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Although NZAIA is primarily an interest group, we do undertake a variety of activities to further the cause of impact assessment, in New Zealand but also the wider Pacific region. Annual conferences are currently our main activity, supplemented by periodic electronic newsletters, but we also make submissions on proposed legislation, or on proposed policies and plans, where we feel our input would be relevant and useful.
We have also been active in working with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, based in Samoa, to provide voluntary assistance with their capacity building programme, developing regional capacity in EIA, SEA and IEA. |
Submissions on behalf of NZAIA
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An area we are keen to develop is the newsletter: in earlier days the Association mailed out a quarterly newsletter ("Impact Assessment New Zealand", or IANZ for short). This ceased production about 10 years ago due to shortage of personnel to help produce it. In the last 2-3 years we have experimented with an emailed newsletter, using Mailchimp and going to our wider NZAIA elist.
We would like to produce something on a regular basis, but that needs people to help with production and a supply of information for content. There is no shortage of the latter, but commissioning people to write short pieces or to send in useful items does need some investment of time, on a regular basis. So if you would like to be part of a team that could take on this task, we would love to hear from you. With enough people the workload should be quite manageable, but the end product very valuable for helping NZAIA further its aims. Contact Richard Morgan (Chair) or Christine Cheyne (Secretary) if interested in helping, or email admin@nzaia.org.nz |
New research publication:
[15/1/16] Hamish Rennie, Lincoln University writes: "Some of you may have been interviewed for the research on which this article is based – it is now available online: Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in addressing development-induced disasters: a comparison of the EIA processes of Sri Lanka and New Zealand http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-015-2089-8 ...." If you want us to mention your event or publication, or consultation process.....and it's relevant to impact assessment in some way....send details to us at admin@nzaia.org.nz and we can publicise it here. |
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Pacific Collaboration - SPREP
Sep 2012 - ongoing 
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NZAIA has been working with SPREP on the development of resources to support the development of impact assessment in the Pacific Region.
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