Bernadette Pinnell

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Bernadette Pinnell is a business leader specialising in social housing enterprises. In 2022, she was awarded the Community Hero Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards. [1]

Biography

Pinnell was raised in Northern Ireland. [2] She completed a master’s degree in urban planning at the University of Sydney, and a doctorate focused on urban renewal projects at the University of New South Wales. [3] Pinnell moved to New Zealand to join the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. [2]

Pinnell established an affordable housing organisation, Compass Housing New Zealand. In 2015, she joined Home in Place, an Australian non-profit organisation also focused on affordable housing, and established a New Zealand branch of the organisation. [3] [4]

Pinnell was chair of the Urban Development Institute of New Zealand from 2023 to 2024. [5]

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References

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