Rob van Voorthuysen (Chair)
Rob has acted as an independent RMA hearing commissioner on over 450 occasions on regional policy statements, regional plans, district plans, notices of requirement and consent applications. He initially trained as an engineer, specialising in water and soil management, and later gained a Master of Public Policy. Commencing work for the former Ministry of Works, he moved into policy, planning and management roles with the Department of Conservation and the Waikato and Hawke’s Bay regional councils before starting practice as a consultant in 1998.
Rob was a Panel member on five COVID-19 Fast Track projects and was also on the FTAA 2024 Expert Panel for Oceania Gold’ s application for the Waihi North gold mine project. Rob is currently on the FTAA 2024 Expert Panel for Contact Energy's Southland Windfarm Project.
Greg Burrell
Dr Greg Burrell is a Director and Principal Scientist at Instream Consulting, a Christchurch-based ecology company he founded in 2014. He obtained a BSc and Postgraduate Diploma of Science at Canterbury University before starting his professional career as a research technician at NIWA’s Hamilton campus in 1994. Following a period of overseas travel, Greg went on to complete his PhD in ecology at Canterbury University in 2001 and began his consulting career. Greg has over 25 years of professional experience in freshwater management, aquatic resource surveys, restoration, and applied research. Greg is experienced in assessing and mitigating ecological effects of land use intensification (rural and urban), transport infrastructure, mining, landfills, windfarms, surface and groundwater abstraction, hydro-electric river flow regulation, river works, and discharges to land and water.
Cameron Lines
Cameron is an Engineering Geologist with over 25 years of experience in large-scale linear infrastructure development, land development and mining/quarrying, specialising in slope instability, natural hazard assessment, earthworks design and geotechnical risk assessment.
He has undertaken technical peer review of roading infrastructure for previous NZTA-Waka Kotahi projects at pre-tender stage including O Mahurangi-Penlink and the Mill Road RoNs project. He has also provided post construction risk assessment for the Puhoi to Warkworth project.
He has developed and presented geotechnical evidence on behalf of both Applicants and Regional Authorities at consent hearings and at the Environment Court. He is certified as an independent Resource Management Act hearing commissioner and was part of the FTAA Expert Panel for the Waihi North Project.
Cameron is member of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS). He is a Chartered Member of Engineering New Zealand (Professional Engineering Geologist).