Chair
Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams
Description
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Focus on Freshwater
- Recent amendments and upcoming changes affecting freshwater law and policy
Presented by Sally Gepp KC, Barrister
Learning Objectives:
- Understand recent amendments and upcoming changes in New Zealand’s freshwater law and policy landscape
- Analyse the implications of freshwater reforms for planning, environmental compliance, and resource consent processes
Presenters
Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams
Mike is a resource management and environmental law specialist who advises private developers, infrastructure providers and local authorities. Mike has experience advising on obtaining and implementing resource consents for large and complex subdivision proposals. Mike also regularly acts for clients on complex planning matters, including appearing before council panels, the Environment Court and High Court. Mike has been identified by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner in projects and resource management. Mike is the Chair of the Resource Management Law Association Auckland Branch Committee and Co-Convener of the Auckland District Law Society Environmental and Resource Management Committee.
Sally Gepp KC, Barrister
Sally has practised as a barrister sole specialising in environmental law since 2019, following nine years with environmental NGO Forest & Bird. She has appeared as counsel in a number of high profile cases including in relation to the Ruataniwha Dam and the proposed East West Link, as well as plan-making processes from Whangarei to Invercargill. Sally was a trustee of the Biodiversity Collaborative Group tasked by the Minister for the Environment with developing a draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity, and was part of a working group for the first review of the National Environmental Standards on Plantation Forestry. She is President of RMLA (Te Kahui Ture Taiao / Association for Resource Management Practitioners) and a member of the New Zealand Conservation Authority.
