Authors

Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage functions as both a generator and communicator of knowledge, undertaking and supporting a variety of green growth-focused research acti...

Dr Mick Abbott

Dr Mick Abbott is a Professor in Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University. He is Director of the design and research group Wildlab.org.nz which wo...

Dr Jacqui Aimers

Dr Jacqui Aimers is a forestry scientist, ecologist, research analyst and science communicator. Jacqui loves trees and is passionate about natural eco...

Alison Andrew

Alison joined Transpower in 2014. She has held a number of senior executive roles across various industry sectors, most recently as Global Head of Che...

James Araci

James Araci is a Future Insights Manager at Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand’s innovation agency. With 20 years’ experience in sustainability and...

Simon Arnold

Simon Arnold is CEO of the National Energy Research Institute (NERI) half-time. His other roles are: Managing Director of arnold.co.nz (commercial...

Sheridan Ashford

Sheridan Ashford graduated from the School of Forestry at the University of Canterbury in 2013 and is now the Commercial Sales Manager for Summit Fore...

Dean Baigent-Mercer

Dean Baigent-Mercer has often invisibly been involved with the key environmental campaigns within Aotearoa over the past twenty years. Sometimes write...

Troy Baisden

As an environmental scientist with GNS Science, I track carbon, nitrogen and water through farms, catchments and at national and global scales.

Dr John Baker

Dr John Baker initiated a research and development project at New Zealand’s Massey University in 1967 aimed at identifying and eliminating the cause...

Will Barker

Will is a seasoned executive experienced in commercialising new technologies through securing IP, fund-raising, governance and building high-performan...

Dr Seán Barnes

Dr Seán Barnes is working to realise the potential of business to have a positive influence on the world. Following on from study and various governm...

Prof. Barry Barton

At Waikato, Barry Barton is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law. In the international field,...

Mike Bassett-Smith

Mike Bassett-Smith I am Managing Director at PowerSmart, the largest solar power integrator in New Zealand. I have a Bachelor of Commerce from the Uni...

Dr Susanne Becken

Dr. Susanne Becken is a Professor of Sustainable Tourism at Griffith University in Australia and the Principal Science Investment Advisor (Visitor) in...

Peter Bell

Peter Bell is a film and TV director and writer, with an interest in New Zealand history, politics and social issues. He recently directed "Radar's Ch...

Mark Belton

Mark Belton is Managing Director of Permanent Forests NZ Ltd. The company specialises in growing forests for carbon sequestration and conservation purposes, and trading forest carbon units.

Mike Bennetts

Mike Bennetts became CEO of Z Energy in April 2010, after 25 years with BP in a variety of downstream roles in New Zealand, China, South Africa, the U...

Peter Berg ONZM

Peter Berg ONZM is chair of Tane's Tree Trust and past President of the NZ Forest Owners Association for 12 years and former member of the SCION (NZ F...

Dr David Bergin

Dr. David Bergin is director of Environmental Restoration Ltd (ERL) where he is a scientist specialising in restoration ecology and promoting the plan...

Dr Gordon Hosking & Dr David Bergin

David is director of Environmental Restoration Ltd (ERL) where he is a scientist specialising in restoration ecology and promoting the planting and ma...

Dr Anna Berka

Dr Anna Berka works on innovation policy, socio-technical transitions, inclusivity and impact evaluation, and holds degrees in economics, environmenta...

Bob Beth

Bob is actively engaged in forming and nurturing relationships globally leading to private/public as well as social venture/philanthropic collaboratio...

Mark Bloomberg

My research area at the University of Canterbury is the relationship between forests and the abiotic environment. Over the next 5 years, my focus wil...

Linley Boniface

Linley Boniface is Head of Content at Roar Content. Previously Global Communications Manager for Icebreaker, Linley is a brand storyteller who creates...

Andy Booth

Andrew Booth is the CEO of solarcity, New Zealand’s leading solar energy services company. solarcity is in business for a purpose, to make a big dif...

Dr Rosie Bosworth

A fresh voice in a crowded landscape, Dr Rosie Bosworth is a strategic innovation consultant and communications professional with a penchant for drivi...

Tane & Clare Bradley

Tane Bradley is the General Manager of AgriseaNZ, a multi-award winning sustainable New Zealand company, family owned and operated. The company produ...

Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown, ONZM is Founder & CEO, Sustainable Business Network Inc 2002 (SBN). Rachel has played a critical role in advancing sustainabilit...

Nigel Brunel

Nigel Brunel is Director, Financial Markets at OMF. OMF is a leading carbon broker and member of the NZX. Nigel is one of the original OMF team, joini...

Hannah Buckley

Hannah is an ecologist from Auckland University of Technology interested in the causes and consequences of variation in biological diversity. Her curr...

Prof. Bruce Burns

I am a plant ecologist curious about plants and their often cryptic world. I completed my undergraduate degree and Master's research (mangrove ecology...

Larry Burrows

Larry Burrows is a forest ecologist with Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research who has worked on growth rates and carbon sequestration of native trees, shr...

Sarah Bürli

I am a global change plant ecologist and conservationist, with a strong interest for high-elevation ecosystems. I use a variety of biological systems ...

Manu Caddie

Manu Caddie (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Hauā) is a biotechnology entrepreneur focused on truly sustainable land use and an indigenous bioeconomy. He is ...

Paul Callister

Paul Callister is a Kapiti based economist who has undertaken social and economic research on local, national, and cross-national issues for a wide ra...

John Campbell

John is co-founder and Managing Director of Wellington-based energy tech start-up, Our Energy. A seemingly innocent summertime run a few years back be...

John Caradus

John Caradus is CEO of Grasslanz Technology. John was CEO of Dexcel, and Science GM for AgResearch. John has a background in forage plant breeding. Jo...

Steve Carden

Steve Carden is CEO of Pāmu Farms of New Zealand. Pāmu is the brand name for Landcorp, a State Owned Enterprise, and one of New Zealand’s most inn...

Don Carson

Don Carson became Communications Manager for the New Zealand Forest Owners Association earlier this year. He has been a radio and television host and ...

Dr. Fiona Carswell

My appreciation for the carbon sinking quality of forests began in the Brazilian Amazon when I had to measure the amount of carbon being sequestered b...

Bradley Case

Senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, with over 15 years experience in teaching and research in geospatial and ecological sciences.

Andrew Caseley

Andrew Caseley has held executive leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. Previously he worked for MWH Global Inc., an engineering an...

Bernadette Casey

Bernadette Casey is a founder of The Formary a sustainability consultancy helping clothing organisations both large and small transition to the low ca...

Simon Chamberlain

Simon Chamberlain is the CEO of GreenAir, the company he founded in 2001 to bring vitality to commercial buildings and city streets through plantscape...

Dr Ralph Chapman

Dr Ralph Chapman is Director of Environmental Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. He holds degrees in engineering, public policy and economi...

Annabell Chartres

Annabell Chartres is a Partner at PwC New Zealand and leads the Firm’s Sustainability & Climate Change practice. She has more than 20 years’ e...

Jo Clendon

Jo Clendon is the founder of the Bikes Welcome charitable trust (www.bikeswelcome.org). After graduating from the University of Auckland with a Bachel...

Eva Collins

Eva Collins is an Associate Professor of Strategy at Waikato Management School. She is the Co-Chair of the University of Waikato's Sustainability Comm...

Allen Cookson

Allen Cookson spent most of his life teaching science at secondary school level. After retirement he completed a B.App. Econ. degree. He is author of ...

Katherine Corich

Katherine Corich qualified as a commercial pilot before turning her considerable energy and intellect to becoming an expert in business transformation...

Dan Coup

Dan Coup lives in Wellington with his wife and three children. He has been chief executive of the QEII National Trust since October 2019. He was forme...

Victoria Crawford-Flett

Victoria Crawford-Flett is an integral part of the team at Young Enterprise Trust, based in Wellington. A recent graduate from the Victoria University...

Dave Cull

Dave Cull successfully stood for the Dunedin City Council in 2007 and has been Mayor of the city since 2010. Dave is focused on both economic and ...

Bill Currie

Bill has a strong personal interest in a great wind turbine solution, he lives in an off-grid house and has a long standing interest and belief in loc...

Lianne Dalziel

Hon Lianne Dalziel (LLB) was elected as the Mayor of Christchurch in October 2013, after serving for 23 years in the New Zealand Parliament. Lianne s...

Howell Davies

Experienced Arborist with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Landscaping, Urban Planning, Environ...

Alistair Davis

Alistair Davis grew up in Wellington and educated at Wellington College and Victoria University graduating with a LL.B and B.C.A (majoring in Business...

Carli Davis

An MBA honours graduate from Crummer Graduate School of Business, Florida, Carli is a keen environmentalist. After finishing high school in New Ze...

Mark Dean

Mark was educated at Waikato University and Hamilton Teachers College. He started his working life as a teacher, including three years spent as an out...

Dr Alison Dewes

A fourth generation dairy farmer and second generation veterinarian, Alison is a firm believer that our future food production systems have to be prof...

Dr Marie Doole

Dr Marie Doole Founder/Director Mātaki Environmental Throughout a wide-ranging career in local and central government, the not-for-profit environm...

Paul Stanley Ward & Dr Marie Brown

Marie is the Senior Policy Analyst for EDS and the lead author of Vanishing Nature: facing New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis. She has degrees in sci...

Aaron Drew

Aaron Drew, AIFA® is a principal of MyFiduciary, who provide investment governance training and support to various organisations across New Zealand, ...

Peter Dunne

Hon. Peter Dunne, born in Christchurch in 1954, graduated from the University of Canterbury in 1977 with a Master of Arts degree with Honours in Polit...

Bill Dyck

A science and technology broker, Bill’s main role is to bring end-users and scientists together. This has the dual aim of ensuring science gets used...

Andrew Eagles

Andrew Eagles is the chief executive of the New Zealand Green Building Council. He took up this role in September 2016 after returning from more than ...

Earth Vision Institute

For 35 years, photographer James Balog has broken new conceptual and artistic ground on one of the most important issues of our era: human modificatio...

Vivid Economics

This report has been compiled by Vivid Economics under contract with GLOBE-NZ, a cross-party group of 35 members, drawn from all parties within the 51...

Paul Evans

Paul Evans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Waste Management Institute New Zealand (WasteMINZ). WasteMINZ is the representative body of the waste...

Carys Everett

Carys Everett is a Chartered Humanitarian Engineer with over 13 years’ experience in civil engineering, specifically water, wastewater and solid was...

David Evison

Impact of the Emissions Trading Scheme on the profitability of forestry in New Zealand. Analysis of investment returns from rural land uses including ...

Clare Feeney

Clare Feeney is The Sustainability Strategist and the Director of Environmental Communications Ltd. She has developed her own unique IP related to hel...

Mario Fernandez

Mario Andres Fernandez is a Researcher at the Research and Monitoring Unit, Auckland Council. A Texas A&M PhD graduate, he has been recognised by ...

Andrew Fisher

As owner and director of Eco Stock, Andrew has made a significant impact on the waste minimisation sector in the 11 years of running this business. ...

Adele Fitzpatrick

Adele Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive of Museums Aotearoa. Adele is new to the arts and culture sector, although has been a fan from the sidelines for de...

Te Ururoa Flavell

Te Ururoa Flavell is of Ngāti Rangiwewehi (Te Arawa) and Ngāpuhi descent. Te Ururoa was raised in Rotorua and continues to live in his whānau homes...

Dominic Foote

Dominic Foote is the General Manager Operations for the New Zealand Housing Foundation. Responsible for the operational growth and day to day operatio...

Prof. John Foppert

John Foppert is a researcher in forest science, economics, and management, and a practicing professional forester. He is a doctoral candidate in econo...

Alexa Forbes

Alexa lives in Queenstown New Zealand. She works for Capable NZ, the Otago Polytechnic as a facilitator and is an elected member and chair of Infrastr...

Dr Adam Forbes

Dr Adam Forbes is a Forest Ecologist who specialises in forest restoration. Adam works throughout New Zealand developing restoration proposals and giv...

Dr Stanley Bellgard & Greg Ford

Dr Stanley Bellgard and Greg Ford are joint authors of ‘Catching a kauri killer’. Dr Bellgard Landcare Research Biodiversity and Conservation team...

Matt Fordham

Matt Fordham is Communications Director for Evident, a company driven by its mission to share the lessons from leading-edge buildings. He coordinates ...

Dr Shaun Forgie

Shaun Forgie is a director of Dung Beetle Innovations and is head of Production and Research. In his previous role as a research scientist for Landcar...

Marama Fox

Marama Fox is the Co-leader of the Māori Party and list MP based in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, elected in the 2014 General Election. Prior to becoming a Member...

Prof. Dave Frame

Professor Dave Frame is Director of the Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington and is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the ...

Zane Fulljames

Zane is Chief Executive Officer of NZ Bus, the largest operator of urban bus services in New Zealand. It has a fleet of over 1,000 buses, employs appr...

Gregor Fyfe

Co-founder of Freedom Farms which commenced business in 2006.

Dr David Galler

David Galler is the son of Polish Jewish refugees who ate pork and made yoghurt from sour milk. After attaining his first degree at Victoria Unive...

Grenville Gaskell

Grenville is the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Wind Energy Association. He has a background in the energy industry, the finance sector and Crow...

Sam Gibson

Sam Gibson aka Sam The Trap Man is a self described “bushman.” Sam has a background in ecology, predator control and managing landscape for biodiv...

Paul Gilberd

Paul was born in Auckland, lived his early life in Wellington and studied colonial and Pacific history at the University of Auckland, then Business in...

Hon. Phil Goff

Phil Goff is a born and bred Aucklander. He put himself through school and the University of Auckland working at the Westfield Freezing Company fo...

Nancy Golubiewski

Nancy Golubiewski is an ecosystem ecologist and land system scientist with interdisciplinary experience in both research and policy settings. She purs...

Alan Good

Alan Good has been associated with the paper and printing industries in New Zealand for most of his working life. He has held a variety of positions r...

James Goodhue

James is a property & construction professional with an in-depth understanding of sustainable building methodologies and innovative affordable hou...

Bruce Gordon

Bruce has 25 years commercial experience across the Asia Pacific, UK and USA. He has held executive positions in National Australia Bank, ASB Bank and...

Meg Graeme

Meg Graeme is a consultant ecologist with 25 years’ experience. Her work currently focuses on wetlands and plantation forestry. Meg is a member of t...

Dr Kennedy Graham

Dr Kennedy Graham is a member of the NZ Parliament, since 2008. He holds the portfolios of global affairs, defence and disarmament, and intelligence a...

Andrew Grant

Andrew Grant is a Senior Partner with McKinsey Consulting group and trustee for Pure Advantage. Since joining McKinsey in 1992, Andrew has served ...

Nick Grayston

Nick was appointed Chief Executive of The Warehouse Group in January, 2016. He moved to New Zealand from Chicago where he held leadership roles with S...

Daniel Gudsell

The Founder of Abodo Wood, Daniel has a passion for truly sustainable natural wood products, and an in-depth technical understanding of what is possi...

Dr David Hall

David Hall is Senior Researcher at The Policy Observatory at AUT and an Associate Investigator at Te Punaha Mātatini. He has a D.Phil in Politics fro...

Sophie Handford

Councillor and activist from Kāpiti, New Zealand. Since a young age, Sophie has held the environment closely and always felt a strong connection to a...

Dr. Michelle Harnett

Michelle is a science communicator working for Scion in Rotorua. A recent graduate of Otago University's science communication programme, she is using...

Dr Niki Harre

My teaching and research is in the area of community psychology and the psychology of sustainability. I teach at both the undergraduate and graduate l...

Sir Robert Harvey

Sir Robert (Bob) Harvey KNZM QSO, is the Champion for Auckland responsible for International Investment he was recently Chairman of Waterfront Aucklan...

Bridgit Hawkins

Bridgit Hawkins, a Massey University alumni, is an agricultural business specialist with extensive commercial experience in the rural sector, Bridgit ...

Cam Hayes

Cam is the Communications & Marketing Coordinator at ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary and has a strong interest in the power of creative communications to i...

Oliver Hendrickson

As the Director of Forestry and Land Management for Te Uru Rākau (Forestry New Zealand; MPI), Oliver has responsibility for the operation of the Emis...

Dr Jeremy Hill

Dr Jeremy Hill Past President International Dairy Federation Chief Science & Technology Officer, Fonterra Co-operative Group Jeremy has held ...

Denis Hocking

Denis Hocking is a Bulls farm-forester and former NZ Farm Forestry Association executive member.

Dr. Christina Hood

Dr Christina Hood is a climate change, energy, and carbon pricing policy consultant, with over 20 years of experience in New Zealand and internationally.

Gerard Horgan

Gerard is an economist with over 40 years’ experience in research, policy, and forestry/natural resource economics.  He was a research economist wi...

Iain Hosie

Iain Hosie is co-founder and Managing Director of Revolution Fibres Ltd. After a career in environmental hazard management and policy, Iain accidental...

Sam Huggard

Sam Huggard is the National Secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi, and leads the organisation’s work on climate chan...

Stuart Innes

Stuart Innes is a co-founder and one of the managing directors of emhTrade, an independent energy services company that has recently launched P2, a pe...

Tony Johnston

With 20 years experience in the international wood products sector, Tony is also involved at the ownership and governance levels of two enterprises co...

Dr Christine Jones

To the pressing worldwide challenge of helping farmers transition from high input systems while optimising farm productivity and remaining sustainable...

Dr Mike Joy

Mike was a late starter in academia, first attending university in his early thirties to gain his BSc, MSc and PhD in Ecology from Massey University. ...

Sam Judd

Sam Judd is the co-founder and CEO of the multi-award-winning charity Sustainable Coastlines. In 2013 he was named Young New Zealander of the Year as ...

Michal Kadlec

Originally from the Czech Republic, Michal was educated at University of Economics in Prague graduating with Masters in Business Administration and Ma...

Dan Kahn

Dan is co-founder and CTO of Hiringa Energy. He has a background in clean technology product development, hydrogen infrastructure design and carbon ca...

Jade Kake

Jade Kake is an architectural designer, writer, and housing advocate. Of Māori and Dutch descent, her tribal affiliations are Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Hau ...

Chris Keenan

Chris has spent 25 years leading technology firms. His California Company provided 3D software and solutions for architecture, civil/mechanical engine...

Dr Matthew Kiernan

Dr. Kiernan is founder and Chief Executive of Inflection Point Capital Management, a specialist, research-driven investment management boutique based ...

Mark Kimberley

Mark Kimberley is a statistician who spent most of his career working at Scion and now freelances as a consultant. His interests include forest invent...

Caroline King

Caroline King is a former journalist for Fairfax Media. She is now a communications advisor for Landcare Research.

John King

You’ll find John King with positive farming deviants, farmers not doing best practice and getting better outcomes; reducing labour, increasing profi...

John Lang

John Lang is a science communicator and climate expert who works for the UK-based Energy and Climate Intelligence, and is founder of the e-nvironmenta...

Justin Lester

Justin Lester was elected Mayor of Wellington in 2016. He joined Wellington City Council as a Northern Ward Councillor in 2010 and then served as Depu...

Damian Light

Damian Light is UnitedFuture Party Leader. He is also candidate for Botany and first on the party list. Born and bred in Auckland, Damian lives in B...

Harvey Locke

Carl Longstaff

Carl is an accountant by profession who joined the family business in 1996. As managing director he is busy guiding the day-to-day activities of Metal...

Adrian Loo

Adrian Loo is a past graduate of the University of Canterbury and a founding member of the Future Foresters. Adrian was awarded the Prince of Wales Aw...

Di Lucas ONZM

Di Lucas ONZM is a landscape architect who established Lucas Associates 40 years ago to focus on sustainable farm and forest planning, management and ...

Jacqui Macalister

Jacqui is a sustainability advisor with executive-level experience leading and supporting global businesses in making sustainability transformations. ...

Simon Mackenzie

Simon Mackenzie is passionate about the power of technology to transform the energy industry, and consumers lives. As Group Chief Executive Officer, S...

Heather Mackenzie

Heather Mackenzie is a freelance writer and has previously worked as a communications specialist for Land Information New Zealand and the Ministry for...

Piers Maclaren

Piers Maclaren is a retired forestry scientist. He was editor of the New Zealand Journal for Forestry from 2009–2012, worked for many years at the F...

Geoff Manks

Geoff Manks is Managing Director of Sage Partners Ltd and has 27 years of experience in commercial insurance broking. He was the owner ​of a New Zea...

Mike Manning

Mike Manning (B.Ag.Sc) is currently CP Ag General Manager Innovation & Strategy at Ravensdown. Mike has a vast experience in the fertiliser indust...

Tracey Martin

Tracey was elected as a New Zealand First list Member of Parliament based in Warkworth at the 2011 Election. For the 50th and 51st Parliaments Tracey ...

Chris McArthur

Chris McArthur is Strategic Account Manager for Enphase Energy in New Zealand, a company that was in 2013 named both fastest growing clean tech compan...

John McDermott

John McDermott is managing the technology and commercial development of Digital Water. He is an electronics engineer with background in telecommunicat...

Alan McDonald

Alan has worked for the Department of Conservation for 13 years in various portfolios. His role within DOC is to progress landscape scale native plant...

Emily McDowall

Based in Upper Hutt, Emily is passionate about environmental and social issues. She graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2016 with a co...

Andrew McEwen

Andrew McEwen has been in forestry for over 55 years active in forest management, research, State forest corporatisation and privatisation, and Treaty...

Rob McGowan

Rob McGowan was previously Continuing Education Officer at Waikato University and chairman of the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board and now works for N...

Tom McLeod

Tom McLeod is originally from the East Coast of Canada (Maritime Province of New Brunswick) and grew up with seaweed as part of his daily diet. He mov...

Patrick McVeigh

Patrick McVeigh is Practice Lead, People and Places with the independent consultancy MartinJenkins. Patrick has extensive experience in economic devel...

Dr Colin D. Meurk ONZM

Dr Colin Meurk has adjunct positions at Canterbury and Lincoln Universities and is a Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Associate. His interests inclu...

Philip Millichamp

Philip Millichamp is National Environmental Manager at Oji Fibre Solutions. He is responsible for environment, sustainability and external relations.

Rebecca Mills

Rebecca Mills is a leading impact strategist and founder of the Transformation Agency, The Lever Room. The Lever Room works at the intersection of inn...

Phillip Mills

The Founder of Pure Advantage, Phillip Mills is one of the pioneers of the international fitness industry and a driving force behind the popularisation of the modern group fitness experience.

Diana Montano

Diana Montano is a young Biotechnology Engineer, passionate about applying science, technology and knowledge to promote effectively for society to liv...

Rob Morrison

“You can’t distribute wealth without generating it first. New Zealand needs to generate wealth as a country in order to make the investment requir...

Hannah Muir

Hannah Muir is a senior member of the team at Ecotricity, New Zealand's only 100% carboNZero certified renewable electricity.

Chris Mulcare

I qualified as a Chemical Engineer from Auckland University and started my career as a project engineer in a range of industries within NZ, then moved...

Glenn Murdoch

Glenn Murdoch is an Architectural Designer in Christchurch focusing on Passive Houses. He is also a Board Member of the Passive House Institute New Ze...

Bernie Napp

Bernie Napp has held the role of policy manager at Straterra for the last five years. Previously he has worked as a NZ diplomat, newspaper reporter, a...

Dr Barbara Nebel

Barbara’s passion is to enable organisations to succeed sustainably. As CEO of thinkstep in ANZ, a locally owned business, she often describes her j...

Penny Nelson

Penny Nelson – Deputy Secretary Environmental Performance, Innovation & Climate Penny Nelson holds policy responsibility for climate change,...

Tom Nickels

Tom Nickels is Managing Director of Waste Management NZ, New Zealand's largest waste and environmental services provider. Tom has led Waste Management...

Genevieve Northey

Genevieve Northey is the Donations and Systems Advisor for The Tindall Foundation. Genevieve travelled to Marrakesh, Morocco to attend COP22 as a memb...

Emeritus Prof. David Norton

Emeritus Professor David Norton retired from the University of Canterbury at the start of 2022 and has over 40 years’ experience in New Zealand ecol...

Steve O'Connor

Steve has been helping disruptive ideas become great businesses for more than 20 years, and is currently CEO of Flick Electric Co, a disruptive electr...

Rod Oram

Rod Oram has more than 40 years’ experience as an international business journalist. He has worked for various publications in Europe and North Amer...

Harriet Palmer

Forestry communications specialist - Helping policy makers connect with people.

Nicola Patrick

Nicola Patrick is a Horizons regional councillor, a co-founder of Thrive Whanganui (a trust growing social enterprise), and an environmental advisor f...

Bob Penter

Bob Penter is the CEO of The Waikato River Authority created via legislation as an independent organisation to oversee the restoration and protection ...

Lan Pham

Lan Pham was the highest polling candidate elected to Environment Canterbury Regional Council in 2016 when she campaigned on prioritising the health o...

Matt Philp

Matt Philp began his feature writing career at the New Zealand Listener, and was a senior writer for Metro, The Press and North & South. Now a fre...

Sir Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt is an eminent writer and campaigner on sustainable development. For the last 30 years, Jonathon has provided strategic advice to lead...

Tania Pouwhare

Tania (Ngāi Tūhoe) is a Social Intrapreneur for The Southern Initiative team at Auckland Council. Her role is to support and enable social and commu...

Andre Prassinos

Andre Prassinos was born in Reno, Nevada and spent his childhood growing up in the Western United States with time spent in Denver, Colorado and South...

Kevin Prime

Kevin Prime has farmed beef and trees (and over the last 32 years, bees) on their whānau land in Motatau, Northland, since 1963. He is married to Mar...

Ian Proudfoot

Ian is the Global head of Agribusiness at KPMG. Ian is the author of the KPMG Agribusiness Agenda, a series of thought leadership reports which have...

Paul Quinlan

Paul Quinlan is a landscape architect, trustee of Tāne’s Tree Trust, convenor of the Northland Tōtara Working Group, and a regional advisor for Tr...

Wallace Rae

Wallace Rae's university years began in chemical engineering at Canterbury. After modest success in his first professional engineering year he realize...

Dr David Rees

Dr David Rees has worked as a consultant since the mid-1980’s in the UK, NZ and Australia. He has specialised in applying the concepts, methods and ...

Sue Reidy

Sue Reidy is an Auckland-based freelance writer, editor, speechwriter, blog writer, web content provider, manuscript assessor, novelist and poet. She ...

Prof. James Renwick

James has over 30 years’ experience in weather and climate research, specialising in large-scale climate variations. His interests include the El Ni...

Abbie Reynolds

Abbie Reynolds is a climate change, sustainability and now conservation advocate. She received the Board and Management Award at the 2019 New Zealand ...

Trevor Richards

Trevor is a New Zealand civil engineer and environmental management consultant who has been living in Malaysia since 1996. He has been associated with...

Jake Roos

Jake Roos has a Masters of Applied Science in Energy Management which he has been putting to good use in the local government sector for the last twel...

Finn Ross

I am a passionate young kiwi naturalist, climate activist and adventurer. I am a Deakin University PhD candidate, a University of Canterbury Honours A...

Geoff Ross

Geoff was born and raised on a Dairy and Deer Farm south of Auckland. He attended Lincoln University where he graduated with a B Com (Agricultural). I...

Prof. Jacqueline Rowarth

Jacqueline Rowarth is Professor of Agribusiness at University of Waikato. She has a Bachelors degree in Agricultural Science and a PhD in Soil Science...

James Russell

James Russell is a freelance environmental journalist, marketing strategist and creative. The founding editor of Element magazine, James is also the c...

Jim Salinger

Dr Jim Salinger is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Otago. He has been a visiting Professor at Stanford University, Research...

Dame Anne Salmond

Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond ONZ DBE CBE FNAS CFBA FRSNZ FAHNZ Dame Anne Salmond is a Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and A...

Michelle Sharp

When Michelle first joined Kilmarnock in 2010 she did so with great ambitions. To change attitudes towards people with disabilities and create a diver...

James Shaw

James Shaw has been the Co-leader of the Green Party since May 2015. Prior to being an MP, James Shaw had a successful career in management consulting...

Ian Short

Ian Short recently returned to NZ after spending the last 12 years on innovation in sustainable/ smart cities, urban development and climate change in...

Alina Siegfried

Alina is a Wellington-based writer, narrative strategist, and storyteller specialising in the impact space. Focused on human-centric stories, she is p...

Karen Silk

Karen is an experienced banker who leads Westpac’s financial markets, large corporate, mid-market and specialist banking teams. Karen is General...

Prof. Warwick Silvester

Dr. Warwick Silvester ONZM is Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences at University of Waikato. He has interests in plant nutrition and productivity...

Geoff Simmons

Geoff Simmons is Leader of The Opportunities Party (TOP). Geoff is an economist, and in previous lives has written four books, run his own business an...

Dr Sean Simpson

Sean is the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of LanzaTech. Sean spent the first 12 years of his life living in various countries around the wor...

Prof Ralph Sims

Ralph Sims began his career in Sustainable Energy at Massey University, New Zealand in 1971 making and testing biodiesel from animal fats. After 4 yea...

Nicki Smith

Nicki has been an environmental marketer since graduating from Otago University in Applied Science and Marketing back in the 90s. Nicki has been invol...

Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith is the current Member of Parliament for Kaikoura. He currently lives in Blenheim with his family and is very passionate about his community and electorate.

Dr Jonathan Sperry

Dr Jonathan Sperry is a Senior Lecturer, Rutherford Discovery Fellow and member of the Centre for Green Chemical Science (CGCS) at the University of A...

Cerasela Stancu

Cerasela Stancu is Sustainability Principal, Envirostrat. Cerasela is a sustainability specialist with over 20 years of experience working on envir...

Prof. Margaret Stanley

Associate Professor Margaret Stanley is an ecologist at the University of Auckland working primarily on urban ecology and invasive species. She works ...

Rachel Stewart

Rachel Stewart is New Zealand Herald Columnist, winner of the 2016 Canon Media Award for 'Opinion writer of the year', farmer, falconer, and fighter for freshwater and climate change action.

Fraser Stobie

Fraser Stobie is an Auckland based environmental consultant who specialises in fisheries, aquaculture and marine conservation related projects. Strong...

Belinda Storey

The Founder of Nouveau Eco, Belinda has 20 years experience advising multinationals in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Her work has been...

Kevin Tate

Kevin is a semi-retired scientist who has led development as a Research Associate at Landcare Research in Palmerston North. Kevin is a Fellow of The R...

Gary Taylor

Gary Taylor is CEO of the Environmental Defence Society and co-convenor of the Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference.

Adrien Taylor

Adrien is a former TV3 news journalist who covered the environment round. He's left journalism (although still does the odd bit of freelance work) to ...

Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell

Marama Fox is the Co-leader of the Māori Party and list MP based in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, elected in the 2014 General Election. Prior to becoming a Member...

Michael Thornton-Pay

Michael Thornton-Pay is a resource forester for Pan Pac Forest Products. Inspired by the environmental credentials of wood he has completed a forestry...

Phyllis Tichinin

Phyllis Tichinin has had a life-long interest in agriculture and natural systems. She describes herself as an ‘eco-nutritionist'. Raised rurally in ...

Sir Stephen Tindall

Stephen Tindall is the founder of The Warehouse Group, an Angel investor, a Trustee of The Tindall Foundation, and a member of Pure Advantage.

Prof. Dan Tompkins

Professor Dan Tomkins is the Science Strategy Manager at Predator Free 2050 Ltd. Originally from the UK, with degrees from Cambridge University and th...

Lisa Tovey

Lisa Tovey is a Senior Communications Advisor working for Scion.

James Treadwell

President of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry for 4 years, VP for 2 and CEO of IFS Growth Ltd. James has been instrumental in helping organis...

Dr Tom Trnski

Dr Tom Trnski is Head of Natural Sciences at Auckland Museum. Over 30 years he has coordinated and led marine surveys to remote reefs and islands acro...

Mark Unwin

Mark Unwin has spent the last 12 years in senior management positions, building businesses based on providing compelling customer propositions. Mark s...

Tessa Vincent

Tessa Vincent is the Co-ordinator for New Zealand Food Waste Champions 12.3. This is a coalition from our food supply chain who are committed to halvi...

Bonar Vossen-Chong

Bonar Vossen-Chong (MBA, BSc, MInstD) is a freelance consultant and project manager. During 2015 his team led the activity culminating in the first ba...

Erana Walker

Erana Walker (Te Parawhau, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Ngai Te Rangi) is a Postdoctoral Fellow with research interest in Mātauranga Māo...

David Walsh

David joined in February 2015 as Chief Financial Officer, having previously held the position of General Manager Corporate and Finance at KiwiRail. ...

Gerri Ward

Gerri Ward is Z Energy’s Sustainability Manager, leading the development and effective integration of Z’s sustainability strategy. Gerri is passi...

Simon Watt

Bell Gully partner Simon Watt specialises in climate change law and providing commercial and public law advice to public sector entities. Simon has lo...

Dr. Sean Weaver

Dr. Sean Weaver is Executive Director of the rainforest carbon business Ekos. He is an expert in environmental financing, rainforest carbon, and the v...

Prof. Priscilla (Cilla) Wehi

Associate Professor Priscilla (Cilla) Wehi is a conservation biologist and Rutherford Discovery Fellow at the Centre for Sustainability at the Univers...

Alissa Welker

Alissa is an agricultural business consultant and storyteller working on projects spanning the food supply chain. With an eye for building an agricult...

Andrew West

Dr Andrew West is an ecologist who worked for the NZ Government's Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. He has a PhD in ecology from the University of Westminster.

Brianne West

Brianne West is founder and CEO. She started Ethique in 2012 out of frustration with the disgraceful amount of packaging produced by the cosmetics ind...

Nathalie Whitaker

Nathalie has founded multiple digital crowdfunding ventures and impact organisations. She founded Givealittle.co.nz, New Zealand’s largest crowdfund...

Maree Wilks

A mother of six, Maree trained in photography and journalism. A conversational writer, she has had successes involving overseas trips as a photojourn...

Vanessa Wills

Vanessa is a Senior Advisor in the AA’s Motoring Affairs team. Having practised as a lawyer for five years then taking on senior roles in advocacy a...

Lindsay Wood

Lindsay Wood is founding director of Resilienz Ltd., and works full time on climate initiatives, especially on making the science and technology of cl...

Dr Megan Woods

Dr Megan Woods is the Member of Parliament for Wigram. She sits on Labour’s Front Bench as the Spokesperson for Canterbury Issues, Climate Change Is...

Anna Yallop

Anna Yallop is the General Manager for Bioresource Processing Alliance. In recent years, Anna consulted as a Technology Scout and Tech Transfer Manage...

Al Yates

Al Yates is a Director of Ecotricity. Ecotricity is New Zealands only carboNZero Certified electricity provider, 100% Kiwi and 49% Community owned.

Paul Young

Paul Young is a researcher and communicator with the Morgan Foundation focused on climate change issues. Paul has been studying and working in the cli...