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Mike Freeman, Director |
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Qualifications
MBA (Distinction), University of Canterbury, 1994.
Certificate of Proficiency, Natural Resource Policy, Lincoln University, 1989.
Ph.D. (Massey University, Biotechnology Dept.) Commonwealth Scholar 1980-1983. Thesis title: Periphyton and water quality in the Manawatu River, New Zealand. Submitted October 1983, successfully examined May 1984.
B.Sc. (Hons.) First Class. Environmental Sciences (Warwick, U.K., 1980).
Relevant experiences
- 25 years experience in water resource management issues.
- Oversight of Resource Management Act regulatory processes for 11 years, including management of major public consent hearings.
- Mediation of many contentious resource consent appeals.
- Input to various national bodies involved in environmental science and research.
- Coordination of the 1995 development of regional council resource consent performance indicators.
- Input to the development of regional plans.
- Resource consent decision maker.
- Provision of expert evidence to Environment Court
- Member of executive management team for 15 years
Work history
February 2008 – Director, Freeman Environmental Ltd.
October 2000 – December 2007: Director Regulation, Environment Canterbury
Responsible for all regulatory implementation activities including the Resource Management Act, the Biosecurity Act and Navigation and Safety legislation.
October 1996 – September 2000: Group Manager - Resource Regulation, Environment Canterbury.
Responsible for all regulatory implementation activities, Council administration and human resource functions.
January 1993 - October 1996: Group Manager - Environmental Monitoring, Canterbury Regional Council.
Responsible for scientific and technical staff involved in environmental investigations, monitoring, facilitation and advice, including four principal sections: Environmental Quality, Groundwater Resources, Land Resources, and Rivers and Coastal Resources.
November 1989 - December 1992: Pollution Control Manager, Canterbury Regional Council.
Management and technical responsibility for professional and technical staff involved in regulatory, planning and monitoring related to environmental quality.
October 1985 - October 1989: Scientist - Groundwater Quality, for the North Canterbury Catchment Board and Regional Water Board.
Responsible for technical oversight of groundwater quality
monitoring and investigations, technical input to permit applications
and providing technical input to district and regional plan processes.
October 1984 - October 1985: Contract Researcher for
National Water and Soil Conservation
Authority
Research: Evaluating a number of short-term aquatic toxicity tests for
use in New Zealand. Undertaken at the Biotechnology Department, Massey
University.
October 1983 - October 1984: Hilary V Jolly Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waikato.
Research: Investigating the role of micro-organisms in the biogeochemistry of arsenic in the arsenic-rich Waikato River.Memberships
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
International Water Association
New Zealand Institute of Management
New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society
Water New Zealand
Resource Management Law Association
Decision-maker
Certified by the Minister for the Environment as a decision-maker under the Making Good Decisions Programme. Effective 4 April 2008.Contact:
Dr Mike Freeman
Freeman Environmental
16 Penrith Park Drive
Wanaka 9305