Members

Road Efficiency Group Te Ringa Maimoa members are subject matter experts who volunteer their time and come from local authorities, Local Government NZ and the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi.

A governance group and a leadership group oversee the programme. Three reference groups develop the tools and resources needed to support roading managers in maintaining their networks. A group of regional champions support roading staff.

Governance
Leadership
Evidence and Insights
Providing the sector with tools to better understand the performance of their business and transport systems.
Sector Excellence
Supporting the sector to develop competencies and business systems to improve investment decision making.
Strategic Delivery
Enabling a strategic approach to procurement and delivery of services to our communities.
Regional Champions
The Regional Champions promote the REG programme to peers within their RCAs.

Governance group

Name	Organisation
Steve Mutton (Chair)	NZTA
Murray Burt	Auckland Transport
Michael Theelen	Queenstown Lakes District Council
Vanessa Browne	NZTA
Hartley Hare	Southland District Council
Scott Necklen	Local Government New Zealand
Ross I’Anson (Sponsor)	NZTA
Simon Douglas	Independent
Rick van Barneveld	Independent

Leadership group

Name	Organisation
Hartley Hare (Chair)	Southland District Council
Hamish Featonby	Tararua District Council
John MacDonald	NZTA
Mark Yaxley	NZTA
Russell Hawkes	Environment Southland
Patrick Hanaray	Upper Hutt City Council
Roger Brady	NZTA
Alison Tomlinson	Queenstown Lakes District Council
Ann-Elise Reynolds	Whakatāne District Council
Ross I’Anson (Sponsor)	NZTA

Sector Excellence reference group

Name	Organisation
Ann-Elise Reynolds (Chair)	Whakatāne District Council
Raj Suppiah	Tararua District Council
Adam Bevins	Downer New Zealand
Sandra King	NZTA
Mark Yaxley	NZTA
Mark Chamberlain	Ashburton District Council
Russell Pearson	Invercargill City Council
Tony Bonetti	RATA
Dale Clarke	Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Melissa Feather	NZTA

Evidence and Insights reference group

Name	Organisation
Alison Tomlinson (Chair)	Queenstown Lakes District Council
Cynthia Wilson	Dunedin City Council
Sikander Singh	Tauranga City Council
Alison Macken-Allen	Auckland Transport
Phil Wall	NZTA
Ting Ge	NZTA
Michaela James	NZTA
Wayne Sharplin	NZTA
Ana Fonseca	NZTA
Kris Butterworth	New Plymouth District Council
Sol Hessell	NZTA

Strategic Delivery reference group

Name	Organisation
Patrick Hanaray (Chair)	Upper Hutt City Council
Shawn McKinley	Central Hawkes Bay District Council
Bernie Cuttance	NZTA
Hongyu Jin	University of Auckland
David Wathall	Whakatāne District Council
Jamie McPherson	Tasman District Council

Regional Champions

Work	Name	Region
Peter Scott	Auckland Transport	Auckland/Northland
Matt Williams	Manawatū District Council	Central North Island/Taranaki
Ella Barnfield	Whakatāne District Council	Bay of Plenty
Shawn McKinley	Central Hawke’s Bay District Council	Hawke’s Bay
Karl Jackson	Westland District Council	Top of the South/West Coast
Ben Whelan	Southland District Council	Southland
Kylie Hook	Wellington City Council	Wellington
Kushla Tapper	Waitaki District Council	Oamaru
Yuwei Li	Selwyn Council	Canterbury
Ravi Trivedi	Ashburton District Council	Canterbury
Emma Good	Otorohanga District Council	Waikato