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The New Zealand Coastal Society was formed in 1992 to promote and advance knowledge and understanding of the coastal zone. It provides a forum for those with an interest in the coastal zone to communicate amongst themselves and to the public.
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18 September
Kupu Takutai: Repo - Coastal Terms: Wetlands Infographic released for te wiki o te reo maori
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6 September
Coastal News #84 - Out now!
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11 June
Call for Abstracts - Open Now!
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Featured Members
Maurice Perwick
Member since: 11/08/18
Hydrographer
Eliot Sinclair
Partner
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Mark Ivamy
Member since: 9/29/2006
Natural Hazard Advisor
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Natural Hazards Advisor
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Christin Atchinson
Member since: 4/26/2006
Senior Resource Officer
Waikato Regional Council
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Greg Cox
Member since: 8/12/11
Director
Discovery Marine Limited
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Robin Britton
Member since: 9/30/2002
Planner
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Eduardo Gomez de la Pena
Member since: 2022
University of Auckland
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Judy Lawrence
Member since: 2022
Victoria University of Wellington
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Ata Suanda
Member since: 9/07/18
Lecturer
University of Otago
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Kevin Parnell
Member since: 9/30/2002
Research Professor
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Professor
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Shaw Mead
Member since: 9/30/2002
Managing Director/Environmental Scientist
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
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Rob Davies-Colley
Principal Scientist - Water Quality
NIWA
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Alexandre Schimel
Member since: 4/23/2018
NIWA
Fisheries Acoustics Scientist
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Scott Stephens
Member since: 9/30/2002
Coastal hazards and climate change
NIWA
Group Manager - Coastal and Estuarine Processes
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John Papesch
Member since: 8/21/2013
Civil Engineer
Haigh Workman Ltd
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Steve Urlich
Member since: 11/22/2018
Lincoln University
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Ellyse Gore
Geologist and Natural Hazards Scientist
Otago Regional Council
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Emily Lane
Member since: 11/29/2011
Programme Leader: Resilience to Hazards
NIWA
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Matthew McNeil
Member since: 3/29/2004
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Christine Liang
Program Manager (Head of Department)
Southern Institute of Technology
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Craig Davis
Member since: 9/30/2002
Director
Davis Coastal Consultants Ltd
Coastal Engineer
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Tom Shand
Member since: 8/22/2016
Coastal Engineer
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd.
Technical Director
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Alistair Kirk
Member since: 10/09/08
General Manager Infrastruture and Property
Ports of Auckland
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Anne Fleur van Leeuwen
Member since: 2024
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Neville Ching
Member since: 1/09/18
Commercial Contracts
NIWA
Contracts Manager
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Andrew Brown
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
Senior Coastal & Maritime Engineer
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Tom FitzGerald
Member since: 11/28/2017
Director
Coastal Management Collective
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Karen Pratt
Member since: 10/11/16
Joint Project lead
Project Reef Life
Joint Project Lead
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Maria Claudia Ferrer
Member since: 2024
International College of Auckland
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Sam O'Neil
Oceanographer
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
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Karunakar Kintada
Member since: 10/12/14
Consulting
KyuGIS
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Alison Clarke
Member since: 5/25/2017
Principal Coastal Consultant
SLR Consulting
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Allan Young
EMM Consulting
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Terry Hume
Member since: 9/30/2002
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Helen Rouse
Member since: 9/30/2002
NIWA
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Michael Nielsen
Member since: 11/04/13
Senior Aquaculture Analyst
Fisheries New Zealand
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Deirdre Hart
Member since: 9/14/2005
Associate Professor
University of Canterbury
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Meg Graeme
Member since: 11/23/2010
Principal Ecologist
Natural Solutions
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Reza Shafiei Amraei
Member since: 5/11/18
Senior Civil Engineer – Coastal / Hydraulic
Beca
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Sian john
Royal HaskoningDHV
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Bryony Miller
Senior Freshwater and Marine Ecologist
e3Scientific
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Andrew Wood
Member since: 3/03/08
Planner
CKL
Planning Manager
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Glenis Ann Narte
Member since: 2022
Lincoln University
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Ed Atkin
Member since: 4/10/12
Director/Oceanographer
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
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Josie Crawshaw
Member since: 8/31/2018
Coastal Environmental Scientist
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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Andrew Swales
Member since: 9/30/1993
Principal Scientist (Coastal and Estuarine Physical Processes)
Programme Leader (Catchments to Estuaries)
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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Connor Fraher
Member since: 2022
University of Canterbury
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Holly Blakely
Coastal Engineer
Tonkin and Taylor
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Farzad Farvizi
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Peter Longdill
Member since: 4/21/2004
Environmental Management
Ministry of Transport and Communications (Qatar)
Environmental and Sustainability Manager (QHSES)
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Eddie Beetham
Coastal Scientist
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
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Alfredo Jaramillo
Member since: 2023
Massey University
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John Lumsden
Member since: 9/30/2002
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Bruce Melville
Member since: 10/28/2007
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Hawthorn Geddes Engineers & Architects Ltd
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Stephen Priestley
Member since: 9/30/2002
Beca
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Sebastian Pitman
University of Canterbury
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Nicky Aziz
Member since: 9/28/2018
Auckland Council
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Dougal Greer
Member since: 8/30/2016
Director/Environmental Scientist
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
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Benjamin Sheeran
Member since: 3/22/2018
Recreation Solutions Ltd
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Micah Butt
Member since: 2023
Auckland Council
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Sarah Hucker
Member since: 4/26/2006
RMA National Senior Planning Advisor
Department of Conservation
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Tom Simons-Smith
Member since: 3/05/18
Coastal Specialist
Dunedin City Council
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Anita Lewis
Member since: 20/03/2021
University of Waikato
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Ben Schubert
Member since: 3/09/16
Director
Blueline Consulting
Civil & Environmental Engineer
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Javad Jozaei
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Coastal Adaptation Scientist
NIWA
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Jeremy Gibb
Member since: 1993
Coastal Management Consultant (now retired)
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Robert Paul Wolf
Member since: 2023
Ocean Wolf
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Adam Munro
Member since: 9/30/2002
River and coastal management, flood protection, catchment management, flood response, natural hazards
Waikato Regional Council
Manager - Hauraki Coromandel
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Davinder Singh Rahal
Member since: 2022
Enviro Care Trust
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Duncan Campbell
Member since: 2023
University of Otago
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Charles Hendtlass
Member since: 12/11/17
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Burnette O'Connor
Member since: 2024
Director I Planner
The Planning Collective
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Jai Davies-Campbell
Environmental Scientist
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
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Karin Bryan
Academic
University of Waikato
Director
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Chris Battershill
University of Waikato
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Colin Whittaker
Member since: 3/08/16
Lecturer
The University of Auckland
Lecturer
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Verity Taylor
Civil Engineer
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
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Hugh Leersnyder
Member since: 9/30/2002
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Lolita Rynkowski
Member since: 2022
University of Waikato
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Charline Dalinghaus
University of Auckland
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Emily O'Donnell
Member since: 7/12/10
Harbour and Catchment Management Advisor
Waikato Regional Council
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Natasha Carpenter
Member since: 2/21/2013
Practice Lead Coastal Management
Auckland Council
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Emily Tidey
Member since: 12/18/2017
Hydrographic Surveying Lecturer
University of Otago
Lecturer and PhD student
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Don Neale
Member since: 9/30/2002
Dept of Conservation
Technical Advisor (Marine Ecosystems)
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Sarah Tomlinson
Member since: 2022
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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Iain Dawe
Member since: 1999
Senior Policy Advisor (Hazards and Coasts)
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Bapon Fakhruddin
Member since: 12/20/2016
Technical Director - DRR and climate resilience
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
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Steve White
Coastal Ecologist
Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd
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Richard Reinen-Hamill
Member since: 9/30/2002
Sector Director - Natural Hazard Resilience
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
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Renee Coutts
Member since: 9/17/2010
NZCS Administrator
Coutts Consulting Ltd
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Garry Macdonald
Member since: 9/30/2002
Market Segment Director
Beca
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Amy Robinson
Member since: 9/06/03
Director
Environment Innovation and Strategy Ltd
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Aaron Holland
Member since: 10/13/2010
Civil team leader
LDE
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Lucy Coulston
Member since: 2022
University of Canterbury
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Jordan Luttrell
Environmental Social Scientist
NIWA
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Rob Bell
Member since: 9/30/2002
Managing Director
Bell Adapt Ltd
Teaching Fellow
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Matt Hoffman
Member since: 1/09/18
Reserves Planner
Porirua City Council
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Ben Collings
University of Auckland
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Jo Noble
Member since: 1/09/18
Director/Principal Planner
Noble Planning
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Bronwen Gibberd
Member since: 7/13/2007
Director
4D Environmental Ltd
Coastal Scientist
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Emma Donald
Member since: 24/03/2021
University of Waikato
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Bryan Scoles
Resource Scientist - Natural Hazards
Tasman District Council
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Kieran Miller
Member since: 8/30/2016
Ecologist
Associate Principle
Boffa Miskell
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Jonathan Clarke
Member since: 4/03/17
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
Principal Coastal Engineer
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STF Limited
Member since: 2022
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Bevan White
Calibre Consulting ltd
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Navvid Majdi Nasab
Member since: 2022
AUT
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Hongchang Zhang
The University of Auckland
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Jack O'Carroll
Member since: 2023
SLR Consulting
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Rhys Ward
Member since: 2022
Waikato University
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John Duder
Member since: 10/24/2005
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Ana Serrano
Member since: 8/14/2017
Environmental Engineer
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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Emma Ryan
Member since: 9/06/17
University of Auckland
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Kamsin Raju
Member since: 2023
University of Auckland
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Susan Jackson
Member since: 2023
Tonkin & Taylor Ltd
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Samuel Morgan
Member since: 4/20/2018
WSP
Technical Principal - Coastal Adaptation
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Jamie Boyle
Member since: 8/04/17
Coastal Scientist
Thames Coromandel District Council
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Hamish Smith
Member since: 1/09/18
Water Resources Engineer
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
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Mike Allis
Member since: 7/13/2016
Coastal Physical Processes Scientist
NIWA
Coastal Engineer
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Jose Borrero
Member since: 11/04/08
Director
eCoast Marine Consulting and Research
Coastal Scientist and Engineer
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Jim Dahm
Member since: 9/30/2002
Coastal Scientist
Eco Nomos Ltd
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Martin Single
Member since: 9/30/2002
Consultant
Shore Processes and Management Ltd
Coastal Geomorphologist
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Abdulla Thasleem
Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
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Murry Cave
Member since: 7/12/17
Principal Scientist
Gisborne District Council
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Tapuwa Marapara
Ecohydrologist/ Lecturer
Southern Institute of Technology
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Rob Brown
Member since: 11/25/2013
Civil and Structural Engineer
Shorewise Engineering Consultants Limited
Managing Director
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Derek Todd
Member since: 11/13/2017
Principal Coastal and Hazards Scientist
Jacobs
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Paul Klinac
Member since: 3/22/2011
Coastal and Geotechnical Management
Auckland Council
Manager Coastal and Geotechnical Services
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Joshua Bagg
Member since: 2022
University of Auckland
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Thomas McElroy
Environmental Scientist
Taranaki Regional Council
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Sharon De Luca
Member since: 12/13/2006
Associate Partner
Boffa Miskell
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Jialin Zhao
Member since: 2022
University of Auckland
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Ryan Abrey
Engineer
Stantec
Snr Engineer
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Julian Hampton
Civil Engineer
Beca
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Jibeesh Rajan
Member since: 2022
Beca Ltd
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Giovanni Coco
Member since: 3/01/17
Associate Professor
University of Auckland
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Tommaso Alestra
Marine Ecologist
Boffa Miskell Ltd
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Ben Tuckey
Member since: 5/01/12
Team Leader of Marine
DHI
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Lisa Marquardt
Member since: 6/20/2017
Senior Planning Advisor
Nelson City Council
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Jose Beya
Principal Coastal Engineer
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
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Ellie Brock
Member since: 2022
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Willem de Lange
Member since: 9/30/2002
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Laura Robichaux
Graef-USA
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Elli Leinikki
Member since: 2023
University of Otago
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Marco Milardi
Ministry for Primary Industries
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Cameron Swales
Civil Engineer
Beca
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Raewyn Peart
Member since: 8/23/2005
Policy Director
Environmental Defence Society
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Chantal Pagel
marine-wildlife.org
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Rebekah Haughey
Member since: 7/15/2018
Tonkin + Taylor Ltd
Coastal Scientist
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Cassandra Newman
Member since: 04/05/2021
Auckland University of Technology
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Malcolm Green
Member since: 9/30/2002
Director / Consultant
Streamlined Environmental Ltd
Estuarine, Coastal & Marine Specialist
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Shari Gallop
Senior Lecturer
Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP)
Service Leader — Coastal
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Publications
Carparks to cockles - Plastic pathways in Te Taitokerau (Northland)
Coastal sediments and the darkness at noon
C-SIG Species Heys – Coastal Taxonomic Resource Tool
E-SUDS - The next sedimentation super tool
Kupu Takutai: Tangata me mahi - Coastal Words: People and jobs
Cyclone Gabrielle, more to come?
Novel numerical modelling of tsunamis from volcanic explosions
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