Contact

Get in touch!

The council welcomes comments and suggestions from the membership at large. If you have an issue the society should address please write to one of the council members. The council meets monthly via teleconference. Agenda submissions may be made by emailing the secretary.

Please direct general inquiries to secretary@nzmss.org

Please direct all membership inquiries to membership@nzmss.org

For further information, read the NZMSS Rules.

2025/26 NZMSS Council

Council Officers

Dr. Pete Wilson – President
SLR Consulting | president@nzmss.org

Dr. Jen Hillman – Secretary
University of Auckland | secretary@nzmss.org

Dr. Rob Major – Treasurer
Cawthron Institute

Dr. Ulla von Ammon – Treasurer
Cawthron Institute

Dr. Anna Madarasz-Smith – Immediate Past President
Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP)

Council Members

Dr. Hilke Giles
Pisces Consulting

Associate Professor Armagan Sabetian
Auckland University of Technology

Dr. Sam Thomas
Otago Regional Council

Kathy Walls
Ministry for Primary Industries

Oonagh Daly
Environment Canterbury

Laura Fayerman
Salt Labs

Dr. Hazel Needham
University of Waikato

Student Representatives

Brandy Biggar – Monthly Update
University of Auckland

Alexandre Che – Social Media, Website Coordinator
AUT | Cawthron Institute

Brooke Ellis-Smith – Membership Secretary, Listserv Coordinator
University of Waikato | membership@nzmss.org

Tara Lepine – Website & Listserv Coordinator
University of Auckland

Michele Rogalin Henderson – Social Media
University of Auckland

Grady Petersen – Website Coordinator
University of Victoria Wellington