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Namouta is the Strategy & Science General Manager for Bay of Plenty Regional Council/Toi Moana with experience in Leadership, Strategic planning, Pacific health & planning, Resource Management Act planning, Regional Transport Planning; Engagement; and Natural Hazard Risk Management in public and private sectors. Her Bay of Plenty portfolio includes Resource Management documents (Regional Policy Statement, Regional Natural Resources Plan, Coastal Plan), Science, Spatial Planning, urban growth planning and Environmental Strategy – focusing mainly on Economy aspects and Climate Change. She also has experience in leading teams responsible for Public Transport Planning and Operations (Buses)– Tauranga, Whakatāne, Rotorua and rural connector services, Māori Policy and Engagement Teams.

Namouta is passionate about giving back to the community by focusing on ways to improve the environmental and socioeconomic outcomes of Pasifika people. She is the former Chair of the Pacific Island Community Trust in Tauranga, former Envirohub Board member, founding member of the Aotearoa Pacific Practioners Group and Papa Pounamu for the New Zealand Planning Institute.