Dr Natasha Garvan is an environmental and resource management law specialist. She leads Bell Gully’s environment and planning practice and is Convenor of the NZLS Climate Change Law Sub-Committee. Natasha is advising Waikato-Tainui on the RMA reforms and Three Waters reforms, and other clients on the RMA reforms. She is a member of the legal team for Te Tupu Ngātahi the Supporting Growth Alliance, advising on route protection for Auckland’s future transportation network, and is legal lead for the North, Warkworth, and Pukekohe packages. She has assisted Transpower with its submissions relating to national regulatory and policy reforms, and in relation to planning instruments to effectively protect the National Grid and enable its ongoing operation. Natasha regularly appears as counsel at mediations and hearings and has been ranked as a Next Generation Partner for projects and resource management in New Zealand in the international legal directory The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022.