QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n B.A Honours, Bristol University, United Kingdom. Visual Communication. Pre 1985.<\/em> Journalism, part-time employment in building and service industries, extensive travel around the world and teaching Art and English as a foreign language.<\/p>\n 1985-2001. <\/em>Director of the Akaroa Museum Banks Peninsula. A social history Museum where stories are told which reflect the whole sweep of New Zealand\u2019s history.<\/p>\n 2001.<\/em> Elected to Local Government as a Councillor for Banks Peninsula District Council until abolition and amalgamation with Christchurch City Council in 2005. Subsequently a Community Board Member.<\/p>\n 2016.<\/em> Elected to the Canterbury Regional Council, known as ECAN.<\/p>\n MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANISATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n This list is not comprehensive but indicative of governance roles.<\/em><\/p>\n Current roles<\/strong><\/p>\n Chair of Arts On Tour New Zealand board.<\/p>\n Patron of the Akaroa Civic Trust.<\/p>\n Trustee of the Parkinson Memorial Park Trust.<\/p>\n Past roles<\/strong><\/p>\n 2016-2019.<\/em> Deputy Chair and then Chair of the Canterbury Regional Council.<\/p>\n Chair of the Banks Peninsula Zone Committee of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS)<\/p>\n Member of the Regional Committee of the CWMS.<\/p>\n Chair of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Working Group CWMS.<\/p>\n 2010-2015.<\/em> Chair of the Akaroa Civic Trust.<\/p>\n 2008-2011.<\/em> Chair of the Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board.<\/p>\n 2008-2011.<\/em> Member of the Canterbury District Health Board\u2019s Public Health and Disabilities Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n 2003-2008.<\/em> Member then Chair of the Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation.<\/p>\n 2004-2007.<\/em> Member of the Canterbury Museum Trust Board.<\/p>\n 2002-2007.<\/em> Member of the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Forum.<\/p>\n 2001-2007.<\/em> Chair of the Akaroa Museum Advisory Board.<\/p>\n 2001-2007.<\/em> Member of the Okain\u2019s Bay Maori and Colonial Museum Trust Board.<\/p>\n 1996-1998. <\/em>Member of the UNESCO Sub-Committee for Culture.<\/p>\n 1995-1997.<\/em> Chair of the Museums Association of New Zealand. Te Ropu Hanga Kaupapa Taonga.<\/p>\n 1994-1995.<\/em> Member of the Francis Hodgkin Fellowship Appointment Committee Otago University.<\/p>\n 1993-1995.<\/em> Member of the Canterbury Museum Trust Board.<\/p>\n 1990-1991.<\/em> Chair. Of the Canterbury Area Schools Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n 1989-1994.<\/em> Elected Member of the Southern Regional Arts Council.<\/p>\n 1988-1992.<\/em> Chair of the Akaroa Community Arts Council.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEVE LOWNDES: CV QUALIFICATIONS B.A Honours, Bristol University, United Kingdom. Visual Communication. Post Graduate Diploma, Sydney, Australia. Fine Art.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584,"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevelowndes.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPost Graduate Diploma, Sydney, Australia. Fine Art.
\nDiploma of Museum Studies, Art Galleries and Museums Association of New Zealand.
\nMuseum Management Institute Diploma. Berkeley University, USA.
\nResource Management Consent Hearing Panel Certification.<\/p>\n
\nWORK HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n