| Doug
Marsh (Chairman)
Doug chaired the Central Plains Water Enhancement Steering Committee
and is the inaugural chairman of the Central Plains Water Trust.
He is a Christchurch-based professional director, advisor to business
and Honorary Consul for the Republic of Korea. His diverse governance
interests encompass forestry, electricity, agriculture, manufacturing,
IT, educational trusts and heavy and civil engineering. He is a
life Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and Fellow
of the New Zealand Institute of Directors. He is also a past-President
of the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and was the
inaugural President of Business New Zealand.
Doug Catherwood
Doug’s family has farmed sheep in the Malvern area since the
early 1950s. From the start of his farming career in the early 1970s,
he has been involved in a wide range of groups and organisations
on the Central Plains, dealing with various rural community and
agricultural issues. Doug started irrigating his Hororata property
from a 100 metre deep well in 2002. He was a member of the Central
Plains Water Enhancement Steering Committee.
Richard Davison
Dick farms an irrigated property near Culverden in North Canterbury.
A registered valuer, Dick is a director of Landcorp Farming Limited,
Landcorp Pastoral Limited, Landcorp Estates Limited, Ravensdown
Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, Hurunui-Kaikoura Primary Health
Organisation and Amuri Health Care Limited. He has been involved
with the Amuri Plains Irrigation Scheme since its inception in the
1970s.
David Haslam
David is a financial and economic consultant and company director
who has spent much of his career working on issues related to primary
production, including irrigation. He is a Fellow of the Institute
of Directors and sits on the Canterbury branch executive of the
IOD. He is a member of the Lincoln University Council and a director
of Lincoln University Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries. He
is a former director of Crop and Food Research, Timberlands West
Coast Limited, Animal Control Products and Commercial Fisheries
Services as well as a number of companies. He lives on the Central
Plains between Darfield and Dunsandel.
Denis O’Rourke
Denis represented the Hagley Ward of the Christchurch City Council
from 1990 to 2004. He has chaired and sat on a number of council
committees and boards, mainly involved in the provision of infrastructure
for transport, water supply and waste services. Denis is a lawyer
by training and was a member of the Central Plains Water Enhancement
Steering Committee.
Viv Smart (appointed by Ngai Tahu)
Viv is an environmental consultant, practising in partnership (since
1995) in the North Canterbury-based Ecological Services. In recent
years Viv has been active in resource management issues relating
to landfills, ocean outfalls, marine development and aquaculture,
among others. He is a member of the resource committee of Te Ngai
Tuahuriri Runanga and was appointed to the Central Plains Water
Trust on the recommendation of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.
Clare Williams (appointed by Ngai Tahu)
Clare chairs the resource committee of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga,
is a member of the Runanga executive and has served as alternate
delegate for Ngai Tuahuriri on Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu. Clare lives
at the mouth of the Ashley River, where she has family links going
back at least seven generations. She also has ancestral connections
to Kaiapoi and Maungamanu in Kaikoura. She takes a particular interest
in issues of kaitiakitanga (guardianship of the environment) and
mahinga kai (traditional food gathering). Clare is a member of the
Ashley Rakihuri Coastcare Committee, Te Waihora Management Board
and active in the Maori Women’s Welfare League. She was appointed
to the Central Plains Water Trust on the recommendation of Te Runanga
o Ngai Tahu.
|
