Diana Shand

Shand in 2012

Diana Rosemary Shand MNZM is a New Zealand environmentalist. ^[1]

Biography

In the late 1980s Shand served on the Human Rights Commission. ^{[2] [3]} She has also served on the Canterbury Regional Council and was National Programme Manager for the New Zealand office of the non-profit organisation ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, which delivered a Communities for Climate Protection Programme in 2008. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Shand is the regional councillor for Oceania for the international NGO International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). ^[7] She is also a member of the executive of Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand. ^[8]

In the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, Shand was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the environment and the community. ^[9]

References

1. "District Plan – Listed Heritage Place" (PDF). 22 March 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
2. "The New Zealand Gazette" (PDF). 1987. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
3. "Diana Shand, Human Rights". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
4. "Sustainable water panel named" (Press release). New Zealand Government. Scoop. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. "Environmental Updates over lunch – Our Environment: Issue 15 Winter 1998". archived.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "Forum explores low-carbon futures for local govt". www.scoop.co.nz. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
7. "CEC Workshops in New Zealand". IUCN. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
8. "ECO – Environment and Conservation Organisation of Aotearoa New Zealand – Executive". www.eco.org.nz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
9. "King's Birthday Honours: Dai Henwood, Tim Southee and Jude Dobson among those recognised". RNZ News . 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.