Archaeology / Cultural Resource Management / Heritage Management

Positions

• President, New Zealand Archaeological Association, 1982-84, 2002-04.
• Convener directing group - site recording scheme upgrade project, digitisation project.
• National Site Recording Co-ordinator, New Zealand Archaeological Association, 1977-80.
• D.S.I.R./Archaeological Association Radiocarbon Committee Member, 1980-86.
• N.Z. Historic Places Trust, Auckland Regional Committee Member, 1983-85.
• IPENZ Engineering Heritage Branch Committee for 1990 Sesquicentenary celebrations.
• Board of Auckland Institute and Museum 1986-88, 1991-95
• General Manager Operations for Auckland Regional Council - responsible for ARC Parks.

Capabilities

• Site protection in development projects, bringing together a rare combination of archaeological and civil engineering skills.
• Heritage assessment.
• Site protection: alternative development options, planning protection and ownership options development.
• Site management: physical stabilisation, vegetation management, interpretation.
• Radiocarbon dating: sample collection, selection and preparation for dating, results interpretation.
• Numerical and statistical methods applied in archaeology.
• Engineering heritage: significance and structural assessments, interpretation, restoration / stabilisation advice

Experience

• Features erosion monitoring, Three volcanic cones - Auckland City Council
• Monitoring and protection advice, Mt Eden. Auckland City Council
• Survey and heritage assessment  Manukau Timber Company Mill - Huia.  Auckland Regional Council.
• Survey and heritage assessment  Ambury Farm Park stonefield garden sites.  Auckland Regional Council.
• Review of the Cultural Heritage Inventory opportunities and relationships - Auckland Regional Council.
• Site interpretation One Tree Hill - Project Management - Cornwall Park Trust Board.
• Shore erosion protection works, Sunde site, Motutapu. Lands and Survey Dept.
• Site assessment for subdivision development with advice on proposal modification to avoid disturbance / need for further investigation, Mahurangi.
• Water reservoir redevelopment and site protection/restoration, One Tree Hill. Auckland Regional Authority.
• Erosion protection advice, Te Porere Redoubt, for N.Z.H.P.T.
• Site survey and protection advice for subdivision, Taylors Hill, Auckland Regional Authority.
• Parks acquisition and management plan advice regarding archaeological sites, Auckland Regional Council.
• Historic places protection compliance advice, Auckland Regional Council operations.
• Site surveys, Northland and Auckland.
• Vetting samples submitted for radiocarbon dating, advice to submitters on samples and results.
• Research and rescue project excavation experience as both participant and site director.
• Organisation of marking and celebration of three engineering heritage projects for 1990 Sesquicentenary.
• Site assessment for subdivision development with advice on proposal modification to avoid disturbance / need for further investigation, Orewa.

 Publications and Papers can be found here 

February 08, 2019