Raewyn Peart
Biography
Raewyn Peart MNZM completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences at the University of Waikato in 1980, and a law degree and commerce degree at the University of Otago in 1987. After working in commercial litigation, she travelled overseas, including to South Africa, where she worked for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research as an environmental policy analyst. While in South Africa, she also completed a Master of Commerce at the University of Natal. In 1999 Peart became a director of the newly re-established Environmental Defence Society (EDS) and on returning to New Zealand in 2001, she started working for the society as a policy analyst. Over the subsequent 20 years Peart researched and published numerous reports and books on the environmental issues facing Aotearoa New Zealand with a particular focus on coastal and marine management. In 2019, Peart was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to environmental and conservation policy. She lives in Auckland.
