Gina Sweetman

I am an experienced RMA hearings chair and commissioner, with a wide range of planning, policy and project management experience, having worked for over twenty eight years in local government, central government and private practice. I have a strong knowledge of all aspects of Resource Management Act (RMA) and wider natural resources planning in New Zealand, with particular strengths in policy analysis and advice, statutory planning, freshwater policy, Māori planning issues, training and implementing best RMA practice into everyday practice. I have provided expert evidence to both council hearings and the Environment Court. I am an accredited RMA Commissioner with Chairs endorsement and a Government appointed Freshwater and Development Contributions Commissioner and chair/facilitator for community groups and pre-hearing meetings. Director Sweetman Planning Services Former Three-term Councillor with the New Zealand Planning Institute Former Editor of Planning Quarterly Distinguished Service Award, New Zealand Planning Institute Specialties: - Environmental Policy and Planning - Resource Management Act - Natural Resource Planning - Heritage Planning - Maori Planning and Policy issues - Urban Planning - Contaminated Land - Project management - Training