I’ve worked with Landconnect on several projects since 2010. The most demanding has been the Lake Rotorua Stakeholder Advisory Group (StAG) which I chaired (2013-2015). Simon was the StAG Secretariat and was responsible for liaison with members, agendas, minutes and, most important of all, keeping stakeholders on track and productive. Simon’s technical and policy expertise was valued by StAG members. Simon also helped me manage a Rotorua Sustainable Farming Project from 2012 to 2015 – he was responsible for project reporting and preparing conference presentations. More recently, Landconnect has helped the Lake Rotorua Incentives Board understand diverse land use.
Dr. Tanira Kingi, Research Leader in Primary Industry Systems SCION, previously StAG Chairman and AgResearch Land & Environment Group