Executive Members

All Executive Members of the Association are listed below including their portfolios. To contact one of them, please email nzpfga@gmail.com and your email will be forwarded. Members, you can locate their contact details in the Members Only section of the website.

The regional directories will allow you to locate other guides, find a guide.

The members of the executive are elected annually at the AGM to run the affairs of the association. Each Executive member also has a portfolio which they attend to as their area of responsibility.

They meet throughout the year as well as attend numerous meetings all around the country on the members behalf. Most are involved in some way on national groups such as Fish and Game, Tourism Board, Bio Security or at a Political / Government level.

Dean Bell

• President, Political

Serge Bonnafoux

•  2IC, Dept of Conservation, Constitution, Policy Book, Special Projects

Neil Goldie

• Treasurer & Administration

Kevin Payne

• Induction Course, Membership

Nick King

• Fish & Game, Environmental Issues/Bio-Security,

Jim Rainey

• Induction Course, Complaints

Paul van de Loo

• Member's Benefits, Illegal Guides

Simon Jolly

• Health & Safety, Maritime, Iwi affairs

Non-Executive Portfolios:

• Kristina Placko- IT
• Mike Fransham- Taupo Fishery Advisory Board
• Jodi Payne- Newsletter