Management Team

Dr Nic Peet

Chief Executive

The role of the Chief Executive is the councillors Principal Advisor, to provide strategic leadership and ensure the Council is efficiently and effectively managed and led. Dr Nic Peet comes to us from Horizons Regional Council where he was Group Manager Strategy, Regulation and Science. He brings with him a wealth of environmental experience having previously worked with Department of Conservation (DOC) as an Area Manager in Whanganui and as a Research Associate in the United Kingdom for BirdLife International. Dr Peet earned his PhD in Ecology from the University of East Anglia in the UK.

• Nic.Peet@hbrc.govt.nz

Richard Wakelin

Integrated Catchment Management Group Manager

• richard.wakelin@hbrc.govt.nz

Chris Dolley

Asset Management Group Manager

The Asset Management Group is responsible for looking after a diverse portfolio of river, drainage and coastal engineering, capital project delivery, flood scheme operations and maintenance, water security and a regional park network. Chris has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic and operational engineering management roles in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.

• chris.dolley@hbrc.govt.nz

Katrina Brunton

Policy & Regulation Group Manager

Katrina grew up in Auckland and after graduating with a Masters and First Class Honours degree in Resources and Environmental Planning and Geography from the University of Waikato, started her career as a policy analyst at Taranaki Regional Council. She has spent over 20 years in central and local government working in policy roles with the Ministry of Transport and New Plymouth District Council, Environmental Consents Manager at the Hastings District Council and Customer and Regulatory Solutions Manager at the New Plymouth District Council. Katrina is a full member of the New Zealand Planning Institute and the Resource Management Law Association.

• katrina.brunton@hbrc.govt.nz

Te Wairama Munro

Te Pou Whakarae (Māori Partnerships Group Manager)

The Māori Partnerships Group ensures that the Council is informed of Māori perspectives and is meeting its Māori-specific statutory and Treaty Settlement obligations. Māori Relationship Managers assist the Council with navigating engagement processes as well as Cultural Capability and Mātauranga Māori specialists who will assist staff in understanding Te Ao Māori world views. Te Wairama Munro is the Te Pou Whakarae for the Māori Partnerships Group. She came to the Regional Council from her position as Business Manager of Ruapehu Recruitment, a social enterprise owned and led by the Ngā Waihua o Paerangi Trust. Her tenure with the Regional Council began as a Māori Relationship Manager. Ms Munro is of Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Hinepua, Ngai Te Ipu, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, and Ngāti Kirihika descent.

• tewairama.munro@hbrc.govt.nz

Diane Wisely

Executive Assistant to CE

Diane has been with the Regional Council since 2001 and is Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive and Chairman. Before joining Council Diane worked for three years in Australia as Registrar and Headmaster’s Secretary at Toowoomba Prep School and prior to that has worked as a Personal Assistant in Legal practices in Hawke’s Bay.

• diane@hbrc.govt.nz