Professor Barry Barton
BA, LLB (Hons), LLM
Barry is a Professor of Law at the University of Waikato and is the New Zealand member of the Academic Advisory Group of the Section of Energy and Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association. Barry practiced law in Auckland for some years and has also held a position in the Canadian Institute of Resources Law teaching administrative and natural resources law. A major research project he undertook during this time resulted in the publication of 'Canadian Law of Mining' which remains Canada's premier text on the subject.
In 1991 Barry moved back to New Zealand to take up a position at the University of Waikato. His general field of research is natural resources law including regulation in the energy sector, the relationship between mining law and land use planning, the allocation of natural resources and political theory underlining environmental and resources law.
Professor Dick Bellamy
BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSNZ
Dick is the Dean of Science at the University of Auckland. In 1989 he was elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand and in 1990 he was appointed to a Personal Chair in Cellular and Molecular Biology. His research work centres on human viruses, particularly rotavirus, a virus responsible for gastroenteritis in young children.
Over recent years, Dick has been involved in a wide range of outside activities. He has served on the boards of the Yellow Bus Company and the Forest Research and has undertaken terms on the University Council, the Auckland Regional Council and the Council of the Auckland Museum. Dick currently serves on the boards of Auckland UniServices Limited and DNA Diagnostics Limited.
Professor Malcom J Bowman
BSc, MSc, PhD
Malcolm is Distinguished Service Professor of Oceanography at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. During 1996 to 1999, Malcolm was Founding Head of the School of Environmental and Marine Sciences at Auckland University where he studied marine reserves for conservation and fisheries rehabilitation. He currently researches global climate change and coastal flooding threats in Metropolitan New York. Malcolm is an honorary Professor of Physics at Auckland University and a Distinguished Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (USA).
Stephen Brown
BTP, Post-graduate Diploma of Landscape Architecture
Stephen has specialised in landscape assessment and planning for 22 years and operates his own landscape architecture consultancy, Stephen Brown Environments Limited in Association with Kingett Mitchell. Stephen is an Associate and past Vice President of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects and an Affiliate of the New Zealand Planning Institute. He has undertaken numerous landscape assessments and has given evidence at many council hearings and at over 40 Environment Court and Planning Tribunal hearings.
Trevor Daya-Winterbottom
MA in Environmental Law, FRSA, Legal Associate RTPI, Barrister
Trevor is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Waikato and also practices as a Barrister Sole specializing in resource management law. Previously, Trevor worked in Auckland as a senior solicitor for the law firm Chapman Tripp. Trevor has been a Director of EDS since 1999. He is a LEADR (Association of Dispute Resolvers) accredited mediator and a Member of the Resource Management Law Association National Committee. Trevor has written widely on a range of environmental matters in journals published in New Zealand and overseas and has an ongoing interest in the future development of environmental law and policy in New Zealand.
Robert Enright
LLB (Hons), Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (1994), Dip Advanced Litigation
Robert is lead partner of the Public Law / Environmental Litigation team at Kensington Swan in Auckland, and Deputy Workgroup Leader of Public Law in their Auckland and Wellington offices. He has extensive litigation experience in dealing with commercial resource management, local government and environmental issues. Robert frequently appears before the Environment Court and High Court on significant litigation matters.
Robert is lead partner in charge of Waitakere City Council and Rodney District Council work, undertaking significant litigation work on behalf of both clients. He also leads environmental auditing and due diligence projects on behalf of large corporate and industrial clients.
Simon Harvey
LLB, LLM (Env)
Simon runs a specialist strategic planning consultancy called BusinessLAB Ltd. BusinessLAB works with businesses, local government and public benefit entities to develop practical and easy-to-follow, goal oriented long-term plans. Simon has a keen interest in sustainability and works with his clients to develop strategic plans that create a robust yet practical road-map to an organisation becoming more sustainable in the way it carries on its business.
Simon qualified as a barrister in the United Kingdom (England and Wales) and practised for 6 years there before moving to New Zealand in 2000. He worked for Russell McVeagh and subsequently Bell Gully in the field of general and commercial litigation, before completing a Masters in Environmental Law (with Honours) at the University of Auckland. Simon has also worked as a Strategic Policy Analyst in the Strategic Development Group of Auckland City Council. His role involved project managing the development of a 30 year strategic plan for Auckland City as well as providing strategic policy advice across a diverse range of Council activities.
Heugh Kelly
Heugh is a barrister and solicitor in based in Warkworth. Heugh is a longstanding director of EDS and is also a director of Windlow Technologies Ltd. He is involved in a number of community activities in the mid North and has a longstanding interest in environmental issues.
Garry Law
BE (Civil), FIPENZ
Garry operates his own consultancy practice in engineering and archaeology. He was General Manager Operations for the Auckland Regional Council until 1991 and his responsibilities included design, construction, and operational management of major infrastructure such as dams, sport stadiums and the Auckland International Airport. Garry managed Brisbane Water for the Brisbane City Council between 1995 and 1997 and was the Chief Executive of Watercare Services Limited on its formation.
Garry takes a lead on climate change and lake water quality issues for EDS. He is also the EDS webmaster and produces the climate change E-newsletter. Garry has been on the board of the Auckland Museum and is a regular contributor of papers to conferences and publications on engineering and archaeology.
Graeme Lawrence
Graeme has more than 25 years experience in planning and resource management, both professionally and in management roles. He has served on working parties and officials committees reporting to central and local government on new legislative and policy initiatives from time to time. As an adviser on significant environmental issues of the day, he has played a particularly vital role in the fields of coastal and harbour planning, rural planning, heritage protection and mining. For over 12 years he served in management roles in local authority policy development and district plan preparation and administration. In 1998 established a new environmental planning practice in partnership with two other directors. Graeme has a Bachelor of Social Sciences, is a full member of the New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI), is Honorary Lecturer in Geography at the University of Waikato, and is a Director of the Environment Defence Society Inc.
Raewyn Peart
BSocSc, BCom, LLB, MCom
Raewyn is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Environmental Defence Society and also operates the consultancy business Firm Ground Limited. She has over 15 years experience in environmental law and policy. After graduating from law school in 1987, she worked as a solicitor for Kensington Swan and then joined Russell McVeagh's newly formed resource management team. Raewyn subsequently worked as a Planning Manager for Brierley Properties before moving to South Africa in 1995. While in South Africa, Raewyn completed a Masters degree in commerce and worked for the environmental division of the CSIR in Durban. Since returning to Auckland in 2001 Raewyn has concentrated on economic and environmental policy analysis and has published on resource management, landscape, coastal management and oceans issues.
Michael Savage
Michael is an Auckland barrister specialising in resource management law. He has been a barrister sole for a number of years and has a particular interest in coastal development issues. Michael has assisted EDS with a number of cases involving the Cormomandel Peninsula.
Gary Taylor
Gary is the Executive Director of EDS. Gary has extensive experience in the corporate management of organisations having been the Chairman of the Auckland Area Health Board and a director of Watercare Services and Infrastructure Auckland. He is currently a director of the Auckland Regional Transport Authority, Chairman of the Community Medical Centre Trust, Chairman of the Climate Change and Business Centre and a director of the Hobsonville Land Company. Gary is a JP and was recently awarded a QSO for services to conservation.
Dr Sue Turner
PhD
Sue is currently a Senior Lecturer in microbiology at the University of Auckland. Her research expertise is in the field of industrial and environmental microbiology and one of her major areas of interest is wastewater microbiology. Before embarking on an academic career, Sue was a water quality scientist with the Auckland Regional Council where she was involved in the development of water quality monitoring programmes, the processing of resource consent applications for wastewater discharges, and the preparation of regional plans.
Sue is a former executive committee member of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society as well as being a fully qualified Health Inspector. She has a strong interest in the restoration of coastal forest. Originally from the Manawatu, Sue was raised on a dairy-beef farm.
Richard A Waddel
BCom FCA
Richard chairs the Management Committee of EDS and is the Financial Director. He was a partner in Ernst & Young for 34 years holding the position of Chief Executive for 11 years with responsibility for the overall direction, strategic planning, marketing and the financial performance of the firm.
Richard presently holds a number of directorships including chairman of the Pharmaceutical Management Agency and two public companies, Kidicorp Group Limited and New Zealand Finance Holdings Limited. He is also Chairman of Finance Direct Limited, the Hyperfactory Limited and The Auckland Festival Trust as well as being a director of the Auckland Regional Transport Authority and a board member of The Aotea Centre Board of Management. Richard is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of the Institute of Directors.
Professor Emeritus Charles F. Wurster
PhD
Charlie's fascination with the natural world began with an interest in snakes and weather. However science class trips to Florida 50 years ago convinced him that birds were more varied, abundant, and exciting. He earned a doctorate in chemistry from Stanford University in 1957 but has been an ardent environmentalist and ornithologist for most of his life. The study of birds has taken him to all continents, where he has identified one third of the world's 10,000 avian species.
In the 1960's these interests and expertise led to a concern about the environmental effects of DDT, Aldrin, and Dieldrin. He and colleagues challenged their use through the courts and by the Federal Government, and by 1974 all three of these destructive pesticides were banned in the USA. This success became the cornerstone of environmental law as we know it today.
In 1967 Charlie became one of the founders of Environmental Defense (formerly Environmental Defense Fund on which EDS is modelled), now an international organization of scientists, attorneys, and economists seeking creative and practical solutions to a wide variety of environmental problems. Charlie remains an active member of the Board of Trustees.
For 30 years he was a professor of environmental sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Several years ago he became emeritus to pursue eco-tourism and environmental protection projects. He has a long-standing interest in energy policy, and has lectured around the world and written scientific papers on a wide variety of subjects.
