New Zealand

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Prospective members in New Zealand may download a New Zealand Membership Application or contact the Chapter office. The Chapter office can provide contact details of members in each region who have agreed to answer questions about the advantages of joining the EIANZ. The form for prospective NZ members is slightly different from the Australian form and includes information about fees payable to the New Zealand office.

Membership benefits are the same for all EIANZ members. The NZ Chapter provides additional networking opportunities and NZ certification standards may vary to suit the NZ context for environmental management.

For the latest Chapter newsletter click here.

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Student Membership

The Institute offers professional development opportunities in a multi-disciplinary context, excellent publications and information about policy developments in Australia and New Zealand. All tertiary students, undergraduate or postgraduate, are invited to join. Student members are eligible for discounted attendance rates at workshops and conferences.

Annual General Meeting and Ethics Seminar

The New Zealand Chapter and the New Zealand Institute of Management jointly sponsored an interactive workshop on ethics in business and environmental practice on 29 July 2009. The workshop was well-attended and there was plenty of lively discussion. Panel members were Gay Pavelka (facilitator), Leo Fietje (Environment Canterbury), Stephanie Brown (Opus), Kevin Vincent (NZIM Southern), Prof. Ian Spellerberg (Lincoln University), and Ced Croft (EIANZ).

The Chapter AGM followed the Ethics Seminar. Here is your 2009-10 Chapter Executive.

New Zealand Chapter Executive Committee
2009 - 2010
President	Tom Burkitt MEIANZ tom.burkitt@hindin.co.nz +64 3 365 3200
Vice President	Vanessa Browne MEIANZ vanessa.browne@urscorp.com +64 4 495 1482
Treasurer	Ced Croft MEIANZ CEnvP cedcroft@paradise.net.nz +64 3 981 1307
Secretary	Melissa Renganathan MEIANZ melissa.renganathan@ccc.govt.nz +64 3 941 8169
Councillor	Jo Buckner MEIANZ jo.buckner@maf.govt.nz +64 4 894 8475
Committee Member	Peter Hartley MEIANZ peter.hartley@maunsell.com +64 7 927 3088
Committee Member	Kristina Healy MEIANZ kristina.healy@maunsell.com +64 9 336 5346
Committee Member	Craig Redmond MEIANZ craig.redmond@nzta.govt.nz +64 4 894 6664
Committee Member	Diane Shelander MEIANZ diane.shelander@ccc.govt.nz +64 3 941 8304
Committee Member	Ian Spellerberg FEIANZ spelleri@lincoln.ac.nz +64 3 325 2811 x 8730
Committee Member	Belinda van Eyndhoven MEIANZ Belinda.vanEyndhoven@beca.com +64 27 410 4301

NZ Branches

There are active Branches in major centres, including Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Wellington and Christchurch. View the Branch pages for more details. For local events, see Branch pages and the Events page

Chapter History

Following the efforts of a key group of individuals lead by the first NZ Chapter President, Dr Ton Bührs, the NZ Chapter of EIANZ was created with the inaugural meeting on 28th February 2003 in Christchurch. This brought together potential members from various parts of New Zealand.

The official launch of the NZ Chapter took place in May 2003 at Te Papa in Wellington. Since then the NZ Chapter has focused on building membership of EIANZ in New Zealand with regular forums/meetings in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and Bay of Plenty. As membership numbers grow, events will start to happen in other regional centres.

In March 2005 the NZ Chapter hosted the annual EIANZ conference. The conference was held in Christchurch and over 230 people attended from both sides of the Tasman.

In 2010, the annual conference will once again be held in New Zealand. Watch this space for further details.

Other Events

Events provided by other organisations that may be of interest to EIANZ members

Life Cycle Association of NZ (LCANZ) Conference
Life Cycle Assessment and Footprinting:Bridging the Gap Between Tools and Practice
When: 24 & 25 March 2010
Where: Royal Society of New Zealand. 4 Halswell St, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand
Cost: $360 per delegate. $310 for LCANZ members and registered students

The first New Zealand conference on Life Cycle Assessment and Footprinting will give you an opportunity to get up-to-date with the latest developments in Life Cycle Assessment research and application in New Zealand and internationally – and to communicate your ideas about life cycle thinking and its implementation in New Zealand. Keynote speakers include: Professor Roland Clift (Distinguished Professor of Environmental Technology, University of Surrey, UK), Nigel Howard (President, Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society), Alistair Mowat (Innovation Manager, Zespri), and James Stevenson-Wallance (Manager of Sector Infrastructure Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

There will be more than twenty presentations by leading researchers and practitioners during the conference, a poster session, and associated short courses on LCA and carbon footprinting on Tuesday 23rd March. The deadline for registrations is Friday 5th March, and subsidised places are available for the first ten student registrations.

Click here for more details

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