Board Members

Peter has spent the greater part of his working career within the agriculture industry as well as 20 years serving in the NZ Police.  As a Compliance Certifier he holds approvals for both Locations and Stationary Containers. In his role as National President for HSPNZ, Peter hopes to ensure that all Compliance Certifiers act in the best interests of their profession and to be able to achieve this through continuing training, peer support and the maintenance of industry relationships, including that of our Worksafe colleagues.

Natasha brings to HSPNZ over 20 years in business management, operations and is passionate about business start up.  Natasha is one of the founding members of HSPNZ juggling many supporting roles including Treasurer/Secretary Support/Website developer in 2017 and has been driven in getting HSPNZ up and running. Natasha is also Operations Manager/Director/Training Facilitator for Inferno Consultants: Compliance Certifiers and is in training to become a Compliance Certifier. She looks forward establishing key strategic relationships with Worksafe and Industry whilst developing vital training platforms to support current certifiers, whilst encouraging new succession into the compliance regime.

Pete is the Director of HazKnow Ltd, a Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances training/ consulting company and has been a compliance certifier since the implementation of the HSNO Legislation being the second person to be approved in 2002. Pete spent 20 years in the NZ Army as an Ammunition Technician covering roles that covered many tasks with the management of explosives including Storage, Repair, Disposal and  EOD/IED (Bomb Disposal duties). Upon retiring he became of National Manager Dangerous Goods at TranzRail, for 8 years, then left to become a Test Certifier back in 2002.Pete is also involved with Dangerous Goods transport and logistics where he is involved in both training and regulatory issues being a member of a number of committees which include Maritime and Land transport Standards and Rules. Pete’s role in our executive is managing the HSPNZ technical team and ensuring we provide interpretation, technical support and experience for our members queries.

Tony Neilson is a Compliance Certifier who set up Envirohaz Limited in 2004 prior to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act coming into force. The business has seen steady growth over the years and now includes a staff of nine.  Prior to this Tony worked in Local Government and the Gas Fitting Industry for 19 years. Tony holds a wide range of Compliance Certification approvals including Location Compliance and Stationary Container Certification throughout a variety of sites, large tank farms to the small enterprise. Tony enjoys working and developing long standing relationships with clients. These relationships have continued since the outset of hazardous substances legislation under the HSNO Act coming into force through to today. He advocates on behalf of and beside clients to achieve best outcomes for their sites.

Mike has over 30 year’s continuous experience in the dangerous goods and related fields (not counting his previous service as an RNZAF armament technician!), and over that period has worked for Mt Roskill Borough Council, Auckland City Council and North Shore City Council prior to joining Department of Labour Explosives and Dangerous Goods Chief Inspector’s Office. Mike was an “almost-foundation member” and later executive board member of the former New Zealand Institute of Inspectors of Dangerous Goods. In 1994 he was the recipient of a Shell-Air New Zealand Local Government Study Award that took him to California to study hazardous waste collection programmes. Mike started HazTec in 2005 and has built a very capable team of 10 staff; Mike was a test certifier from 2004 until 2017, and continues as a senior hazardous substances consultant.

Grant Tattley has spent 26 years with the Royal New Zealand Navy as a Electronics Technician and the last 11 years as a Royal New Zealand Naval College Educator. During this time he has achieved his qualification as Adult Education and Training (Level 5), incorporating workplace assessment and moderation. He is also qualified as a Defence Force Test Certifier, an HSNO Test Certifier, and a HSW Compliance Certifier. Grant is part of the HSPNZ Technical Advisory Board and assists with reviewing CPD development and the education of our members.

Kyle is a Hazardous Substances Consultant from the North Shore, Auckland and has over three years experience within the industry, training and learning under four different certifiers. Kyle’s main areas of practice are cylinder imports, hazardous substance locations, stationary container systems and previously pyrotechnic displays. Kyle is a prospective/in training compliance certifier, and represents that perspective in his contributions to the HSPNZ board. Kyle also serves as HSPNZ's liaison with HASANZ. Outside the office, Kyle is in avid competitive fencer, has competed internationally and also coaches children in West Auckland.

Wes is the Executive Director of Castle Consultants Ltd. He is an industrial chemist with a background working in industry and regulatory laboratories, including occupational exposure measurement and analysis for the previous National Environmental Chemistry and Acoustics Laboratory. Over the past 20 years he has audited industrial sites for compliance with the Resource Management Act, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act and now the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations. He is a Worksafe authorised Certifier for Hazardous Substances and Stationary Container Systems (tanks and process vessels) and is now a Regional Manager for HSPNZ.

Dianne is a Director of two companies, Test Cert Solutions Ltd and HSNO Trainers & Test Certifiers (NZ) Ltd. Both provide legal interpretation and certification of Locations, Stationary Container Systems, Approved Handlers for Controlled Substances (Vertebrate Toxic Agents and Fumigants), Tank Wagons, Importation of Cylinders, Approved Fillers. I am also an LPGA Approved National Trainer. Dianne is a graduate of University of Waikato (MSc First Class Honours), Royal Society of Health (Diplomas in Public Health Inspection and Air Pollution Control), Department of Labour Advanced Dangerous Goods Inspectors Courses, and NZ Police Prosecutors course. These qualifications were achieved during her employment as an enforcement officer conducting Environmental Health/Dangerous Goods Licensing with various City and District Councils from 1985-2001.  She obtained her Test Certifier approval in 2003 [TST000047] and is our Central Regional Manager for our members.

Brendan is a Hazardous Substances Certifier with Envirohaz Limited based in Whanganui. Brendan has been a certifier or auditor for Envirohaz for 13 years and prior to that worked for the Department of Labour (now Worksafe) as a Health and Safety inspector / HSNO enforcement officer. Brendan certifies hazardous substances locations and stationary container systems in a large variety of industries and enjoys working with clients to gain compliance and certification in a pragmatic and practical manner.

Kirsty is based in Dunedin and is a Compliance Certifier and director of Envirocom NZ Ltd.  For the past 12 years she has been working in the Hazardous Substance area both in a compliance/auditing  role and using her previous background in IT, to develop website /IT solutions to streamline the certification and reporting process.  She has a range of approvals that covers Hazardous Substance Locations, Stationary Container Systems (tanks and process vessels), Fillers and Handlers.  HSPNZ has an important role in supporting certifiers and Kirsty is the Regional Manager for the South Island for HSPNZ .

Graham Farquhar is the Managing Director of Dangerous Goods Compliance Limited and has been a full time compliance certifier for over thirteen years. He has been working in international freight forwarding for nearly 15 years as a Licensed Customs Broker, operating a large scale specialist dangerous goods storage company based out at Auckland Airport. He also holds a New Zealand Diploma in Business and has been involved in setting up several approved training schools for both freight transport (air, road and sea) and workplace hazardous substances.