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Dr April Bennett PhD
Lecturer - Maori Environmental & Resource Planning
School of People, Environment and PlanningDr April Bennett (Tūwharetoa, Waikato, Tūhoe, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) is the inaugural Lecturer in Māori Resource and Environmental Planning. She has been working and studying in this field for 15 years. She has a PhD in Planning, a Master of Philosophy in Planning, a Post-graduate Diploma in Māori Resource Development and a BA in Māori Studies. In her doctoral research she examined how power structures iwi contributions to freshwater planning and decision-making using a case study of the Manawatū River.
Outside the university, April has worked in Parliament for the Primary Production and Local Government and Environment select committees, in the Maruwhenua Group in the Ministry for the Environment, and for the Waikato Regional Council coordinating a sustainable development strategy for the Lake Taupō catchment. She maintains close connections with one of her hapū, Ngāti Te Maunga, and serves on the Committee of Management for their incorporation, Hauhungaroa 2C.
April has been a member of 2 multi-disciplinary teams that have conducted research for Waitangi Tribunal claimants in the Raukawa and Te Rohe Pōtae inquiry districts. On the latter inquiry, she appeared before the tribunal as a technical witness.
April has supervised several Honours and Masters students, mostly in the Māori Resource and Environmental Planning area, but some outside. April is a 2014 alumni of the New Zealand Women in Leadership Programme, and is one of the kaikaranga for Ƶ.
Professional
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - Ƶ (2015)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Māori and the environment
Power and collaboration
Bourdieusian theories of power
Politics of freshwater planning
Thematics
Resource Development and Management
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Built Environment And Design (120000):
Land Use and Environmental Planning (120504):
Urban and Regional Planning (120500)
Research Outputs
Journal
[Book Review]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Book Review]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Journal article]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Journal article]Authored by: Bennett, A.
Book
[Chapter]Authored by: Bennett, A.Edited by: Meihana, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Chapter]Authored by: Bennett, A.
Thesis
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Bennett, A.
Report
[Technical Report]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Bennett, A., Procter, J.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Anderson, C., Bennett, A., Millner, J., Procter, J.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Bennett, A., Palmer, F., White, C.
Conference
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Bennett, A.
Other
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bennett, A.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bennett, A.