Mary Hill

Mary Hill is a specialist resource management barrister with over 25 years’ experience.  She advises both private and local government clients on all aspects of resource management and environmental law and has led several novel cases in the Supreme Court.  She appears at all levels of our court system.

Mary has chaired panels under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 and the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024, including the Drury Metropolitan Centre and the Tauranga Northern Link Motorway (Stage 2).

Mary is a former President of the Resource Management Law Association and sits on the New Zealand Law Society's Environmental Committee.  She has a particular interest in resource management reform.