Following the 2016 AGM  the NZAIA core group (i.e.management group) comprises:
Chair: Richard Morgan
Professor, Department of Geography/Te Ihowhenua, University of Otago, Dunedin
Treasurer: Ben Payne
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Secretary: Christine Cheyne
Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University

Other core group members
Ian Boothroyd
Senior Principal, BoffaMiskell
Gerard Fitzgerald
Director, Fitzgerald Applied Sociology
James Baines
Director, Taylor Baines Associations
Hamish Rennie
Senior Lecturer, Environmental Management and Planning, Lincoln University
Nick Taylor
Director, Taylor Baines Associations
Rob Greenaway
Director, Rob Greenaway and Assocates
Andrew Crosland
Project leader, Environmental Protection Authority
Gillian Stewart
Director, Co-Creationz Ltd.
Michael Mackay
Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, Lincoln University
Dyanna Jolly
Consultant, Wītaskēwin