2012 CONFERENCE

Speakers

An exceptional and varied panel of key speakers will feature at the NZAEE Biennial Conference, bringing a wealth of experience, passion and commitment to environmental education to the conference proceedings.

Metiria Turei

Co-leader, Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

A Green MP since 2002, Metiria was elected Green Party Co-leader in June 2009. Metiria's focus has been on Conservation, Maori, and Education issues over the last 6 years. She's been leading thecampaign to protect the Mokihinui River, and has fought for greater protection for marine animals and the marine environment. Metiria is proud of her work in helping to usher Green legislation, like the Waste Minimisation Bill, into law. When able to escape the world of politics, Metiria relishes spending time with her family in Dunedin.

Phil Smith

President of the Australian Association for Environmental Education

A dozen years in high school teaching, train-the-trainer programs, outdoor and environmental education. A dozen years with state government environment agencies, including nine years with the NSW EPA and three years as Manager Education at Resource NSW. Eighteen months as Director of the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre. During my time there, I coordinated local and regional community campaigns. I am currently President of the Australian Association for Environmental Education and Secretary of the SSEC. I work as a contractor in education, communication, facilitation, consultation and community involvement. My main interests are in writing and philosophy.

John Minto

Social & Political Activist

John Minto is a political activist best known for his involvement in the protests against the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand. He has worked as a secondary school teacher (Physics, science, maths and electronics) for most of the past 30 years but has had regular breaks from teaching. He is on such a break now and is working as an organiser with Unite Union – a union for low-paid workers. He is a spokesperson for Global Peace and Justice Auckland and National Vice Chairperson of the Quality Public Education Coalition.

Megan Hunt

Young Environmental Leader, Central Hawke's Bay College

Megan Hunt will have completed her final year at Central Hawke’s Bay College in 2009. Megan was a year seven student on the inaugural Pukehou School Green Team, which went on to achieve a Green/Gold Enviroschools award in 2006. She has established and led Central Hawkes Bay College to become a Bronze Enviroschool which has a team running projects and working closely with the local council. She is a very motivated, goal driven, well informed and creative student. Among a long list of accomplishments, Megan was selected to participate in the Sir Peter Blake Youth Environment Form(2008) and the ReGeneration Event (2009). Megan has never been afraid to speak out for what she believes in and challenge people of all ages.

Roger Maaka

Professor of Māori and Indigenous Studies, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay

Roger's interests include urbanization and Indigenous Peoples, he is a member of recently formed UN-Habitat experts panel on Indigenous Peoples in Cities. The social economic development of Indigenous Peoples and their relationships with their environment, he sits on the Waitangi Tribunal enquiry into the Treaty claim to Indigenous Flora and Fauna and Intellectual Property (Wai 262). He was the co-editor and contributor to the publications 2007 Race and Racialization: Essential Readings(2007) The Indigenous Experience (2006) Toronto, and was also one of the original contributors to the drafting of the Mataatua Declaration on Biodiversity and Indigenous Rights(1993) presented to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.

Dr David Chapman

School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Massey University, Palmerston North

David has been on the NZAEE Executive on and off for most of the last decade and is a life member of the Association. He teaches Environmental Education at postgraduate level at Massey University and has published articles in journals in Canada, Britain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He is also a reviewer for three international journals and a contributing editor for the Journal of Environmental Education. He has been invited to contribute to discussions overseas on several occasions, most recently, to deliberations in Sweden that led to the formulation of the Gothenburg Recommendations in 2008. His central interest is closing the gap between the rhetoric and reality of practice, in short, improving the quality of what we do.

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