Dr Adrian Meredith

Adrian is a local government Principal Scientist that has spent most of his career in the local government resource management.  He started his career as a comparative [fish] physiologist before moving to more holistic eco-physiology of native galaxiid fishes, attempting to answer many “how” and “why” questions on native fish tolerances and survival. These academic skills were then applied to fish interactionswith New Zealand’s early thermal power industry.  The local government journey hasstriven for a sound ecological and environmental basis for many industry activitiessuch as thermal, geothermal and hydro-electric power industries; coal, mineral, and aggregate mining industries; forestry and pulp and paper industries; agricultural processing industries such as dairy, meat, and wool; and intensive agriculture/irrigation.  He has also developed significant environmental monitoring program initiatives; contributed to key resource management plan development processes and advocated for science-based solutions.  Most recent initiatives have involved contributing to requirements for sustainable water intake fish screening facilities and assisting New Zealand’s most off-shore community (the Chatham Islands) to enable them to become part of the broader NZ resource management community. A key theme has been advocating widely and wisely for sound sustainable management and broad environmental outcomes particularly for fisheries and ecological values.