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Mr

Jim Ebenhoh

Teaching Fellow ENVPL300-501

Te Kura Toi School of Arts

  • Teaching Fellow ENVPL300-501
    Te Kura Toi School of Arts
  • University of Waikato, HAMILTON, New Zealand

BIO

Having delivered a few guest lectures here in recent years, I'm excited to be teaching Planning in Aotearoa New Zealand this year. 

 

Originally from Ohio, USA, I studied at Harvard University in Boston and have worked in Portland, Oregon, but have spent most of the last 30 years living and working in New Zealand since I came to Dunedin in 1995 as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.  I hope to bring a varied practitioner's perspective from my 25+ years of planning and policy experience, most of which has been in New Zealand local government from Westland to Wellington to the Waikato. 

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO APPOINTMENTS

  • Teaching Fellow ENVPL300-501
    University of Waikato, Te Kura Toi School of Arts

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Project Director
    Future Proof, Hamilton, New ZealandNov 2024 - present
  • Planning and Policy Manager
    Waikato District Council, Ngāruawāhia, New ZealandNov 2018 - Nov 2024
  • Group Manager: Planning, Community and Environment
    Westland District Council, Hokitika, New ZealandJan 2014 - Sep 2018
  • Sustainable Development Manager
    Kāpiti Coast District Council, Paraparaumu, New ZealandJan 2008 - Dec 2013
  • Senior Strategic Advisor
    Wellington City Council, Wellington, New ZealandJan 2005 - Dec 2007
  • Senior Policy Analyst
    Housing New Zealand, Wellington, New ZealandSep 2003 - Dec 2004
  • Policy Analyst
    ECONorthwest, Portland, Oregon, United StatesSep 1999 - Sep 2003
  • Policy Analyst
    Dunedin City Council, Dunedin, New ZealandJun 1996 - Jul 1997

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Arts, Social Studies
    Harvard University, United States
  • Master in Public Policy and Urban Planning
    Harvard University, United States
  • Diploma for Graduates
    University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Making Good Decisions
    Ministry for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand
    Accredited Hearings Commissioner (Resource Management Act)
  • Member
    American Institute of Certified Planners
  • Full Member
    New Zealand Planning Institute
  • Member
    Taituarā - Local Government Professionals New Zealand