Work groups

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

A governance group and a leadership group oversee the programme. Three work groups develop the tools and resources needed to support Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) in maintaining their networks. A group of regional champions support RCA 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 Te Ringa Maimoa programme to peers within their RCAs.

Governance group

Name	Organisation
Steve Mutton (Acting Chair)	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Craig Thew	Hastings District Council
Howard Cattermole	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Murray Burt	Auckland Transport
Michael Theelen	Queenstown Lakes District Council
Vanessa Browne	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Hartley Hare	Southland District Council
Scott Necklen	Local Government New Zealand
Ross I’Anson (Sponsor)	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Leadership group

Name	Organisation
Hartley Hare (Chair)	Southland District Council
Hamish Featonby	Tararua District Council
John MacDonald	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Mark Yaxley	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Russell Hawkes	Environment Southland
Patrick Hanaray	Upper Hutt City Council
Roger Brady	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Alison Tomlinson	Queenstown Lakes District Council
Raj Suppiah	Tararua District Council
Ross I’Anson (Sponsor)	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Sector Excellence work group

Name	Organisation
Raj Suppiah (Chair)	Tararua District Council
Roger Brady	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Adam Bevins	Downer New Zealand
Sandra King	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Mark Yaxley	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Mark Chamberlain	Ashburton District Council
Russell Pearson	Invercargill City Council
Tony Bonetti	RATA

Evidence and Insights work 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	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Ting Ge	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Michaela James	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Wayne Sharplin	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Sean Rainsford	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Ana Fonseca	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Strategic Delivery work group

Name	Organisation
Patrick Hanaray (Chair)	Upper Hutt City Council
Shawn McKinley	Central Hawkes Bay District Council
Bernie Cuttance	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Phillip Walker	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Regional Champions

Work	Name	Region
Andy Brown	Kaipara District Council	Auckland/Northland
Matt Williams	Manawatū District Council	Central North Island/Taranaki
Dale Clarke	Ōpotiki District Council	Bay of Plenty
Michael Hardie	Wairoa District Council	Hawke’s Bay
Kayleen Goldthorpe	Nelson District Council	Top of the South/West Coast
Lesley McCoy	Invercargill City Council	Southland
Brian Russell	Wellington City Council	Wellington
Kushla Tapper	Waitaki District Council	Oamaru
Mark Pinner	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Ben Wong	Transport Agency Waka Kotahi