Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
An external technical advisory group has been established to ensure a thorough assessment of options is undertaken with extensive consultation forming an integral part of the process. This volunteer group consists of local residents, all experts in their fields.
TAG Members
Don has had a distinguished career in the public service and is a former State Services Commissioner. Since 1997 he has been consulting in public sector management in New Zealand and overseas. Don is the Chair of the Technical Advisory Group for the Kāpiti Coast District Council's Water Supply Project.
Roland is a retired Civil Engineer. He was the Chief Engineer and chief Executive Officer of the Wellington Regional Water Board before becoming Manager of the Wellington Regional Council. He later worked for twelve and a half years as a commissioner to, what became, the Environment Court.
Robin has retired from GNS Science where he was the Manager of Research and the Natural Hazard Group from 1995 to 2008. Prior to that he was a consultant working nationally and internationally. In these roles he managed a range of earth science projects involving infrastructure.
Bill is a retired Mechanical/Structural Engineer. He was an Engineer from 1953 to 1964 responsible for building desalination plants in the Middle East. In New Zealand he worked for Humes and built water storage tanks around the country.
John is a Public Health Engineer who has won an IPENZ Innovation Award. He has project managment experience in water treatment plant projects for Waikanae and Masterton.
Prue is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Victoria University. Her expertise is in micro economics, cost benefit analysis, and labour economics.
Steven was formerly a director of Techo Limited, a project management and engineering company specializing in the design and manufacture of dairy plants. Previously a process development engineer with Fonterra, he has worked on dairy plants all over NZ and Australia, and has been involved with Water Treatment, processing and distribution on many of these sites.