Stephen Thawley
Wellington Regional Council
Stephen Thawley is a Project Leader (Environmental Regulation) at Greater Wellington Regional Council, based in the Wairarapa.
He has worked in resource management and environmental regulation for more than two decades, with experience across consenting, compliance monitoring and enforcement.
Stephen has contributed to a range of regulatory work, including compliance monitoring and enforcement policy, strategic planning, charging policy, and guidance for responding to non-compliance.
He is interested in practical, risk-based approaches that support good environmental outcomes while helping ensure regulatory decisions are fair, consistent and transparent.
Stephen enjoys working with mana whenua, colleagues, communities, industry and other councils to navigate complex environmental issues and improve practice over time.
Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki and Greater Wellington
Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki and Greater Wellington have been on a journey - exploring ways to collaborate on compliance monitoring and environmental incident response in the Otaki area.
This has included progressing options for warranting Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki staff/representatives, assisting with responding to environmental incidents, and undertaking compliance monitoring of resource consents.
Like any journey it’s had diversions, smooth rides, roadblocks, and speed bumps!
We’ll share the learning outcomes to hopefully inspire what partnership with mana whenua can look like to achieve environmental compliance outcomes.