The Council employs one full time staff member, our Registrar Annette Instone. Annette is the primary point of contact for all applications, enquiries, requests and complaints.
She can be contacted by email on
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or by phoning
+64 4 474 0747 during normal business hours.
Annette Instone - Registrar
Annette took up the role of Registrar in January 2008. She is a born and bred New Zealander, having lived most of her life in Wellington. Annette's previous experience has been mostly in the non-profit sector where she worked in education in administrative roles including Business Manager for a large secondary school. She was the Academic Registrar for a professional management membership organisation for six years. Most recently, Annette was co-director of a business consultancy that provided business solutions for Pacific mental health providers and undertook projects for several government agencies.
Annette's qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration degree, which she completed in 1992 and a Master of Business Administration degree, which she completed in 2000. She studied for both degrees at Victoria University of Wellington. Annette is a Member of the New Zealand Institute of Management.

