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NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT FOR OUR CHAIRMAN
On 27th April 2017, New Zealand Bridge Chairman, Alan Dormer, received his award of the New Zealand Order of Merit from the Governor General for services to law. He follows in the footsteps of the previous Chairman, Arie Geursen, who in 2012 received a similar award for services to science with acknowledgement of his contribution to the game of Bridge.
Alan has practised law in the fields of resource management, local government and liquor licensing and since the introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991, he has ensured that those in local government understood the workings and implication of the ever changing legislation.
He advocated for professional development programmes to up-skill elected councillors in decision making and was one of the first trainers for the “Making Good Decisions” programme.
He has held Ministerial appointments to chair several Technical Advisory Groups addressing several matters under the Resource Management Act and has held other Ministerial appointments such as in 2010 to the Rugby World Cup Authority and to the independent Board of Inquiry for the New Zealand Transport Agency’s proposal for the Waterview Connection Project.
He has been an advisor to the Law Commission and has been appointed as a Hearings Commissioner by nine local authorities. He was elected for three terms as President of the Resource Management Law Association.
Alan has contributed to several works on resource management and the sale of liquor and is the former Legal Editor of Local Government Magazine, having also contributed a regular column to the magazine for ten years.
Congratulations to Alan as he sets out on another role chairing the Board of New Zealand Bridge.
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