Email: paul.klinac [at] aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Bio: Paul’s technical background is in coastal geomorphology and he holds a Master of Science degree (MSc) from the University of Waikato, which also encompassed resource and environmental planning. His current role as a coastal practitioner is multifaceted, drawing on sixteen years of applied experience working with complex coastal management issues. His current role includes region wide assessments and interpretation of coastal processes and hazards, including provision of technical solutions and design support to various Auckland Council asset owners responsible for capital, new and renewal works.
Paul’s role requires an understanding of regulatory and non-regulatory measures to achieve Council obligations in respect of sustainable coastal management, and this extends to his applied knowledge and understanding of the legislation and statutory requirements that relate to the management of the coastal environment within New Zealand.
Paul chairs and leads the Cross-Council Coastal Community of Practice, is an honorary fellow of the University of Auckland and the Deputy Chair of the NZ Coastal Society.
Email: mark.ivamy [at] boprc.govt.nz
Bio: I work at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council as a Natural Hazards Advisor. This role involves increasing our knowledge of natural hazards in the Bay to determine the risk to our community. This knowledge can then be used to increase community resilience through risk reduction planning. I specialise in coastal hazards including coastal processes, hazard and engineering. I also enjoy using online GIS systems to explore and share natural hazard information.
Email: tshand [at] tonkintaylor.co.nz
Bio: Tom is a technical director of coastal engineer at Tonkin + Taylor and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. He leads a team at T+T working on coastal process and hazard assessment, numerical and physical modelling of coastal, offshore and estuarine processes; and the design of coastal structures and beach nourishment schemes. He has publishing widely on surf zone processes, remote sensing techniques, advanced statistical analysis of environmental data and coastal hazard techniques.
Tom is currently involved in a range of consulting and research projects in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific; particularly on the adaptation of vulnerable Pacific states to the challenges of coastal hazards and climate change. Tom has recently co-authored the NZ Ministry for the Environment Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance and is lead author on the PRIF Guidance for Coastal Protection Works in Pacific Island Countries.
Email: eric.verstappen [at] tasman.govt.nz
Email: michael.allis [at] niwa.co.nz
Bio: Michael is a coastal engineer at NIWA with a keen interest in coastal and oceanographic physical processes. His engineering interests include applied coastal geomorphology, coastal engineering and shoreline management, coastal hazard risk assessments, coastal adaptation to climate change, and human activity impacts in the coastal zone. Complementing his engineering work, Michael has research interests in deep-water wave breaking (breaking onset and energy dissipation), swash zone sediment transport and multiphase flow processes (aerated flow) and coastal adaptation to climate change.
Email: arobinson [at] doc.govt.nz
Bio: Amy is the Planning & Land Manager at the Department of Conservation. Her team advocates for the protection of indigenous biodiversity in RMA processes as well as ensuring the NZCPS is appropriately implemented. Amy has a Masters degree in physical coastal science from University of Waikato and has previously worked at Waikato Regional Council for 12 years in coastal resource management, including managing the coastal consenting team. Amy’s primary area of interest is in coastal hazard management and preservation of natural character in the coastal environment. She joined NZCS as a student member in 2001.
Email: jose [at] ecoast.co.nz
Bio: Jose’s background is in civil and environmental engineering with an emphasis on water resources and specialising in numerical modelling. He is particularly interested in tsunami hydrodynamics and the coastal effects of tsunamis. Jose’s other research interests include coastal processes, sediment transport, wave breaking, and the design of erosion control and beach protection structures and schemes. He has also been involved in large-scale laboratory physical modelling projects related to tsunamis, coastal hydrodynamics and erosion.
Email: Natasha.Carpenter [at] aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Email: dneale [at] doc.govt.nz
Email: ana.serrano [at] wsp.com
Bio: Ana is a Civil Engineer with a Masters on Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management. She has also been formed by UNESCO-IHE in Integrated Coastal Zone Management.
Ana has international experience working for a research company developing state-of-the-art modelling software, and she has been involved in multidisciplinary projects focused in working with nature solutions to mitigate flood risk in The Netherlands and Spain.
Since moving to New Zealand, Ana has been involved in a great variety of coastal projects: she has been directly involved with national infrastructure companies to protect and/or repair their assets, analysed the risks to natural hazards to feed into the masterplan of some major oil and gas companies, and she has successfully completed coastal processes assessments for various resource consent applications. More recently, she has been more involved in developing execution plans for shoreline management strategies with a focus on community engagement.
Email: c.whittaker [at] auckland.ac.nz
Bio: Colin Whittaker is a lecturer in Civil Engineering Hydraulics at the University of Auckland. His teaching spans the civil engineering curriculum, from basic fluid mechanics and hydraulics through to coastal and water resources engineering. His research and professional work is primarily experimental, and includes the generation, propagation and impacts of tsunamis and extreme (rogue) waves, and the mitigation of coastal and fluvial flood events. He has also undertaken recent research in particle transport beneath wave groups, with applications to the transport of microplastics in the ocean.
Email: samm [at] 4sight.co.nz
Email: craig [at] daviscoastal.co.nz
Email: cellwairmonk [at] gmail.com
Charles has been a copy editor and technical writer for nearly 36 years, only interrupted by short stints as a high school teacher and as a research fellow at Canterbury University. After gaining undergraduate degrees in Physics and English, Charles completed a Masters in Resource Management that led (accidentally) to a career in writing and editing. After two years as a journal copy editor for Elsevier in Oxford, he later joined the Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Canterbury where he ran the Centre’s publishing programme for 16 years. His involvement in editing and publishing has continued on a freelance basis since 2008. Charles’ involvement in NZCS goes back nearly 25 years, when he first started desktop publishing Coastal News.
Email: nzcoastalsociety [at] gmail.com
Rebekah is a coastal scientist based in the Tauranga Tonkin + Taylor office. Her interests and area of work is coastal processes and coastal hazard assessments. Rebekah completed her Masters degree at the University of Waikato which focussed on physical oceanography and modelling. Prior to joining the management committee in 2019 Rebekah provided the NZCS administrative support for 5 years.
Email: nzcoastalsociety [at] gmail.com
Bio: Alison is a Senior Environmental Scientist at Pattle Delamore Partners based in their Tauranga office. She is also an administrator for the New Zealand Coastal Society. Alison’s technical background is in coastal science and she holds a Master of Science degree (MSc) from the University of Waikato. She has 9 years professional experience working in both the public and private sectors of the UK and NZ. Her current role involves providing input and solutions to a wide range of environmental projects, primarily in the areas of surface water, coastal, stormwater management, and environmental management.
Email: nzcoastalsociety [at] gmail.com
