Committee

I have been a resident of St Mary’s Bay since 1985, along with my wife Bronwen and our two children.

I was educated in Auckland and overseas, returning from overseas to take up law practice in Auckland in 1979. I have had a long career in law, in law firms, later as barrister, and lastly as a judge (recently retired).

I had various local community involvements before being appointed a judge: as a supporter of the Grey Lynn Neighbourhood Law Centre in its formative years, as convenor of legal rosters in the Ponsonby and Grey Lynn Citizens Advice Bureaus for many years, and as member of the Western Bays Community Committee for a short time in 1980s.

I have active interests in the arts (as supporter), sport (also as supporter), food and wine, and travel. I spent some years working with a youth opera group (including forming it into a charitable trust and being one of its trustees), and was President of the University of Auckland’s alumni organisation for several years. I believe in developing active, caring communities through building relationships and identifying common interests.

Cameron is a recent recruit to St Marys Bay, having been resident since 2011.

He has been involved in the commercial property and investment world all his working life, and this has helped inspire his love of good built form – something that St Mary’s Bay offers to him on those days he manages to walk to work.

His appetite for great wine and food means he has landed in the right Auckland suburb, and the view of the harbour keeps fuelling his and his wife Ali's love of travel.

Brian is a highly respected town planner and an expert in urban settlement and rural management. He regularly assists community groups in planning disputes. Recently, Brian (pro bono) prepared and filed expert evidence in support of the St Mary’s Bay Association submission on the Plan 26 special character overlay change to the Unitary plan. He also appeared at the hearing.

Elected to the SMBA committee in 2020, Brian is now semi-retired and has the time to devote to the challenges facing the SMBA. In particular, his expertise will be valuable in the many town planning issues before the committee, including an additional harbour crossing (potential adverse effects), maintenance of heritage values and open space management.

I am a valuer and property consultant. I have lived in the inner city since the 1960s, with a shift to Saint Mary’s Bay in the 1980s to renovate a villa.

At that time the housing stock was quite rundown but like other inner city suburbs it has been rejuvenated over the last 15 years. St Marys bay has a very special flavour, with its small sites , close linkages to Westhaven, the central city and the Ponsonby Road refreshment strip. Please join the association and support our efforts to preserve your special suburb.