, law | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Bryce Michael Tom Julyan | Independent Commissioner | Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd | Auckland | Planning | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| Brydon Hughes | Environmental Consultant | Sinclair Knight Mertz (SKM) | Water allocation, water resource management, discharges to land and water quality | 30 June 2010 | ||
| Buddy Mikaere | Consultant | Nationwide | Te Ao Maori | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Burnette O'Connor | Planner | O'Connor Planning Consultants | Northland, Auckland and Waikato | Planning | 31 December 2012 | |
| Byrdie Ayres | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Coastal planning | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Camilla Owen | Lawyer | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |||
| Caroline L Miller | Independent Commissioner | Massey University | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Carolynne Stone | Retired Councillor | Auckland region, based in Waitakere | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Carron Blom | Independent Commissioner | Anguillid Consulting Engineers and Scientists Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental science, contaminated sites, stormwater quality, erosion and sediment control, environmental monitoring, auditing and systems | 30 June 2010 | |
| Catherine Clarke | Consultant | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Celia Davison | Policy Planner | North Shore City Council | District Planning, resource consents, resource management | 31 December 2013 | ||
| Che Philip Wilson | Consultant | Nationwide | Te Ao Maori, policy | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Cherie Lane | Planning Consultant | Lane Associates Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Chris Dawson | Planning Consultant | Bloxam, Burnett and Olliver | Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Planning, consultation, structure planning, aggregate, extraction consenting | 30 June 2011 | |
| Chris Jensen | Manager Regulatory and Planning | Kawerau District Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Chris Koroheke | Maori Trust Board Delegate | Maniapoto Maori Trust | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Chris Shenton | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | ||||
| Christine Caughey | Planning Consultant | Nationwide | District and regional planning, heritage, landscape, urban design - urban and rural. | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| Christine Foster | Independent Commissioner | Environmental Management Services Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Christine Kelly | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Christopher P Shaw | Manager Consents | Otago Regional Council | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Christopher Richard Kimpton | Planning Consultant | RPC Consultants | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Christopher W. Hickey (Dr) | Scientist | NIWA | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Claire Mulcock | Independent Commissioner | Mulgor Consulting Ltd | NZ, especially Canterbury | water resource management, hydrology | 31 December 2012 | |
| Clarke McKinney | Principal Planner, Resource Consents | Waitakere City Council | Auckland region | Planning | 30 June 2011 | |
| Cliff Tipler | Consultant | URS New Zealand Limited | Nationwide | Environmental engineering | 30 June 2010 | |
| Clive Anstey | Landscape and Resource Planner | Landscape planning and design, forestry and ecology | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Colin Dall | Consents and Compliance Manager | West Coast Regional Council | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Colin Desmond Scurr | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |||
| Colin John Bridges | Council Officer | Kapiti Coast District Council | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Colin Kemeys | Planning Director | MTEC Consultants Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Conway Stewart | Independent Commissioner | Self Employed | Auckland, Northland, Waikato | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |
| Corinne McLaren | Community Board Member* | 30 June 2010 | ||||
| Craig Batchelar | Consultant | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Craig Little | Independent Commissioner | Reputationz Limited | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Craig Shearer | Consultant | Shearer Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Daran Ponter | Independent Commissioner | Ponter Amor Consulting Ltd | Bay of Plenty, Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Taranaki | Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, Te Ao Maori (contemporary) | 31 December 2013 | |
| Darryl Fletcher | Lawyer | Sharp Tudhope Lawyers | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Darryl Millar | Independent Commissioner | Resource Management Group Ltd | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Dave Moule | Environmental Planner | Environmental Management Services Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| David Benson-Pope (Hon) | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, lower South Island. | 31 December 2012 | |||
| David Bridges | Independent Commissioner | Good Earth Matters Consulting | 31 July 2014 | |||
| David Cameron | Consultant | MWH New Zealand Ltd | Nationwide | Water quality, aquatic ecology | 31 December 2014 | |
| David Clarke | Independent Commissioner | Queenstown Lakes District Council | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| David Collins | Independent Commissioner | Collins Consulting | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| David Craig Caldwell | Solicitor | Lane Neave | 31 March 2010 | |||
| David Forest | Independent Commissioner | Good Earth Matters Consulting | 31 July 2014 | |||
| David J Painter | Independent Commissioner | DPC Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| David John Murray Peart | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| David Julian Totman | Principal Planner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| David Kirkpatrick | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| David L Hutchison | Independent Commissioner | Works Infrastructure Limited | Civil engineering | 30 June 2013 | ||
| David Laurence Mountfort | Aspiring Independent Commissioner | Independent Consultant | Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | Resource Management Planning especially plan making, strategic planning, urban growth, natural hazards, natural environmnet | 31 December 2012 | |
| David MacPherson | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2014 | ||||
| David McGregor | Partner | Bell Gully | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| David McLernon | Independent Commissioner | Octa Associates Ltd | Christchurch | Engineering background - expertise in groundwater, discharges to ground and air | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| David McMahon | Independent Commissioner | Resource Management Group Ltd | 30 June 2013 | |||
| David Mead | Independent Commissioner | Hill Young Cooper Limited | 30 June 2011 | |||
| David Michael Hill | Independent Commissioner | Hill Young Cooper Limited | Nationwide, international | Planning, social science, Te Ao Maori, environmental science | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| David R.E. Chandler | Independent Commissioner | Auckland City Council | Auckland region | Planning, civil and traffic engineering | 31 July 2014 | |
| David Robert Pullar | Independent Commissioner | Otago, Southland | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| David Roke | Consents Manager | Northland Regional Council | Northland | Environmental science - Regional focus, esp. water resources, discharges to land and water, coastal activities, earthworks. | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| David Sinclair | Independent Commissioner | Sinclair Taylor Consulting | North Island, but available nation-wide | Environmental health, water infrastructure, waste water management, air pollution, environmental health risk/impact assessment, contaminated sites, urban health planning | 31 December 2012 | |
| David W. Hookway | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| David Wayne Gair | Council Officer | Kapiti Coast District Council | 1 March 2012 | |||
| David William Lamason | Aspiring Independent Commissioner | Planners Plus Ltd | Mainly upper half of the North Island | Land use and subdivision applications, coastal developments, tourism developments. District and Regional planning. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Dayle Fenton | Environment Waikato | 31 December 2011 | ||||
| Dean Chrystal | Independent Commissioner | Planit Associates Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Dean R Knight | Independent Commissioner | Victoria University, Wellington | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Dean Scanlen | Consultant Transport Engineer | Engineering Outcomes Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Denis Nugent | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | District and regional planning, coastal planning, heritage planning | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |
| Dennis Stickley | Lawyer | 30 June 2010 | ||||
| Derek Nolan | Independent Commissioner | Russell McVeagh | Auckland, Nationwide | Environmental law (editor of Environmental and Resource Management Law of New Zealand, LexisNexis, 3rd Edition, November 2005) | 31 July 2014 | |
| Dianne J Buchan | Independent Commissioner | Corydon Consultants Ltd | Nationwide | Social / community effects | 30 June 2013 | |
| Dinah Williams | Consultant | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Dion Douglas | Planner | Christchurch City Council | Christchurch | Planning and resource management | 30 June 2011 | |
| Dirk Brand | Team Leader Consents Investigations | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Don Harley | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Donald Fraser | Consents Hearing Officer | Environment Canterbury | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Donald William Te Rangi Couch | Independent Commissioner | Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu | Ngai Tahu rohe | Maori resource management | 31 December 2014 | |
| Dorothy Wakeling | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Doug Arcus | Independent Commissioner | Arcus Consulting | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Dugald W Ley | Development Engineer | Tasman District Council | Top of the South Island Region | Civil Environmental Engineering | 31 July 2014 | |
| E D Wylie QC (Dr) | Barrister | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Edward David Wren | Consultant | Independent Commissioner | Auckland, available to practice Nationwide | Expertise in strategy, policy planning, plan preparation and resource consents | 31 December 2012 | |
| Edward Mark (Ted) O'Regan | Independent Commissioner | Nine years as convenor of consent hearings for unitary authority (Tasman District) | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Edward Weller Ellison | Tangata te Whenua | Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Elizabeth Anne Burge | Independent Commissioner | Wellington region | Te Ao Maori, environmental planning | 31 July 2014 | ||
| Elizabeth Fairlie | Council Officer | Manukau City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Ellen Hampson | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Emma Christmas | Independent Commissioner | South Island | Planning, water allocation and management. | 31 July 2014 | ||
| Erin Rose Blair | Environmental Consultant | Bowden Environmental | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Evan Penny | Independent Commissioner | Inform Communications Ltd | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Faye Storer | Independent Commissioner | Auckland region | Community | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| Fiona Aston | Independent Commissioner | Fiona Aston Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Resource planning | 31 July 2014 | |
| Fiona Garrett | Team Leader Land Use | North Shore City Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Frank Boffa | Independent Commissioner | Boffa Miskell Ltd | Nationwide | Landscape planning, landscape design | 30 June 2013 | |
| Fraser Owen Campbell | Independent Commissioner | Campbell Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental Engineering, Economic Analysis, Stormwater and River Management, Irrigation and Water Resource Allocation | 31 December 2012 | |
| Fred Morgan | Independent Commissioner | Northland, Auckland, upper North Island | Degree in applied science, majoring in natural resource management; postgraduate diploma in environmental health science; approximately 8 years working as a town planner / environmental planner in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; currently completing a law degree | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Garry Charles Venus | Independent Commissioner | Argo Environmental | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Gary Paul Clark | Traffic Engineer | Traffic Concepts Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Gary Rae | Independent Commissioner | Incite | Nelson, experienced in South Island and Central North Island Regions | Particular expertise in traffic, roading and noise issues | 30 June 2011 | |
| Gavin Craig Lister | Independent Commissioner | Isthmus Group | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Gavin Palmer | Director | Otago Regional Council | Nationwide | Flood protection, river engineering | 31 December 2012 | |
| Gaynor Pavelka | Independent Mediator | South Island, particularly | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Geoff Mears | Council Director | Rodney District Council | Civil engineering | 31 December 2011 | ||
| Gerald George McKay | Independent Commissioner | McKay Hill Solicitors | Nationwide | Environmental, Law | 31 July 2014 | |
| Gerard Joseph Praat | Lawyer | Knapps Lawyers | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Gina Rangi | Environment Waikato | 1 March 2012 | ||||
| Gina Sweetman | Independent Commissioner | Sweetman Planning | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Glenice Paine | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | ||||
| Glenn Mortimer | Independent Commissioner | Mortimer Consulting | Northland | Coastal management and planning; water quality management | 31 December 2012 | |
| Glenn R Bunny | Resource Planner | Masterton District Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Graeme Hastilow | Independent Commissioner | Greater Wellington Regional Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Graeme Leggat | Independent Commissioner | Manukau City Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Graeme Ridley | Independent Commissioner | Ridley Dunphy Environmental Ltd | Nationwide, Auckland | Erosion and sediment control, earthworks, stormwater management | 31 July 2014 | |
| Graham B McBride | Scientist | NIWA | Nationwide | Envtl science, human health, envtl engineering, envtl monitoring, wastewater impacts. | 31 December 2011 | |
| Graham Taylor | Consultant Planner | Resource Management Group Ltd | Canterbury, South Island | Land use planning, subdivision, plan preparation | 30 June 2010 | |
| Graham Thomas | Consultant | Resource Management Consultants | Nelson, Tasman (Top of South Island), West Coast | Engineering, Maori issues, developments (subdivisions, buildings), land use consents | 31 July 2014 | |
| Graham Wallace Allan | Independent Commissioner | Pitt and Moore Solicitors | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Graham Wheeler | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | ||||
| Grant McLeod McLachlan | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Environmental planning, law & economics - policy, consents, project management, infrastructure & land development. | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Greg Burrell | Environment Consultant | Golder Associates (NZ) Ltd | Freshwater ecology and water allocation | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Greg Phillips | Planning Consultant | GP Planning-Design Ltd | Northland | Planning, resource management, architecture, urban design | 31 July 2014 | |
| Greg Ryder (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Ryder Consulting Ltd | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Greg Shaw | Independent Commissioner | The Consulting Group 2005 Ltd | Nationwide | Geotechnical, civil and structural engineer, Coastal Engineering | 31 July 2014 | |
| Gregory Hill | Independent Commissioner | Greg Hill Consultants | Auckland, but will consider commissioner roles in other places. Member of commissioner pool for Whangarei and Tauranga. | Planning, growth management / strategy, coastal areas (mainly) | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Gwen Bull | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | ||||
| Haden Mills | Council Staff | North Shore City Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Hamish Gordon 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 | 31 July 2014 | |
| Hamish Lowe | Independent Commissioner | Duffill Watts | Nationwide | Environmental science, environmental engineering, water takes, waste discharges, subdivisions | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Hans Robert Versteegh | Manager Regulatory Department | Marlborough District Council | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Harry Bhana | Independent Commissioner | Harry Bhana and Associates Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Hayes Perkins | Perkins Associates | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Heemi JTT Biddle | Tuwharetoa Maori Trust board | Department of Conservation | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Helen Atkins | Lawyer | Atkins Holme Joseph Majurey | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Helen Louise Creagh | Regional Council Employee | Environment Bay of Plenty | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Helen Marr | Senior Planner | Horizons Regional Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Helen Tobin | Independent Commissioner | Wellington area | Planning | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| Hester DenOuden | Independent Commissioner | Den Ouden Cooper Associates Ltd | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Hoani Langsbury | Ngai Tahu Representative | Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Howard Williams (Dr) | Groundwater Resources Scientist | Environment Canterbury | Nationwide | Hydrogeology, water resources quality and quantity management, geology, mining, environmental science, civil engineering. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Hugh Briggs | Independent Commissioner | Hugh Briggs Partnership | Nelson, Tasman (Top of South Island), West Coast, Christchurch, Canterbury, Wellington, Hawke's Bay | 35yrs experience: urban planning, urban design, landscape planning, transportation, town centre studies, subdivisions (urban and rural) | 31 December 2013 | Yes |
| Hugh Hamilton | Independent Commissioner | Davidson Armstrong and Campbell Solicitors | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Hugh Leersnyder | Independent Commissioner | Beca Infrastructure Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental science, coastal management | 31 December 2012 | |
| Hugh Thorpe | Independent Commissioner | Canterbury | Groundwater science. Environmental science. A fair understanding of te Ao Maori. Have passed SC in Te Reo. | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Ian Brown | Independent Commissioner | Environment Canterbury | Nationwide | Sustainable Land Management | 31 December 2012 | |
| Ian Capitaneas | Independent Commissioner | Invercargill City Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Ian Gordon | Independent Commissioner | Morrison Kent Lawyers | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Ian Gunn | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Ian Hutchings | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Ian James Jefferis | Planner | North Shore City Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Ian Leary | Independent Commissioner | Spencer Holmes Consultants | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Ian McDonald | Group Manager | Tauranga City Council | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Ian Moore | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Ian Munro | Independent Commissioner | Urbanism Plus Ltd | Urban Design, Strategic Planning, and Resource Management | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Ivan Dunn | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| J Michael Savage | Barrister | Park Chambers | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| James Baines | Social Impact Assessment Practitioner | Taylor Baines and Associates | 31 December 2012 | |||
| James Christopher Rutherford | Scientist | NIWA | 30 June 2011 | |||
| James Howland | Independent Commissioner | Central North Island | Over 40 years experience - local government | 30 June 2013 | ||
| James Jefferson | Group Manager Environmental Services | Franklin District Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Jan Caunter | Independent Commissioner | Ellis Gould | Nationwide | Law, contaminated sites | 30 June 2011 | |
| Jan Crawford | Planning Consultant | Planning Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Jane Black | Independent Commissioner | Incite Wellington | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Jane Sinclair | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Jane Taylor | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Jane Whyte | Resource Manager | Response Planning Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Janeen Kydd-Smith | Independent Commissioner | Environmental Management Services Ltd | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Janet Gough | Policy Analyst | ERMA New Zealand | Canterbury | Risk management | 30 June 2011 | |
| Janette Dovey | Independent Commissioner | Planit Associates Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Janice Carter | Planner | CPG NZ Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Jean Hodson | Regulatory Manager | Tasman District Council | Nelson/Tasman region, Palmerston North/ Manawatu region, Marlborough and Wellington region | Urban and regional planning and subdivision. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Jeff Kemp | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Islands Planning Ltd | Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Planning, resource management, resource consents, coastal consents | 31 December 2013 | |
| Jeff Page | Resource Management Planner | Response Planning Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Jeff Robertson | Planning Consultant | Jeff Robertson Ltd | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Jeffrey Alexander Jones | Independent Commissioner | Jarmac Partnership | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Jeffrey Brown | Planning Consultant | Brown and Pemberton Planning Group | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Jeffrey Robert Farrell | Manager Development & Compliance | Whakatane District Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Jenni Vernon | Independent Commissioner | JJ Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Jennie Hoadley | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | Yes | |||
| Jennifer Anne Hudson | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | Yes | |||
| Jenny Harrison | Independent Commissioner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Jeremy Phillips | Independent Commissioner | ViaStrada Limited | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Jeremy Zachariah Butler | Council Staff | Tasman District Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Jill Thomson | Independent Commissioner | Eclectic Energy | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Jim Bradley | Independent Commissioner | MWH New Zealand Ltd | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Jim Lynch | Independent Commissioner | J D Lynch Barrister | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Jim Milne | Barrister | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Joan Forret | Solicitor | Harkness Henry | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Joanna Noble | Consents Officer | Environment Bay of Plenty | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Joanna Ross | Planning Consultant | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Joanne Lewis | Planning Consultant | Lewis Consultancy Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Joanne McLean | Ngai Tahu Representative | Te Runanga O Waihao | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Joe McCarthy | Hearings Advisor | Joe McCarthy Ltd | 31 July 2014 | |||
| John Bernard Childs | Consultant | North Auckland, Auckland Region, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | District and regional planning, coastal planning | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| John Bukowski | Architect | Practising Architect | 31 December 2011 | |||
| John Christensen | Environmental Services Manager | Selwyn District Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| John Clayton | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | ||||
| John D Talbot | Independent Commissioner | John Talbot Sustainability Ltd | Canterbury, South Island, Nationwide | Resource management, environmental engineering, policy and planning, water resources, regulations | 30 June 2011 | |
| John David Morris | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| John Easther | Riskworks Ltd | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| John Edward Cook | Planner | Planning Solutions Ltd | Canterbury, Otago | Planning, subdivision | 30 June 2011 | |
| John Engel | Council Officer - Consents Manager | Environment Southland | 31 December 2011 | |||
| John Frew | Independent Commissioner | Southland, Central Otago | Planning | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |
| John Gibson | Planning Manager | Christchurch City Council | 31 July 2014 | |||
| John Gordon Matthews | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| John Hassan | Independent Commissioner | Chapman Tripp | 30 June 2011 | |||
| John Hill | Independent Commissioner | Auckland City Council | 30 June 2010 | |||
| John Hudson | Independent Commissioner | Hudson Associates | Nationwide | Landscape architecture, landscape assessment | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| John Iseli | Independent Commissioner | Specialist Environmental Services | Nationwide | Air quality science | 31 July 2014 | |
| John Lewis Goodwin | Consultant | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| John Lumsden | Independent Commissioner | J Lumsden Consultant | Nationwide | Coastal, water resources, energy supply, waste management, discharges | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| John M Lavery | Consulting Scientist | Duffill Watts | Nationwide, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua | Environmental science and engineering, discharges to land and water, wastes, effluent, biosolids | 31 December 2011 | |
| John Maassen | Lawyer | Cooper Rapley Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| John Milligan | Independent Commissioner / Barrister | Nationwide, South Island | Resource management and local government law | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| John Milton Crawford | Independent Commissioner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2013 | |||
| John N Duder | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2013 | ||||
| John O'Shaughnessy | Town Planning Manager | Napier City Council | Hawke's Bay | Planning, project management | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| John Patrick Matthews | Independent Commissioner | Langley Twigg Solicitors | North Island | Planning law | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| John Rutherford | Consultant | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| John Smart | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Coastal and marine, law | 30 June 2010 | ||
| John William Hollows | Environmental Officer | Fish and Game Otago | Discharge of contaminants to land and water. Surface water takes. Freshwater Aquaculture. Aquatic ecology. | 31 December 2011 | ||
| John Williamson | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Jon S Harding | Board of Inquiry Member | University of Canterbury | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Jon Williamson | Environmental Consultant | Sinclair Knight Mertz (SKM) | Predominately Northland, Auckland and Waikato, but nation wide also | Hydrogeology, hydrology, water resources | 30 June 2010 | |
| Jonathan Clease | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Joseph Henry Stafford | Planner | Nelson City Council | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Judith Batchelor | Independent Commissioner | Hurunui District Council | Canterbury | Planning | 31 December 2011 | |
| Judith Roper-Lindsay | Independent Commissioner | Boffa Miskell Ltd | South Island | Ecology, landscape ecology | 30 June 2011 | |
| Judy Lawrence | Consultant | PSConsulting Ltd | Wellington and Nationwide | Climate change, environmental management, natural hazard management | 31 December 2012 | |
| Judy Waters | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Julia Williams | Independent Commissioner | Drakeford Williams Ltd | Landscape architecture | 31 December 2013 | ||
| Juliet Yates | Independent Commissioner | Auckland region, North Island, Nationwide | Planning, resource management, law | 31 July 2014 | ||
| Justine Ashley | Director | Planit Associates Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Justine Bray | Independent Commissioner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | Auckland, Nationwide | Planning, designations, social impact assessment | 31 July 2014 | |
| Karen Bell | Independent Commissioner | Enviro Solutions Ltd | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Karen Joubert | Planner | North Shore City Council | North Shore City | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Karen Long | Lead Senior Planner | Auckland City Council | Auckland CBD | Planning | 31 December 2011 | |
| Karyn Sinclair | Independent Commissioner | Sinclair Environmental Ltd | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Kate Barry-Piceno | Independent Commissioner / Barrister | Nationwide | Law, planning, mediation | 31 December 2013 | ||
| Kathleen A Crisley | Groundwater Resources Manager | Environment Canterbury | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Kathleen Cecilia Ryan | Independent Commissioner | Sole Trader | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Kathryn Aileen Martin | Planner | O'Connor Planning Consultants | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Kathryn Carter | Community Board Member* | 30 June 2010 | ||||
| Kay Booth | Consultant | Recreation and Tourism Associates | Nationwide | Recreation and tourism planning and research | 30 June 2010 | |
| Keith David Hamill | Business Manager | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Keith Hovell | Independent Commissioner | Hovell Environmental Planning | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Keith Phyn | Independent Commissioner | KPA | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Ken Gimblett | Independent Commissioner / Planning Consultant | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Ken Lawn | Independent Commissioner | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury | Resource management planning, local government operational management | 31 December 2012 | |
| Kenneth Aitken Palmer | Barrister | The University of Auckland | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Kenneth E Graham | Independent Commissioner | Auckland region, Northland, Waikato | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Keri Johnston | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Kerry Connolly | Consultant | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Kerry Graeme Smith | Solicitor | Buddle Findlay | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Kevin Prime | Environment Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Kevin Rolfe | Independent Commissioner | Kevin Rolfe and Associates Ltd | Nationwide, Regional Councils | Discharge permits regarding industrial developments, energy projects, air quality impacts | 31 December 2014 | |
| Kim Hardy | Planning Consultant | Strategic Resources | Nationwide | District and regional planning, resource use and allocation, urban and rural land use and development, RMA policy. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Kirsten Klitscher | Director Resource Management | ViaStrada Limited | Otago/Southland | Planning | 31 December 2011 | |
| Kitt Robert Mayo Littlejohn | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Laura Swan | Team Leader Planning | Whakatane District Council | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Laurence Patrick Dolan | Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Resource consents, particularly in respect of waste management. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Laurie Byers | Independent Commissioner | Far North District Council | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Leah Alexander | Principal Adviser - Planning | Franklin District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Lee Beattie | Independent Commissioner | Town Planning and Design Limited | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Leigh McGregor | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Law | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |
| Leo Hayes Watson | Barrister | Leo Watson Barrister | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Leonard Fietje | Council Officer | Environment Canterbury | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Les Simmons | Independent Commissioner | L J Simmons Limited | Nationwide , upper North Island | Planning and resource management, chair of hearings panels | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Leslie Thomas Robertson | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Linda Albertyn | Staff Member | Franklin District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Linda Craighead | Resource Management Consultant | 30 June 2010 | ||||
| Lindsay Daysh | Independent Commissioner | GHD Limited | Central New Zealand | Planning transportation | 31 December 2012 | |
| Liz Briggs | Town Planner | Liz Briggs Consulting Ltd | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Liz Mellish | Iwi Comissioner | Te Atiawa | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Logan Whitelaw | Council Staff | North Shore City Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Lou Alfeld | Independent Commissioner | Queenstown Lakes District Council | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Louise Robertson | Resource Management Consultant | Mitchell Partnerships Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Louise Walker | RMA Hearings Facilitator | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Louise van der Voort | Council Staff | Central Otago District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Lucille Rutherfurd | Independent Commissioner | Auckland region, Nationwide | Natural / cultural heritage, environmental practices | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Lynley Newport | Independent Commissioner | Thomson Survey | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Malcolm R Lane | Consultant | Lane Associates Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Marc Baily | Consultant | Boffa Miskell Ltd | Nationwide | Urban planning | 31 December 2011 | |
| Margo Perpick | Independent Commissioner | Wynn Williams and Co | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Marian E Weaver | Staff Member | Otago Regional Council | Nationwide | Natural resources - water, discharges, coast, air | 31 July 2014 | |
| Marie-Louise Rosson | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Marija Batistich | Senior Associate | Bell Gully | Nationwide | Planning, resource management law | 31 July 2014 | |
| Marilyn Hight Brown | Planning Consultant | N M Associates Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Marion Adele Smith | Manager | Ruapehu District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Mark Brockelsby | Council Staff | Environment Waikato | Nationwide | Water and geothermal resource management and alloction, resource management aspects of coastal developments and mineral extraction, regional issues generally. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Mark Daniel Stacpoole Batchelor | Town Planning Consultant | GHD Limited | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Mark Hugh Pizey | National Health, Safety and Environmental Manager | Solid Energy New Zealand Limited | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Mark Mabin | Consultant | URS New Zealand Limited | Nationwide, Australia | Environmental science, rivers and coastal zone | 30 June 2010 | |
| Mark Ross | Planner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Mark St Clair | Independent Commissioner | Hill Young Cooper Limited | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Mark Swartz | Planner | North Shore City Council | North Shore City | Planning and mediation | 30 June 2011 | |
| Mark White | Planner | Thames Coromandel District Council | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Martin Geoffrey Green | Planner | Green Group Ltd | Auckland, North Island | Statutory planning | 31 December 2011 | |
| Martin James Kennedy | Independent Commissioner | Westcoast Planning Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Martin Ward | Independent Commissioner | New Zealand wide | Issues to do with mining, oil and gas production, roading, wood processing industry | 31 December 2013 | ||
| Martin Williams | Barrister | Quay Chambers | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Mary Buckland | Landscape Architect | LA4 Landscape Architects | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Mary Dillon | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | District and regional planning | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| Matt Ward | Department of Conservation | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Matthew William Bonis | Planner | Planit Associates Ltd | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Maureen Poole | Manager of Statutory Processes | Environment Waikato | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Maurice Wayne Black | Maori Committee Representative | Mauri Protection Agency | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Maxwell Barber | Independent Commissioner | Max Barber Planning Consultant | South Island | Planning, resource management | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Megan Balks (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato | Nationwide | Soil and environmental science, wastewater treatment and disposal | 31 December 2013 | |
| Megan Williams | Independent Commissioner | Dispute Solutions | Mediation, Facilitation, Waste Management, District and Regional Planning, Decision Making, chairmanship, Resource Management, Historic Heritage. | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Melean Absolum | Independent Commissioner | Melean Absolum Ltd | Nationwide | Landscape architecture, landscape assessment | 31 December 2013 | |
| Melinda J L Dickey | Partner | Brookfields Lawyers | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Melvin David Sutherland | Assets and Engineering Manager | Grey District Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Mercedes Lentz | Independent Consultant | Mercedes Lentz Consulting Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Michael Anthony Ray | Independent Commissioner | Law North Partners | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Michael E Parker | Solicitor | Sole Practitioner Solicitor | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Michael Edwin Jones | Senior Planner | Thames Coromandel District Council | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Michael Garland | Independent Commissioner | Robson Garland Ltd | Taupo to Bluff | Planning | 31 December 2013 | |
| Michael Graham Briggs | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2013 | ||||
| Michael J Bowden | Independent Commissioner | Bowden Consultancy Ltd | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Michael Johnston | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Michael Parsonson | Independent Commissioner | Southern Skies Environmental Ltd | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Michelle Conland | Team Leader Consents | Hawke's Bay Regional Council | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Mike Freeman | Director | Freeman Environmental | Nationwide | Environmental quality and water resources | 30 June 2011 | |
| Mike Mohi | Chairman Maori Committee | Hawke's Bay Regional Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Miria Pomare | Independent Commissioner | Kapiti Coast District Council | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Morris Te Whiti Love | Independent Commissioner | Raukura Consultants | Nationwide | Te Ao Maori, heritage matters (Maori), environmental engineering | 31 December 2011 | |
| Muriel N TeHuikau Johnstone | Ngai Tahu Representative | Oraka Aparima Runaka | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Murray Hunt | Independent Commissioner | Hardy Jones Clark | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Murray John Buchanan | Consultant | Buchanan Environmental Services Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Murray King | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Transport | 31 July 2014 | ||
| Myles McCauley | Environmental Consultant | Golder Associates (NZ) Ltd | Air quality | 31 December 2011 | ||
| Nath Pritchard | Environmental Services Group Manager | Waikato District Council | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Neil Abel | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2013 | ||||
| Neil Penney | Independent Commissioner | N M Associates Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Neville Marquet | Independent Commissioner | Ross Dowling Marquet Griffin | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Nicholas J W Aiken | Environmental Planner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Nick Boyes | Planning Consultant | Resource Management Group Ltd | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Nick Mattison | Planner | North Shore City Council | Planning | 31 December 2011 | ||
| Nicola Henderson | Landscape Architect | Hudson Associates | Nationwide | Landscape | 31 December 2011 | |
| Nicola M Green | Aspiring Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Auckland, Northland | MSc (Resource Management), Post Grad. Dip Sc (Environmental Science). Council Independent chairperson, conflict resolution, facilitation, community involvement expertise. Quickly understand scientific information. Experience with tikanga Maori and cultural issues, cultural sensitivity. Air quality, soil conservation, and water quality experience. Previously Independent Chair for Tauranga City Council committee preparing consent applications for Tauranga Wastewater Treatment System. | 31 December 2012 | |
| Nicola Williams | Senior Planner | Thames Coromandel District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Nigel J Williams | Traffic Engineer/Planner | ViaStrada Limited | Nationwide | Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning. Sustainable transport. Impacts of climate change and resource limitations on transport demand and infrastructure. Also qualifications and experience relating to land-based aquaculture | 31 December 2011 | |
| Nigel Mark-Brown | Consulting Engineer | Environmental Context Ltd | Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty | Stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, solid waste disposal, effluent treatment and disposal | 31 December 2011 | |
| Nigel McCarter | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, Waikato, Auckland, Bay of Plenty Regions | Environmental science, water quality, ecology, coastal ecology | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Nigel Wharton | Director Environmental Services | Rotorua District Council | Nationwide | Planning | 30 June 2010 | |
| Nin Tomas | Independent Commissioner | The University of Auckland | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Noreen Barton | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Planning consultant background - designations, consents, environmental and social impact assessment. | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| Owen Burn | Planner | Green Group Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Owen McShane | Consultant | Centre for Resource Management Studies | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Owen Taylor | Independent Commissioner | Owen Taylor Consulting Services | 31 December 2014 | |||
| Pamela Gare | Corporate Planner | Invercargill City Council | District council focus (applications and policy) | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| Pamela Peters | Independent Commissioner | Resolve Group | Auckland, Wellington | Councils forward planning, large infrastructure projects | 31 July 2014 | |
| Patricia Harte | Planner | David Lovell-Smith Ltd | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Patrick Killalea | Resource Consents Manager | Far North District Council | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Paul Horgan | Ngai Tahu Representative | Ngai Tahu | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Paul Hoskins Cooney | Independent Commissioner | Cooney Lees Morgan | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Paul O'Shaughnessy | Planner | Napier City Council | Napier City | Land use planning | 31 July 2014 | |
| Paul Rogers | Independent Commissioner | Anthony Harper Lawyer | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Paul Sullivan | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Paul Thomas | Independent Commissioner | Environmental Management Services Ltd | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Paul Thomas Cavanagh QC | Queens Counsel | Shortland Chambers | Nationwide | Resource management and local government law, chairmanship, broad understanding of issues before hearings panels | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| Paul Williams | Independent Commissioner | Smart Alliances | Nationwide | Planning, environmental science | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Paula Hunter | Planning Consultant | MWH New Zealand Ltd | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Pete Thomas | Consent Applicant | North Shore City Council | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Peter Callander | Independent Commissioner | Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd | Nationwide | Groundwater, water resources, contaminated sites | 30 June 2011 | |
| Peter Constantine | Principle Planner | Marlborough District Council | Marlborough | Planning | 31 December 2014 | |
| Peter Coop | Independent Commissioner | Urban Perspectives Ltd | Statutory resource management and the overall assessment and weighting of environmental effects | 31 December 2014 | ||
| Peter Crawford | Independent Commissioner | Bay of Plenty, Central North Island, Waikato | Planning, dispute resolution, strategic management | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |
| Peter Frawley | Group Manager Customer and Environment Services | Tauranga City Council | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Peter Fuller | Lawyer | DLA Phillips Fox | Nationwide | Regional & territorial policy & consents, planning law | 31 December 2011 | |
| Peter James Savage | Team Leader Consents Investigations | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Peter Kite | Independent Commissioner | Egan and Kite | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Peter McDermott | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Peter R Storey | Independent Commissioner | P R Storey Ltd | North Island | Building consultancy, property development | 31 December 2011 | |
| Peter Reaburn | Director | Cato Bolam Consultants | Northern half of North Island | Planning | 30 June 2010 | |
| Peter Thom | Director Regulatory Services | Franklin District Council | North Island | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Phil Doole | Staff Member | Tasman District Council | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Phil Mitchell (Dr) | Environmental Consultant | Mitchell Partnerships Ltd | Nationwide | Resource management planning, environmental assessment | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| Phil Page | Lawyer | Gallaway Cook Allan | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Philip Milne | Independent Commissioner | Simpson Grierson | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Philip Robertson Ross | Senior Environmental Scientist | 30 June 2010 | ||||
| Philippa Wingate | Team Leader Consents Investigations | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Phillip Christopher Mitchell | Mitchell Law | Nationwide | Resource management and local government law | 31 July 2014 | Yes | |
| Phillipa Campbell | Independent Commissioner | Independent Commissioner | Planning | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Pravin Dayaram | Independent Commissioner | Traffic and Transportation Engineers | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Professor David Penman | Environmental Scientist | David Penman and Associates Ltd | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Prue Harwood | Independent Commissioner | Beca Infrastructure Ltd | Air quality | 30 June 2011 | ||
| R A Petch (Dr) | Group Manager | Environment Waikato | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Ra Pomare | Independent Commissioner | Te Runanga O Toa Rangatira | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Rachael Millar | Council Officer - Senior Planner | Environment Southland | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Rachel Dunningham | Independent Commissioner | Buddle Findlay | Canterbury | Law, especially local government and resource management | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| Raewyn Smythe | Hearings Administrator | Far North District Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Rauru Kirikiri | R K Associates Ltd | Nationwide | Te Ao Maori, environmental science, ecology | 31 December 2014 | ||
| Ray O'Callaghan | Independent Commissioner | Cardno TCB Ltd | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Rebecca Hughes | Independent Commissioner | Isthmus Group | Nationwide | Landscape, planning, ecology | 31 December 2011 | |
| Rebecca Macky | Barrister | Auckland City, Regional Councils | Resource management law | 30 June 2010 | ||
| Rebecca Skidmore | Independent Commissioner | RA Skidmore Urban Design Ltd | Auckland, Otago, Canterbury | Urban design, landscape architecture | 31 July 2014 | |
| Ree Anderson | Director | Manukau City Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Reuben Fraser | Consents Officer | Environment Bay of Plenty | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Richard Blakey | Independent Commissioner | Blakey Scott Planning Ltd | Auckland, North Island | District and regional planning, resource consents | 31 December 2011 | |
| Richard Brabant | Barrister | 31 December 2011 | ||||
| Richard Budd | Independent Commissioner | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Richard Fowler | Independent Commissioner | DLA Phillips Fox | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Richard George Harkness | Planning Consultant | URS New Zealand Limited | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Richard George Purdon | Consent Decision Maker | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Richard Heerdegen | Independent Commissioner | Earthplan Consultants | Nationwide, but particularly southern half of North Island (Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wellinton, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa) | Hydrology, landforms, planning & resource management, experience hearing applications for wastewater treatment, port dredging & reclamation, coastal | 30 June 2013 | |
| Richard N Croad | Consultant | Opus International Consultants Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental science/engineering, coastal, rivers and hydraulics | 31 December 2013 | |
| Richard Neil Palmer | Aspiring Independent Commissioner | Nelson City Council | Planning, law | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Richard Thompson | Independent Commissioner | Richard Thompson | Nationwide but particularly in the central and lower North Island. Based in Whanganui. | 31 December 2012 | ||
| Rob Enright | Lawyer | Kirkland Enright | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Rob Harris | Independent Commissioner | Nelson Environment Centre | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Rob Hunter | Environmental Strategy and Policy Manager | Mighty River Power | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Rob Lieffering (Dr) | Consents Senior Programme Manager | Northland Regional Council | Environmental science, discharge of contaminants to land and water, surface water takes, regional planning (water and wastes) | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Rob Potts | Engineer | CPG NZ Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Robert Andrews | Team Leader Planning | North Shore City Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Robert Austin Makgill | Lawyer | North South Environmental Law | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Robert Buxton | Independent Commissioner | Buxton and Walker Ltd | Nationwide, Dunedin | District and regional planning, resource consents | 31 December 2011 | |
| Robert Chieng | Team Leader Resource Consents | Manukau City Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Robert G Bell | Scientist/Engineer | NIWA | Nationwide | Environmental science, environmental engineering, climate change effects, natural hazards, coastal engineering and science | 30 June 2010 | |
| Robert John Wilcock | Principal Scientist | NIWA | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Robert Johnston | Independent Commissioner | Natural resources planning, sewage outfalls | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Robert Nixon | Independent Commissioner | Planit Associates Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Robert Schofield | Independent Commissioner | Boffa Miskell Ltd | Nationwide | Planning | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Robert Scott | Independent Commissioner | Blakey Scott Planning Ltd | Auckland, North Island | District and regional planning, resource consents | 31 December 2011 | |
| Robert W Batty | Independent Commissioner | Planit Associates Ltd | South Island | Planning and landscape design | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Robert Wear (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | R.G. Wear & Associates | Nationwide | Ecology, marine biology and environmental science | 31 December 2014 | |
| Robert van Voorthuysen | Independent Commissioner | Environmental Management Services Ltd | Nationwide | Regional council focus (consents and plans), also district plan changes and notices of requirement | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Robin Delamore | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Robin Lieffering | Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2013 | Yes | |||
| Robin Stevenson | Independent Commissioner | Hazel-Hewitt and Associates | Nationwide | Quarrying, mining, landfills, subdivision, stormwater | 30 June 2011 | |
| Roger Lane | Independent Commissioner | Wellington, Wairarapa and Manawatu Regions | Civil engineering | 31 July 2014 | ||
| Roger Steven Cudmore | Independent Commissioner | Golder Associates (NZ) Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Roland Sapsford | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide, Wellington | Climate change, energy, transport, urban sustainability, heritage, biodiversity, economics, tikanga Maori | 30 June 2010 | ||
| Ronald David Crosby | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |||
| Roni Fitzmaurice | Independent Commissioner | Horizons Region (Manawatu-Wanganui Region) | Water abstraction and discharges to land and water | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Ross Muir | Independent Commissioner | Insight Gisborne Limited | Nationwide | Planning | 31 December 2012 | |
| Rowan Strickland | Independent Commissioner | Cawthron Institute | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Russell Charles Karu | Independent Commissioner | Manukau City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Russell Wayne De Luca | Independent Commissioner, Mediator & Facilitator | Russell De Luca Planning Consultancy Ltd | Nationwide, Tauranga | Planning & resource management, panel chairmanship, mediation and facilitation | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Ruth Bartlett | Independent Commissioner | Mitchell Partnerships | 31 July 2014 | |||
| Sally Middleton | Independent Commissioner | Queenstown Lakes District | Planning and environmental management | 30 June 2013 | ||
| Sally Peake | Landscape Consultant | Peake Design Ltd | 1 March 2012 | |||
| Samual WS Napia | Manager Environmental Services | Thames Coromandel District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Sarah Dawson | Independent Commissioner | Boffa Miskell Ltd | 31 December 2013 | Yes | ||
| Sean Elvines | Resource Management Planner | Response Planning Consultants Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Selva Selvarajah | Director Resource Management / Independent Commissioner | Otago Regional Council | Nationwide | Soil, water and effluent chemistry / quality | 30 June 2013 | |
| Shane Kelly | Independent Commissioner | Coast and Catchment Ltd | Nationwide | Marine science, contaminant management, aquaculture, ecology, stormwater, wastewater | 30 June 2011 | |
| Sharon McGarry | Independent Commissioner | Planning, ecology, marine biology, freshwater biology | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Sheena Moana Tepania | Independent Commissioner | Resource Management Law, Treaty Issues, Maori Resource Management, Te Ao Maori. | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Sheryl Aroha Roa | Senior Resource Officer | Environment Waikato | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Shirley Samuels | Council Staff | Manukau City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Simon Berry | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | Yes | |||
| Simon Johnson | Consultant | Nationwide | Water | 30 June 2011 | ||
| Simon Menzies | Solicitor | Harkness Henry | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Simon Moran | Planning and Environmental Manager | West Coast Regional Council | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Sioban Hartwell | Consultant | URS New Zealand Limited | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Stephanie Brown | Independent Commissioner | Opus International Consultants Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Stephen Chiles (Dr) | Independent Commissioner | URS New Zealand Limited | Nationwide | Acoustics, noise and vibration | 31 December 2011 | |
| Stephen Christensen | Solicitor | Anderson Lloyd Caudwell Ltd | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Stephen Colson | Planning Manager | Mighty River Power | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Stephen Daysh | Independent Commissioner | Environmental Management Services Ltd | Nationwide | Planning, infrastructure developments, energy projects, coastal issues | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Stephen G Oldfield (Dr) | Risk Manager | MWH New Zealand Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Stephen Griffin | Manager Operations | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Stephen Thomas Costelloe | Council Staff | Rangitikei District Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Steve Goeldner | Senior Advisor Planning | North Shore City Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Steve McDowell | Consultant | Steve McDowell Consulting Ltd | Nationwide | General local government background | 30 June 2011 | |
| Steven Dietsch | Planning Consultant | Dietsch Consulting Ltd | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Stuart Duncan | General Manager | Hutt City Council | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Stuart Kinnear | Independent Commissioner | Stuart Kinnear Consulting Ltd | New Zealand wide | District and regional plans and consents, subdivision and land use planning | 30 June 2013 | |
| Sue Bulfield-Johnston | RMA Hearings Facilitator | Marlborough District Council | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Sue Piper | Independent Commissioner | Wellington City Council | 30 June 2013 | Yes | ||
| Sue Scott | Consultant | Opus International Consultants Ltd | Nationwide | Regional council focus and territorial local authority consents | 30 June 2010 | |
| Sue-Ellen Fenelon | Independent Commissioner | Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Susan M Bennett | Aspiring Independent Commissioner | 31 December 2012 | ||||
| Susan Southey | District Planner | Masterton District Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Susan Yerex | Trustee | Lake Taupo Protection Trust | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Tahi-o-hurae Te Aomarama Rangiawha | 31 December 2012 | |||||
| Tania Harris | Section Manager Consent Reviews | Environment Canterbury | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Te Waari Carkeek | Maori Consultant | Kapiti Coast District Council | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Terence Boylan | Planning Manager | Invercargill City Council | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Terry Hume (Dr) | Scientist | NIWA | Nationwide | Coastal science and hazards, environmental science | 31 December 2013 | |
| Terry Scott | Ngai Tahu Representative | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| Terry Wynyard | Independent Commissioner | Tauranga City Council | 31 December 2013 | |||
| Theresa Le Bas | Solicitor | Bell Gully | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Thomas B Heller | Independent Commissioner | Beca Infrastructure Ltd | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Tim Harris | Planning Manager | Selwyn District Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| Tim Mallett | Principal Consents Officer | Environment Canterbury | Canterbury | Environmental science, discharges to land, air and water | 31 December 2011 | |
| Timothy Edward James Tinker | Independent Commissioner | 30 June 2013 | ||||
| Tony Pickard | Heritage Adviser | NZ Historic Places Trust | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Tony Quickfall | Independent Commissioner | ViaStrada Limited | Nationwide | Resource management, urban and regional consents, plans and plan changes | 31 July 2014 | Yes |
| Tony Stallinger | Chief Executive | Hutt City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Tracy Freeman | Environmental Engineer | Beca Infrastructure Ltd | Nationwide | Environmental engineering and science | 30 June 2011 | |
| Trevor Cullen | Team Leader | North Shore City Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Trevor J. Shiels | Independent Commissioner | Trevor J. Shiels, Barrister | 31 July 2014 | Yes | ||
| Trevor Mackie | Council Staff | North Shore City Council | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Trish Casey | Manager | Buller District Council | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Trish Fordyce | Independent Commissioner | 31 July 2014 | Yes | |||
| Troy Churton | National Advisor | Department of Building and Housing | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Tyronne Smith (Bubs) | Trust Board Member | Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board | 31 December 2012 | |||
| Valmaine Toki | Lecturer | The University of Auckland | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Vanessa Hamm | Lawyer | Holand Beckett Lawyers | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Vernon Richard Cross Warren | Senior Planning consultant | Planning Network Services Ltd | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Victoria Caseley | District Plan Manager | Waimakariri District Council | 30 June 2013 | |||
| W N (Bill) Vant | Council Staff | Environment Waikato | 31 December 2011 | |||
| Walter Lewthwaite | Consultant | URS New Zealand Limited | 30 June 2010 | |||
| Warren Garlick | Independent Commissioner | Fraser Thomas Ltd | 30 June 2011 | |||
| Warwick Pascoe | Environmental Consultant | ADAM Environmental Ltd | Nationwide, South Island | Resource consents (especially water permits), planning (regional council activities), mineral exploration | 30 June 2010 | |
| Wayne F Donovan (Dr) | Consultant | Bioresearches | Nationwide | Freshwater Ecology | 31 December 2011 | |
| William Alan Cleghorn | Independent Commissioner & Registered Valuer | Cleghorn Gillespie Jensen Ltd | Nationwide | Property, environmental planning, land management | 30 June 2013 | |
| William David Whitney | Independent Commissioner | Johnson Whitney | 30 June 2011 | |||
| William Smeed | Mediator | 30 June 2011 | ||||
| William Smith | Independent Commissioner | Nationwide | Local government | 30 June 2013 | Yes | |
| William Watt | Environment Director | Invercargill City Council | Lower South Island | Mediation | 30 June 2013 | Yes |
| Wyn Hoadley QSO | Independent Commissioner | Barrister | 31 December 2013 | Yes |