Meet your zone representatives
The Banks Peninsula water zone committee is a joint committee of Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury.
The committee's role is to work with the community to develop actions and tactics to deliver on the Canterbury Water Management Strategy.
It recommends these actions and tactics to various agencies for implementation.
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Gina is the current Chairperson of the Committee. She lives in Governors Bay and has a rural property at the head of Whakaraupō. Gina has professional engineering skills along with interests in water, environmental protection and restoration, and farming. She is also the Committee's representative on the Whaka Ōra Community Advisory Group, a community representative on Environment Canterbury Biosecurity Advisory Group and is a steering group member, newsletter editor and local coordinator for Predator Free Port Hills. Gina grew up in Governors Bay.
George is a third generation farmer in Port Levy. George's farm has a number of waterways and significant areas of native bush. George has also been a shepherd at large stations in Canterbury and the North Island. He has been part of Banks Peninsula Wools, Banks Peninsula Agronomy Group, the Banks Peninsula Collie Club and helps organise dog trials at the Little River show. George grew up Port Levy.
Ben Manson farms his own property in Little River and farms in partnership on 2 other properties (Ōnuku and Ōnuku Heights).
He has lived in the area for the past 35 years and his parents and grandparents for most of their lives.
Ben has been involved in the local community with the activities of the Little River School and Co-Chair of the Little River Flood Working Group..
Trudi is trained as a Climate Reality Leader under the Al Gore Climate Reality Training corp and has professional experience in marketing, education and behaviour change.
Trudi grew up in Ashburton, lives in Beckenham and spends a lot of her time recreating on Banks Peninsula.
I am the Chairperson of the Onuku Runanaga and a Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu board member. I am active in the community and currently a trustee for 5 different organisations. I am passionate about the Peninsula and look forward to working with the other members of the BP zone committee.
TBC
- Cr Paul Dietsche
Meet your zone delivery team
We deliver work related to the zone committee's recommendations through an on-the-ground team made up of Environment Canterbury staff. See our video about managing water in Canterbury.
The Banks Peninsula water zone delivery team is:
- Gillian Jenkins — Zone Delivery Lead
- Will Todhunter — Land Management and Biodiversity Officer
- Josh McDonald Davis — Maritime Monitoring Officer
- Martin Rutledge — Land Management and Biodiversity Advisor
- James Dobson — Resource Management Officer for Forestry
- Steve Carrick — Pou Mātai Kō
Talk to us
Johannes Welsch— Zone Manager 027 512 3158 johannes.welsch@ecan.govt.nz
Shelley Washington — Zone Facilitator 027 294 5219 shelley.washington@ecan.govt.nz
Murray Griffin — Zone Facilitator 027 705 4798 murray.griffin@ecan.govt.nz
Vacant — Tangata Whenua Facilitator
How are zone committee members selected?
Water zone committee members are appointed after councils advertise for expressions of interest from the community.
Applicants are assessed on skills, expertise and experience, as well as their ability to work together to develop water management solutions to economic, social, cultural and environmental issues.
Each water zone committee has between seven and 10 members, including:
- An Environment Canterbury appointee
- A local territorial authority councillor
- A rūnanga appointee
- Between four and six local members nominated from the community who come from a variety of backgrounds and interests.
Members serve for three years, meeting every few weeks to gather information from stakeholders and the community to ensure all interests are represented.
Zone committee key resources
Download key documents developed by the committee, and view meeting minutes, agendas and presentations:
- Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee Action Plan 2021-2024
- Banks Peninsula Water Zone Progress Report 2021/22
- View the Banks Peninsula Water Zone Terms of Reference and Code of Conduct
- View presentations to the Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee
- View agendas and meeting papers for the Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee
- Banks Peninsula Compliance and Incident Report update 2020/21 (PDF File, 134KB)
- Banks Peninsula Zone Work Programme progress 2018/19 (PDF File, 4.02MB)
- Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee Implementation Programme (PDF File, 29.2MB)
- Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee Implementation Programme addendum (PDF File, 1.87MB)