About the Walking Access Consultation Panel
Members of the Walking Access Consultation Panel were appointed by the Minister for Rural Affairs, and operate under the terms of reference.
John Acland (chair)
John Acland has a long association with the primary sector through various appointments to Meat New Zealand, Federated Farmers and private companies. He was the chair of the former Land Access Ministerial Reference Group.
John Aspinall
Former Federated Farmers board member and spokesperson on land, environment and resource management issues, John Aspinall is a third-generation high country farmer.
Bryce Johnson
Bryce Johnson was one of the initiators of the New Zealand Landcare Trust, and is the current Director of Fish and Game New Zealand.
Claire Mulcock
Claire Mulcock is a resource management consultant, and a member of the Waitaki Water Allocation Board, with a strong policy background in environmental and rural issues.
Maggie Bayfield
Maggie Bayfield is a former Acting Executive Officer of Rural Women New Zealand. She is also a reviewer for the East Coast Forestry Project Review.
Professor Tom Brooking
Tom Brooking, of Otago University's history department, has expertise in the history of rural society, land use and environmental change. He is an eminent authority on the origins of the Queen's Chain.
John Forbes
John Forbes was a committee chairman of a rural council for 18 years, and is currently the Mayor of Opotiki District Council and the Chairman of the Rural Sector Group of the Local Government New Zealand National Council.
Peter Brown
Peter Brown has project management skills built over 25 years of community economic development, particularly in rural areas. Mr Brown is affiliated with Turanganui a Kiwa, Ngati Porou, Te Arawa and Tuwharetoa.
