Welcome to the Tenth Annual Conference of the Resource Management Law Association

"Practice in Wonderland". A copy of those conference papers that we have received to date can be viewed below.
 
SESSION 1 - Plenary Session

District Plans: "Plans are Nothing, Planning is Everything" - Eisenhower

Judge John Bollard
Environment Court
John Hutchings, Manager
Environment, Local Government New Zealand
Barry Barton
Associate Professor, Waikato University
SESSION 2 - Plenary Session

Worldview: Is there Room for Different Values to Co-exist in Natural Resource Use?

Linda Constable
Kaupapa Taiao Manager
Office of Te Rünanga o Ngäi Tahu
Judge Joe Williams
Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court
Jim Guthrie
Partner
Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
SESSION 3 - Plenary Session

The Next 10 Years: Sustainable Development - Is it a Reality ? 

Royden Somerville QC
Barrister
Barry Carbon
Chief Executive 
Ministry for the Environment
Dr Morgan Williams
Parliamentary commissioner for the Environment
SESSION 4 - Plenary Session

Aquaculture - The First Major Failure in Planning ?

Keith Heather
Resource Management Officer
Marlborough District Council
Graeme Coates
Executive Officer
New Zealand Aquaculture Council Inc
Sarah Ongley
Senior Solicitor
Ministry for the Environment
Matthew Everett
Manager
Environmental Policy Group
Ministry for the Environment


WORKSHOP 1

Rivers: Sharing Finite Resources

Bill Rainey
Barrister & Mediator
Concordia Dispute Resolution
Niall Watson
Manager
Otago Fish and Game Council

Graeme Martin
Chief Executive
Otago Regional Council

 
Bronwyn Arthur
Crown Counsel
Crown Law Office

WORKSHOP 2

Subdivisions: New techniques for Addressing Old Problems

Paddy Baxter
Baxter Brown Ltd
Neil McDonald
Director, Clark Fortune McDonald & Associates
Craig McKibbin
Resource Management Consultant
Mitchell Partnerships
Debora Field
Regional Planner
Transit New Zealand

Maree Faid
Senior Resource Planner
Transit New Zealand


WORKSHOP 3

Landscape: New Developments for Assessment and Control of Adverse Effects

Judge Jon Jackson
Enviroment Court
John Aspinall
Owner
Mt Aspiring Station
Ralf Kruger
Director, Greenbelt
John Darby
Darby Partners
Sam Chaffey
Digital Presentations

WORKSHOP 4

Special Character Areas: The Wine Industry as a Case Study

David McGregor
Partner, Bell Gully
Charlotte Hume
Principal: Policy Development, Civic Corp
Dr Alan Limmer
Owner, Stonecroft Wines & Chair, RMA Group
NZ Wine Institute 

WORKSHOP 5

Understanding Environmental Noise

Christopher Day
Director
Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd
Terence Moody
Environmental Health Policy Leader
Christchurch City Council
Catherine Somerville
Solicitor
Russell McVeagh

WORKSHOP 6

New Developments in Historic areas

 
Janet Stephenson
Heritage Advisor
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Wendy Turvey
Principal Planner
Opus International Consultants
Tony Sewell
Property Manager
Ngai Tahu Property
Jane Titchener 
Principal: Resource Management, Civic Corp 

WORKSHOP 7

Future Directions: RMA Update and Technology

Peter Skelton
Associate Professor, Lincoln University
Lindsay Gow
Ministry for the Environment
John Darby and Zana Perry
Darby Partners
Sam Chaffey
Digital Presentations

WORKSHOP 8

Alternative Processes: Mediation, Consultation & Problem Solving

Gay Pavelka
Mediator
Hamish Brown
Concordia
Dispute Resolution Ltd
Jim Guthrie
Partner, Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
Roger Tasker
Commissioner, Environment Court