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Emma Howie is currently serving as the General Manager of Planning & Urban Design at Woods since January 2023. Prior to this role, Emma held various significant positions at the Ministry of Education of New Zealand, including Planning Manager for Natural & Built Environments and Principal Advisor for the Resource Management Act from October 2020 to January 2023. Emma's experience also includes managerial and planning roles at Auckland Airport from July 2017 to July 2020, a Development Management Planner position at Ealing Council in early 2017, and a Senior Planner role at Wood and Partners Consultants from September 2013 to November 2016. Emma began a planning career at Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd as a Planner from February 2011 to September 2013. Emma holds a Bachelor of Planning with Honours from The University of Auckland, obtained between 2007 and 2010.
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WOODS
At Woods, creating and delivering better communities is at the heart of what we do. We offer a full suite of Urban Design and Architecture, Engineering, 3 Waters, Planning, Surveying and Geo-Spatial services to the land development, building, health, institutional, energy, government, and transport sectors, to name a few. From small-medium sized subdivisions right through to the most demanding of sites and scales of projects, we combine our disciplines to create innovative, strategic, and cost-effective solutions for our clients. Our holistic approach sees us partner with the land and the people, resulting in better outcomes for our clients but also for the people who live, work, and play in our communities. As a hands-on, practical team, we have a flat organisational structure. There are no ‘managers managing managers’ at Woods which is why you’ll find all four of our directors running and delivering projects. Our specialists have access to in-house technologies, systems, and software to seamlessly and efficiently run every aspect of an ongoing project.