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AUT Conference Room
Room 224
Level 2
WA Building
Wellesley Campus
AUT University
55 Wellesley St E
Auckland 1142, NZ
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Hon Peter Salmon, CNZM, QC, AAMINZ Hon Peter Salmon was the Chair for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Auckland Governance. He is a retired High Court Judge, who is currently active as an arbitrator and mediator, and sits on Pacific Island Courts of Appeal. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he had extensive experience in Local Government, Environmental and Resource Management Law. He practised as a Barrister for 22 years and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1983. He was a founding member and the first President of the Resource Management Law Association. Currently he is the General Editor of the Annotated Resource Management Act and he completed in 2007, with two Commissioners, a review of the Draft National Policy Statement on Electricity Reticulation. |
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Robin Hambleton, Professor of City Leadership, University of the West of England Robin has had very significant experience in local government in both Europe and America. He has worked in local government in senior management. He has also been an advisor to Ministers in UK central government and has advised 10 Downing Street as well as Committees in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Robin has written several national guidance documents for UK local government and is a sought after speaker on public policy, urban change and city leadership. He was the founding President of the European Urban Research Association and has been a Specialist Adviser to the European Union Committee of the Regions. He has recently served as Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Robin has authored ten books on local government and his latest book, co-edited with Jill Gross, is ‘Governing Cities in a Global Era’. The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance commissioned Robin to provide a report which looked at the changing context for civic leadership, alternative institutional forms, and the need for Auckland to develop its own leadership models and leadership programmes that will enhance the civic capacity of the entire city. |
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Diane Robertson is the CEO of the Auckland City Mission and was the Auckland City Mission’s first non-clergy, female City Missioner. Her background includes teaching, establishing counselling and social services, and serving as a computer consultant for community groups and individuals. From 1994 to 1998, Diane was Director of Social Services for the Auckland City Mission, responsible for the planning, development and implementation of all the organisation’s social service divisions. Diane is committed to working at a strategic level with organizations committed to improving our community. As part of this Diane has had involvement with Committee for Auckland, The Auckland University Community Advsiory Board, the Springboard Trust, the Robin Hood Foundation, Child Poverty Action Group and the New Zealand Institute. In 1990 Diane was awarded a NZ Medal for Social Services, recognising her dedication and professionalism. |
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Dr Manuka Henare is the foundation director of the Mira Szászy Research Centre for Mäori and Pacific Economic Development, University of Auckland. He has extensive research experience in understanding human innovation and endeavour, especially in relation to Mäori communities. He is the coordinator and one of the key lecturers of the University’s graduate programmes in Mäori Development and Business, which prepares managers and entrepreneurs for leadership. |
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Peter McKinlayis the director of the Local Government Centre at AUT and is leading its work on different options for the future of metropolitan governance in Auckland. This has included authorship of a number of major papers dealing with different aspects of local government which should be considered in addressing the Royal Commission's terms of reference, and the preparation of the centre's submission. He has more than 25 years experience as a combination of consultant, adviser and strategic policy analyst on a wide range of public sector issues, mainly in local government. He represents New Zealand on the Research Advisory Group of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and is a member of the advisory board of the Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance. | |
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Michael Barnett is Chief Executive of the Auckland Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry, is a Director both of the Auckland Chamber and NZ Chambers of Commerce & Industry, and Secretary-General of NZ’s National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. |
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David Wilsonis the Director of the Institute of Public Policy at AUT. His doctoral studies are focussed on the role of endogenous development in local (city and regional) economic development. Recent research activities include membership of the international review team for the Metropolitan Auckland Project and co-author of the ‘Metro Report’, and ‘Governance for Economic Development in Auckland’, and was recently asked to peer review the economic development section of the Royal Commission’s Report. David is a “Fellow” Economic Development Professional with EDANZ, a member of the EDANZ professional development committee, a strategic partner in the Auckland Regional Economic Development Association and an alternate member of the Auckland Regional Economic Development Forum. | |
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Christine Cheyne is an Associate Professor in Environmental Planning at Massey University, Palmerston North. Her research focuses on democratic governance, comparative local governance, public involvement in local authority decision-making (in particular, the annual planning and long-term community planning processes) and sustainable transport planning. In 2003 she was the recipient of a Royal Society Marsden Fund Fast Start Award for a research project exploring New Zealanders’ knowledge about, and interaction with, local government. She was a member of a 3-person panel appointed by the Minister of Local Government in 2006 to conduct an independent inquiry into the funding of local government in New Zealand. Prior to taking up an academic post, she worked in local authority corporate and strategic planning and policy. She has been involved in a number of consulting roles to central government, local government and community organisations. | |
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Dr Phil McDermott is an adjunct Professor of Urban and Regional Development with the Institute of Public Policy, specialising in economic development, urban studies and local government. Phil has a long-standing background in industrial and regional, urban and community development. Phil has worked extensively throughout New Zealand and Australia as an advisor to business and governments. He has conducted transport, trade, economic development and tourism related assignments throughout Asia. |
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Eugene Bowen was appointed Local Government New Zealand’s Chief Executive in September 2003 and for the past five years has led the organisation’s response to a significant increase in the roles and responsibilities of the local government sector. Eugene’s earlier background was in international trade and public sector management. He served in senior trade commissioner and regional director roles in Asia in the 1980s and 1990s before returning to New Zealand in 1999. He held a number of general management roles in Trade New Zealand, and was responsible for co-ordinating the strategic direction of Trade New Zealand. Prior to joining Local Government New Zealand, Eugene was based at the Auckland Business School in the role of Visiting Scholar with the Department of International Business. Eugene is a classics graduate with a Master’s degree from Victoria University. |
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Uluomatootua Saulaulu Aiono (Ulu) is a Samoan Kiwi. Ulu is the entrepreneur-founder of the high technology enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company COGITA. |
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Elizabeth Rowe has worked in social policy and public administration in the New Zealand and New South Wales Public Services. In New Zealand she has led the New Zealand Ministry of Women's Affairs, the Social Policy Agency, and the Employment Equity Commission; acted as establishment Chief Executive of the Families Commission and held senior positions in the State Services Commission. Her work in New South Wales has included a review of the management of the Department of Community Services, and policy leadership in the Department for Women. Elizabeth is now an independent contractor to government agencies in New Zealand and New South Wales. She was contracted by the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance to write a paper on the role of local government in achieving social well being. | |
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Ngarimu Blair is a Trustee on the Ngati Whatua o Orakei Maori Trust Board. He whakapapa's to Ngati Whatua, Te Uri o Hau, Te Taou, Nga Oho and Te Uringutu. Ngarimu has worked on behalf of Ngati Whatua o Orakei for over 10 years in bringing Tangata Whenua issues around sustainability, protection of sacred sites, restoration of bio-diversity and Maori community issues to Council tables. Ngarimu’s background is as a geographer and tribal historian. His work on behalf of Ngati Whatua o Orakei has involved Treaty claims research and negotiations, establishing Auckland’s largest ecological restoration project and designing a sustainable village strategy on tribal lands at Orakei. | |
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Matthew Cockram is the Principal and Chief Executive Officer New Zealand of Cooper and Company. Matthew’s role as CEO New Zealand includes day-to-day responsibilities on the Britomart and Mountain Landing projects in the areas of leadership, legal design, structuring, compliance, strategy and reporting. Matthew is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Canterbury. He practised as a lawyer at Bell Gully in Auckland from 1984 to 2005, including 13 years as a partner and four years as Chairman of the Board of Partners. While managing partner at Bell Gully he advised Cooper and Company on the Britomart project, negotiating the development deed with Auckland City Council and setting out the legal tenure structure for the precinct. In 2005 he joined Cooper and Company as Chief Executive. Matthew’s legal expertise is in commercial property, construction and large-scale infrastructure projects. During his time at Bell Gully he was involved in a number of major private and public projects in the Auckland region, including the Auckland Rail Project, Britomart Transport Centre, Botany Town Centre and Auckland City Hospital. Matthew is a member of the New Zealand Business Roundtable and the Committee for Auckland. In 2004 Matthew helped set up the New Zealand Council of Infrastructure Development, where he served on the Board until 2008 and as Chairman from 2006 to 2008. NZCID was established to advocate for improved public and private sector provision of infrastructure development. |
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Lex Henry is a member of the Council of the Auckland University of Technology and a Trustee of the AUT Millennium Institute, a high performance organisation focussed on developing New Zealand sporting achievements at an international level. He chairs Cranleigh, a merchant bank. He sits on the board of Landcorp Farms, New Zealand's largest farming enterprise and Med Tech, a major medical software company. He has private business interests in Asia. For six years, until October 2008, he was a director and Deputy Chairman of OnTrack, the New Zealand rail network operator. Lex is Deputy Chair of the TransTasman Business Circle, a major business network involving business and government leaders in Australia and New Zealand, and is a Trustee of the Asia NZ Foundation, which is jointly funded by public and private sector interests and acts to bring Asia and New Zealand closer together. He chairs an educational trust which awards annual scholarships to New Zealand undergraduates and Year 13 students to attend the APEC CEO Summit and similar international conferences. | |
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