Commissioners and their responsibilities Ngā Kōmihana me ngā

Commissioners and their responsibilities
Ngā Kōmihana me ngā mahi whakahaere
Dame Margaret Bazley
ONZ, DNZM, Hon DLit.
(Chair)
Donald Couch
Hon David Caygill
(Deputy Chair)
Tom Lambie
Honorary Professor
Peter Skelton CNZM
David Bedford
Rex Williams
COMMISSIONERS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
Performance, Audit and Risk Committee
This committee deals with audit, external financial reporting,
financial risk management, internal control and strategic
performance management.
David Bedford, Dame Margaret Bazley and Rex Williams make
up the Performance, Audit and Risk Committee. David Bedford
is the chair.
Canterbury Regional Water Management
Committee
This is a statutory committee with two Regional Council
representatives, one elected member from each territorial
authority, one representative from New Zealand Transport Authority
and four independent transport sector experts. This group prepares
a regional land transport strategy and a regional land transport
programme. It also advises and assists the Regional Council on any
other matter relating to its transport responsibilities.
Rex Williams and Tom Lambie are the Regional Council
representatives, with Rex Williams as chair.
This committee, established under the Local
Government Act 2002 in accordance with the
Canterbury Water Management Strategy 2009,
is a committee of the Regional Council until such
time as legislative changes enable it to be a joint
committee with Canterbury’s Territorial Authorities.
The committee was formed to co-ordinate the
development and periodic review of a Regional
Implementation Programme for the wider Canterbury
region that gives effect to the Canterbury Water
Management Strategy and takes into account the
Implementation Programmes of the Zone Committees
and to monitor progress in the implementation of the
programme by the Water Executive.
David Caygill and Tom Lambie are the Regional
Council representatives.
Canterbury Civil Defence and Emergency
Management Group Joint Committee
Canterbury Water Management Strategy
Zone Committees
This is a joint standing committee under the Civil Defence Emergency
Management Act, made up of elected representatives from territorial
authorities and the Regional Council, exercising governance and
determining Canterbury Group emergency management policy.
Kaikōura: David Bedford
Hurunui-Waiau: David Bedford
Waimakariri: Rex Williams
Christchurch-West Melton: Rex Williams
Banks Peninsula: Donald Couch
Selwyn-Waihora: Donald Couch
Ashburton: David Caygill
Orari-Opihi-Pareora: Tom Lambie
Upper Waitaki: Peter Skelton
Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury: Tom Lambie
Canterbury Regional Transport Committee
Rex Williams is the Regional Council representative.
Regulation Hearing Committee
This Council committee has delegated functions to appoint
hearings commissioners under Resource Management Act
processes.
Peter Skelton is chair of this committee, with members Tom
Lambie, Donald Couch and David Caygill.
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Greater Christchurch Urban Development
Strategy (UDS) Implementation Committee
Comprised of the Urban Development Strategy
Partners – Canterbury Regional Council, Christchurch
City Council, Waimakariri District Council, Selwyn
District Council, Ngāi Tahu and New Zealand
Transport Agency – this group provides guidance
and makes recommendations on the implementation
of the Greater Christchurch Urban Development
Strategy.
Dame Margaret Bazley, Peter Skelton and Rex
Williams are the Regional Council representatives
on the committee.
Recovery Strategy Advisory Committee
Representatives are drawn from Environment
Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, Waimakariri
District Council, Selwyn District Council, Ngāi Tahu,
CERA and the NZ Transport Agency.
Dame Margaret Bazley, Peter Skelton and Rex
Williams are the Regional Council representatives
on the committee.
Regional Planning
Peter Skelton and David Bedford are the
Commissioners responsible for regional planning,
policies and strategies to promote sustainable
management and give effect to the Regional Policy
Statement.
Council Portfolios
Commissioners are responsible for groups of activities, as
follows:
Air quality:
David Bedford
Biodiversity:
Donald Couch
Biosecurity:
Tom Lambie
Canterbury Water
Management Strategy:
David Caygill
Coastal Environment:
Donald Couch
Consents and Compliance:
Peter Skelton,
David Bedford
Emergency Management:
Rex Williams
Flood Protection and
Control Works:
Donald Couch
Natural Hazards:
Donald Couch
Navigation Safety:
Donald Couch
Public Passenger Transport:
Rex Williams
Regional Leadership:
Dame Margaret Bazley
Regional Transport:
Rex Williams
Waste, Land, Hazardous
Substances and Contaminated
Sites (rural sites):
Tom Lambie
Waste, Land, Hazardous
Substances and Contaminated
Sites (urban sites):
Rex Williams
Chief Executive Performance Review
Dame Margaret Bazley, David Bedford and Rex
Williams are the Commissioners responsible for the
Chief Executive’s performance review.
DIRECTORATE
Māori Affairs
Bill Bayfield Chief Executive
The Council seeks to build durable relationships
and partnerships with Māori (Ngāi Tahu Papatipu
Rūnanga, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Ngā Maata
Waka) and give effect to the Council’s obligations
under the Treaty of Waitangi, Ngāi Tahu Claims
Settlement Act 1998, Local Government Act
2002 and related obligations under the Resource
Management Act 1991.
Dame Margaret Bazley and Donald Couch are the
Commissioners responsible for this function.
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Regulation Overview
[email protected]
The Council undertakes an ongoing review of
the performance of the regulatory functions of
Environment Canterbury.
Peter Skelton and David Bedford are the
Commissioners responsible for regulation overview.
Don Rule Director Planning and Consents
[email protected]
Kim Drummond Director Resource Management
[email protected]
Ken Taylor Director Investigations and Monitoring
[email protected]
Jill Atkinson Director Strategy and Programmes
Wayne Holton-Jeffreys Director Operations
[email protected]
Miles McConway Director Finance and Corporate Services
[email protected]
Katherine Trought Director Communications
[email protected]
Everything is connected
Environment Canterbury offices
Facilitating sustainable development
in the Canterbury region
Christchurch
PO Box 345
Christchurch 8140
www.ecan.govt.nz
Report Number: R14/46
ISBN 978-1-927299-70-8 (hardcopy)
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