Following the 2017 AGM  the NZAIA core group (i.e.management group) comprises:
Chair: Richard Morgan
Professor, Department of Geography/Te Ihowhenua, University of Otago, Dunedin
Treasurer: Chantal Whitby
​Otago Regional Council
Secretary: Kate McNab
Mackenzie District Council
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Other core group members
Christine Cheyne
Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
Hamish Rennie
Assoc. Professor, Environmental Management and Planning, Lincoln University
Nick Taylor
Director, Taylor Baines Associations
Andrew Crosland
Project manager, Ministry for the Environment
Gillian Stewart
Director, Co-Creationz Ltd.
Michael Mackay
Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, Lincoln University
Dyanna Jolly
Consultant, Wītaskēwin
Katherine Russell 
​Independent consultant
Paul McGimpsey
​Beca
Rachel Teen
Independent consultant
Weqas Ali
Doctoral candidate, Massey Univ.

"Silent" core group members
James Baines
Director, Taylor Baines Associations
Ian Boothroyd
Senior Principal, BoffaMiskell
Rob Greenaway
Director, Rob Greenaway and Associates
Gerard Fitzgerald
Director, Fitzgerald Applied Sociology