Jason Pene is a Principal Environmental Engineering Consultant with Tonkin + Taylor in Auckland, New Zealand. He has over 20 years’ experience in environmental management, primarily in a consulting capacity, with a particular focus on air quality assessment and the management of emissions to air. His expertise includes characterisation of air contaminant emissions; emission control and mitigation of air quality impacts; atmospheric dispersion modelling; odour and dust nuisance assessment (including observational and consultative methods); design and delivery of air quality monitoring programmes; authorisation processes for discharges to air; development and implementation of air quality policy; and provision of expert evidence relating to air quality impact assessment and management.