Anita helps clients with spatial planning and policy development, road, rail and waste infrastructure projects, and neighbourhood-led planning. She is particularly interested in helping communities to build capacity to engage in planning processes. When she’s not in the office, Anita has a passion for spending time outdoors with her family, whether that is camping, playing at the beach, riding her bicycle or trail-running.
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~Jane Goodall
Anita has been practicing as a planner since 1999 and joined Perception Planning in 2018. She has an Honours degree in Resource and Environmental Planning from Massey University, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Business Studies. Anita has worked for local and regional government in New Zealand and in the UK, and for large multi-disciplinary design and engineering firms in the UK. Her expertise includes:
Policy review and development
Project management for resource consents, policy and plan reviews
