Great news for students in New Zealand

Becoming a member of EIANZ provides students with invaluable networking opportunities and exposure to experienced professionals with wide ranging areas of expertise. For a lot of students, budgets are often stretched to their limits with the essentials of living. To encourage students to invest in their career early on, EIANZ is trialling a pilot program in New Zealand. Student membership will be just $20 for New Zealand students who are not earning a professional wage. 

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Snippets of environmental news from around New Zealand. Read articles from the last month on legislation, climate change, ecology and more.  

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Proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity - Consultation document

The Minister for the Environment has released a proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity for public consultation. Submissions are invited until 15 July 2016.

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A guide to identifying freshwater management units under the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014

This guide assists council staff to identifyfreshwater management units as required under the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.

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For those thinking of applying

The CEnvP website provides some useful application tips and advice – these are the things that will help with the processing of your application.  

One of the bits of advice is to take the requirement for continuing professional development seriously. This is probably one of the areas where the more information you can provide as part of your application the better.  

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The following professional development opportunities are coming up. All EIANZ events are available on our website here.

An evening with the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
14 July 2016 at 5:30pm
Opus, Level 10, Majestic Centre, 100 Willis Street, Wellington

Kelsey Serjeant and Sally Garden from the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) will provide an overview of the PCE's role, recent investigations and upcoming research.

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Registrations open for EIANZ Annual Conference - Foundations for tomorrow
3-4 November 2016
Sofitel Hotel, 249 Turbot Street, Brisbane QLD

The Conference is EIANZ's signature event and provides outstanding value to members and other environmental practitioners. It is an excellent opportunity for environmental practitioners to expand their horizons, challenge conventional thinking and network with fellow professionals. With a great line up of compelling keynote speakers confirmed including Bob Brown, former Senator and previous leader of the Greens, and Brendan Trembath, Senior Reporter with the ABC, it is sure to be a thought-provoking couple of days. Early bird pricing is available until 21 August 2016

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NZAIA Strategic Environmental Assessment in New Zealand: Enhancing Policies and Plans
7-9 December 2016
Lincoln University, Christchurch

This two day conference at Lincoln University will bring together speakers and submitted poster papers to address strategic impact assessment. Examples and case studies will include planning for natural hazards and adverse events, land use change and urbanisation, catchment planing, tourism and iwi plans. A training day and field visit will precede the conference.

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