Geoff Tizard

Director
geoff@curnowtizard.co.nz

Professional
• Registered Valuer
• Fellow New Zealand Institute of Valuers, Property Institute of New Zealand
• Associate Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of NZ (Founding Member)
• Bachelor of Agricultural Commerce
• Accredited Supplier to Land Information New Zealand
• Councillor, New Zealand Institute of Valuers

   
Experience
1975:  Farm consultant and Valuer based in Morrinsville.
1982:  Moved to Hamilton Valuation practice.
1987:  Established Curnow Tizard Registered Valuers.

Fields of Operation
Rural valuation and consultancy, plant and machinery assessments, property audit and supervision, arbitration, compensation, urban valuation (residential, industrial, commercial), insurance assessments, investment consultancy, expert witness.

Phillip Curnow

Director
phillip@curnowtizard.co.nz

Professional
• Registered Valuer
• Fellow New Zealand Institute of Valuers (NZIV), Property Institute of New Zealand
• Fellow Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand (Founding Member)
• Past Chairman of Waikato Branch of NZIV
• Past Councillor for Waikato Region of NZIV
• Past President, New Zealand Institute of Valuers
• Valuers Registration Board Member (Valuers Act 1948)

Experience
1972:  Valuer with Valuation NZ
1981:  Joined private practice in Hamilton
1987:  Established Curnow Tizard Registered Valuers

Fields of Operation
Urban valuation and consultancy with emphasis on central city, specialist property, leasehold and high technology property, insurance assessments and contaminated sites.  Specialist in arbitration procedure.

David Smyth

Registered Valuer
david@curnowtizard.co.nz

Professional
• Diploma in Agriculture
• Diploma in Valuation and Farm Management
• Registered Valuer (1968)
• Fellow New Zealand Institute of Valuers
• Fellow Property Institute of NZ
• Member Land Valuation Tribunal (Waikato No. 1)
• Past chairman of:
    • Waikato Branch of the NZIV
    • Northland Branch of the NZIV
    • Deputy Chair Auckland Branch NZIV
    • Examiner (Rural Practical and Oral) NZIV, Auckland
• Accredited Supplier to Land Information New Zealand – for the acquisition and disposal of land for the Crown.

Experience
1966:  State Advances Corporation/Rural Banking and Finance Corporation, Farm Appraiser Rotorua, Te Kuiti, Whangarei, Senior Appraiser Auckland.
1977:  Farming north Waikato and own valuation practice.
1990:  Land Corporation, Hamilton, working throughout Waikato, Coromandel and King Country.
1993:  Valuation practice Hamilton.
1996:  Commenced with Curnow Tizard.

Fields of Operation
Rural valuation and consultancy with emphasis on larger scale dry stock and dairy properties. Specialist in assessing environmental impacts and compensation for both land and property right acquisitions. Experienced expert witness.

Matt Silverton

Registered Valuer
matt@curnowtizard.co.nz

Professional
• Bachelor of Commerce (Valuation and Property Management)
• Member of Property Institute of New Zealand
• PINZ Waikato Branch - Chairman

Experience
2003 – 2004:  Part-time with Colliers International (Christchurch).
2004 – 2005:  Junior Retail Leasing Agent – Retail Solutions (Auckland).
2005:  Contracted to Manukau City Council Property Department.
2006:  Commenced with Curnow Tizard.

Fields of Operation
Residential, commercial and industrial valuation in Hamilton and throughout the Waikato.

Jeff Alexander

Valuer
jeff@curnowtizard.co.nz

Professional
• Bachelor of Property
• Member Property Institute of New Zealand

Experience
1997 - 1999: Sales Assistant to Michael Boulgaris, Harcourts Real Estate (Remuera, Auckland).
1999 - 2000: Commercial Broker, Barfoot & Thompson Commercial (Auckland CBD).
2000 - 2001: Assistant Property Manager, Dilworth Trust Board (Auckland).
2007 - 2010: Property Valuer at TelferYoung (Waikato).
2010: Commenced with Curnow Tizard.

Fields of Operation
Residential, commercial and industrial valuation in Hamilton and throughout the Waikato.

Michael Beattie

Registered Valuer

Professional
• B.Ag.Com, MBA (Hons)
• Registered Valuer
• Associate New Zealand Institute of Valuers
• Member New Zealand Property Institute

Experience
• Graduated Lincoln College 1974
• 6 years valuer/appraiser Rural Bank
• 11 years fund manager, overseas and Wellington
• 17 years property consultant and valuer Hamilton

Fields of Operation
Development management – commercial, industrial and education properties and land subdivisions; Strategic property portfolio management and advice; Crown property transactions and commercial clients – acquisitions and disposals; Property valuation.

Richard Barnaby

Land Rights Analyst

Professional
• Accredited supplier to Land Information NZ

Experience
1964 – 1987:  Career in Crown land administration, Lands & Survey Department, Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton rising to Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands [Hamilton].
1987 – 1990:  Established Department of Lands in Hamilton - a transitional management unit created on the dis-establishment of Lands & Survey [1987] and the Ministry of Works and Development [1988].  The Department of Lands was merged with the Department of Survey and Land Information in 1990.
1990 – 1998:  Senior Crown property management positions Department of Survey and Land Information – now Land Information NZ.
1998:  Land Rights Analyst, Curnow Tizard Limited, specializing in advice to territorial authorities in land administration under the Public Works Act 1981, the Reserves Act 1977, the Local Government Act 1974 [Local Government Act 2002], the Land Act 1948 and the Resource Management Act 1991.