Tourism Committee
Members:
Mr Tony Marks (Chairperson)
Cr Maureen Waaka
Mr Stewart Brown
Mr Karl Johnstone
Kiri Atkinson-Crean
Brett Marvelly
Bruce Thomason
Contact details:
C/- Destination Rotorua Tourism Marketing
P: 07 348 4133
E: Tourism.Marketing@rdc.govt.nz
From left:
Kiri Atkinson-Crean (Rotorua) – Co-Chair Maori in Tourism Rotorua; private contractor, owner/operator Akahu House and Extra Mile Automotive.
Brett Marvelly (Rotorua) - Owner/operator Princes Gate Hotel
Bruce Thomason (Rotorua) - General Manager Skyline Rotorua
Maureen Waaka JP (Rotorua) - Rotorua District Councillor and member Te Arawa Standing Committee; director Pohutu Group Ltd; member Liquor Liaison Group, and Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand; Chair Whanau Tupono Committee; board member Lakes District Health Board, and NZ Medical Radiation Technologists Board; deputy chair Community & Public Health Advisory Committee; representative to LGNZ Maori Councillors' Forum.
Stewart Brown (Rotorua) - Regional GM Ngai Tahu Tourism (Rainbow Springs, Kiwi Encounter, Huka Falls Jet); vice president ITOC (Inbound Tour Operators Council); director Experience Taupo; vice president NZTEC (New Zealand Tourism Export Council); president Skal Rotorua.
Tony Marks, Chairman (Auckland) – Inaugural CEO Pacific Blue Airlines; former CEO Origin Pacific Airlines; former CEO Zespri; former Commercial GM Air New Zealand International; chair Raripo Ltd; director Zespri International, Virgin Samoa, NZ Avocado Oil Ltd, Ngāi Tahu Tourism Ltd, Leigh Fisheries Ltd, House of Travel Ltd, and Somerset Marketing
[absent] Karl Johnstone (Rotorua) – Director, New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute; former head of Maori & Indigenous Development, Waiariki Institute of Technology; former Concept Leader, Te Papa; director Noble Savage Design.