Our People

Lindsay has over 25 years’ experience in all aspects of resource management with a recent focus on strategic and RMA planning for the infrastructure sector. He is an experienced team leader and planning manager involved in multi-disciplinary projects and has a comprehensive knowledge of large consent processes throughout New Zealand. Lindsay has strong and wide ranging general planning experience in a variety of roles including policy preparation. As an independent commissioner Lindsay also has extensive experience on a range of applications, both large and small, where he has sat as either the sole hearings commissioner or as part of a panel.

Chris is a director of Incite based in Auckland and has over 25 years of professional experience in resource management and planning in New Zealand.  His experience covers a wide range of areas in planning practice with a particular emphasis on infrastructure. This includes extensive experience in project strategy advice, site selection studies, designations, resource consents, reviewing and preparing submissions on policy statements and plans, and acting as an expert planning witness.  As part of these work streams, Chris is regularly involved in putting together and managing teams of professionals from different disciplines.

Matthew is a founding Director of Incite and leads Incite’s practice in policy planning.  He has extensive experience working on all aspects of the policy development process, both regional and district, including engaging with councillors and stakeholders and presenting in the Environment Court.  Matthew’s strengths are in his ability to manage complex projects, his specialist knowledge and his depth of experience.  He particularly enjoys mentoring and encouraging the development of planners providing inputs to these projects. Matthew is also an accredited Hearings Commissioner with Chair endorsement.

Tom is a Director in Incite’s Wellington office, having been a planning consultant in the lower North Island for over 10 years. He is experienced in the full spectrum of RMA matters, including district and regional consent applications, Council hearings, district and regional plan policy development, notices of requirement, feasibility/strategy studies and iwi/community consultation. Tom’s recent focus has been on the built environment, advising both infrastructure and private clients in regard to resource consent applications (both land use and subdivision) and plan change processes, where he achieved positive outcomes for both the client and the wider community. Tom is the current Chair of the Wellington Branch Committee of the New Zealand Planning Institute.

Angela is a Director in Incite’s Christchurch office. Angela has more than 15 years of resource management and planning experience in both the private and public sectors in New Zealand. While specialising in regional policy and water management, Angela has a broad range of experience that also includes project management, community consultation and consenting for a wide range of infrastructure and irrigation projects. Recent projects include plan drafting and section 32 reporting for Otago Regional Council’s Regional Policy Statement and Plan Change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan. Currently, Angela is an advisor for Waikato Regional Council’s Freshwater Plan review.

Adele is based in Nelson and an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office with more than 10 years of resource management and planning experience largely in the public sector, but having also worked in the private sector. During this time, Adele has gained a broad range of regional consent processing experience that includes large-scale land development, municipal infrastructure projects and coastal permits. She also has experience in preparing resource consent applications and policy development and plan drafting projects. Recent projects include section 32 reporting for Plan Change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan and section 42A Reporting for the Marlborough Environment Plan.

Fiona is an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office. Fiona has over 20 years of resource management and planning experience in both the private and public sectors. Fiona has provided support to a number of different councils throughout the South Island, particularly in processing resource consents and also in resource consent and designation application preparation for large projects such as community centres. Fiona’s specialist area is the petroleum industry which provides its own challenges, including consenting requirements around contaminated land.  She has also worked on a range of consenting projects including radio communications, schools and residential/commercial developments.

Andrew is an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office with 10 years of planning experience working in both local government and the private sector. Andrew has a particular interest in coastal planning projects. Andrew has worked on plan development projects for both district and regional councils, and also has broad range of experience in consent processing and preparing resource consent and concession applications. Recent projects include section 42A reporting and involvement in Environment Court mediation for the Marlborough Environment Plan, provision drafting and preparation of the section 32 evaluation reports for the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021, assisting the Rural Connectivity Group with the consenting of telecommunication sites across the lower South Island, and assisting the Southland Regional Council with the review of the Regional Coastal Plan for Southland including undertaking the efficiency and effectiveness review, and assisting with the drafting of plan provisions.

Felicity is an Associate with Incite’s Christchurch office with over 10 years of resource management and planning experience in both local and central government. Having worked on regional and district plans, as well as national planning documents and legislation, Felicity has specialised in policy analysis and plan development. Recent projects include leading the development of the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021, acting as primary reporting officer for both the freshwater-related part following the Freshwater Planning Process and the non-freshwater-related part following the Schedule 1 process, and assisting with the development of the Otago Land and Water Regional Plan.

Hannah is an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office with a decade of resource management experience in both the private sector and local government. Hannah has been involved in providing environmental impact and policy assessments for a wide range of discharge permits to discharge contaminants to air, water and land, landuse consents and water permits, including attendance at hearings for large notified resource consent applications and Environment Court assisted mediation. Hannah has also been involved in regional policy projects including plan drafting projects. Recently, Hannah has assisted Southland Regional Council with resolving appeals on the proposed Southland Water and Land Plan (pSWLP) and Otago Regional Council on their review of the Regional Policy Statement for the Otago Region, specifically provisions relating to air quality.

Torrey has over 13 years of resource management and planning experience in both local and central government and the private sector. He provides expert advice on a variety of resource management matters, including growth planning, district and regional plan policy development, district and regional consent applications, notices of requirement, and iwi/community consultation.

He has a strong knowledge of the Resource Management Act and wider resource management system in New Zealand, with particular strengths in growth planning, policy analysis and plan drafting, freshwater and biodiversity policy, natural hazard management, and Māori planning issues. Most recently, he led a full review of the Porirua District Plan, from an initial scoping of issues, undertaking stakeholder engagement and evidence base building, through to drafting provisions and giving expert evidence at hearings. He has had recent experience on urban growth/spatial planning projects including the Draft Wellington Future Development Strategy, the Wellington Regional Growth Framework (2021) and the Porirua Growth Strategy (2018).

He also has experience advising the Government on national resource management policy, including leading the development and implementation of regulation including national policy statements and national environmental standards.

Jacqui is an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office. She has more than 20 years experience in resource management and planning in both the private and public sector in New Zealand. Jacqui specialises in regional policy and water management but she also has extensive experience in regional consenting for a wide range of activities. This includes preparing, processing and deciding resource consent applications. In her most recent role before joining Incite, Jacqui was involved with developing a work programme focussed on implementing the Government’s Essential Freshwater package. Other recent projects include assisting with the s42A reports for Plan Change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan, and developing an interim regional council response to the Overseer Peer Review Report.

Marnie is a Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Wellington Office. Marnie has nine years’ experience working in local government. Predominantly processing resource consents for subdivisions, she also has experience with a wide range of land use activities, including multi-unit residential developments. Marnie has implemented Resource Management Legislation Amendments at a district level, leading to strengths in engagement and consultation with a variety of stakeholders.

Hannah is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Wellington Office. Hannah has nine years’ experience, having worked in both central and local government, as well as in the private sector. During this time she has been involved in a range of work including the assessment of planning applications in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, presentation of evidence at council hearings and the review of district and regional plans. Most recently she has been involved in the policy development, drafting and hearings for the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill 2015.

Kirstie is a Senior Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office with over nine years’ experience in the resource management field. Kirstie has advised local authorities and private sector clients on a broad range of matters including planning, consenting, RMA enforcement action, and environmental due diligence. Kirstie has particular expertise in advising regional councils on the development and implementation of freshwater management plans. Recent projects include assisting Environment Canterbury and Environment Southland with various proposed plans and plan changes designed to give effect to the NPSFM and other higher order planning documents.

Danielle is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office. She has more than seven years of resource management experience in local government and private sectors. Danielle has been involved in resource consent processing for a wide range of activities, with a focus on rural water takes and uses, land uses and discharges, including several notified processes. Danielle has a growing interest in freshwater policy work, including plan development and implementation. Recently, Danielle has been involved in several projects reviewing regional plan provisions for Marlborough and Canterbury against the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater, and looking at how to resolve the conflicts that exist. She has hands on experience in the agricultural industry, and has completed the intermediate and advanced Sustainable Nutrient Management courses at Massey University.

Tim is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office. Tim has more than six years of resource management and planning experience in both the private sector and local government (regional and unitary). Tim has been involved in the processing and preparation of a range of district and regional resource consents. Tim now specialises in policy work and has experience in several projects, including plan reviews, provision drafting, submission drafting and analysis, and section 32 and 42A reporting. Recent projects include assisting regional councils with implementation of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020, developing a new Land and Water Plan for Otago and reviewing the Tairāwhiti Resource Management Plan.

Olivia is a Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office. Olivia has four years resource management and planning experience, in both local government and the private sector. Graduating from the University of Canterbury in 2019 with a BSc. in Environmental Science and Geography, she has a particular interest in the freshwater environment and has experience working with a number of regional councils,  processing consent applications, and recently assisting with freshwater policy reviews.

Alongside her work in the regional consenting and policy space, Olivia’s previous experience working in local government has enabled her to continue to work in the district planning space, predominantly preparing resource consent and outline plan applications for national telecommunications projects, council recreation facilities, and social housing redevelopments.