Executive Members

All Executive Members of the Association are listed below including their contact details and portfolios. 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 four times a 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.

Craig Smith

• President
• Fish & Game, Political/Local Body Affairs, Iwi Affairs sub-committee, Guides License sub-committee
• +64 27 646 9419
• hatchfishing@me.com

Kevin Payne

• Induction Course, Complaints, Guides License sub-committee
• +64 27 227 8142
• flyfishnewzealand@gmail.com

Simon Wilkinson

• Dept of Conservation
• +64 27 2163 787
• swguiding@gmail.com

Felix Borenstein

• Member's Benefits, Public Relations, Marketing, Web Site
• +64 21 451 797
• felixborenstein@gmail.com

Neil Goldie

• Treasurer & Administration
• +64 27 210 2438
• neilgoldiefishing@gmail.com

Dean Bell

• Special Projects
• +64 27 538 8897
• deanbell@xtra.co.nz

Miles Rushmer

• Environmental Issues/Bio-Security, Iwi Affairs sub-committee
• +64 21 371 265
• milesrushmer@xtra.co.nz

John Hamill

• Health & Safety, Maritime
• +64 21 951 959
• info@cruiseandfish.co.nz

Serge Bonnafoux

•  Illegal Guides, Membership, Constitution/Policy Book, Guides License sub-committee
• +64 21 211 3462
• sergebonnafouxfishnewzealand@gmail.com

Non-Executive Portfolios:

• Newsletter - Dave Wood dave2fish@gmail.com 

• Taupo Advisory Board - Dave Wood dave2fish@gmail.com

• Leon McCarthy - Iwi Affairs sub-committee leoncmccarthy@hotmail.com

• Induction Course assistant - Jim Rainey

• Constitution/Policy Book Reform - Mike Fransham