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Ask an Expert

The following page is a list of the experts in the field of sanitation and water.

Students may email sensible questions for the experts.

John La Roche - Water Engineer (NZ)

John has been involved in water engineering for the past 40 years including 15 years as Director of Water for Survival, a NZ charity which raised funding for water supply and sanitation projects in some of the world's poorest countries including Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, India, Nepal and Papua New Guinea.

Doniah Pemu (PNG)

Doniah is the Health Officer and she works on water and sanitation
projects for ATprojects in the Eastern highlands. As the moment she is in the final stages of developing a series of 11 lessons aimed at teaching Grade 3 student's basic health and hygiene.

Professor Pauline Norris - sociologist (NZ)

Pauline is a sociologist who is interested in health and healthcare in developing countries. She is particularly concerned about inapppropriate use of antibiotics, especially in developing countries. Pauline is a professor of social pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, and a member of the Dunedin Water for Survival committee.

Philemon Kerema (PNG)

Philemon is one of ATproject 's programme architects working on water and
sanitation projects.

John Cocks - waste engineer (NZ)

I am a waste engineer with an international consulting firm (MWH New Zealand Limited) specialising in solid waste and wastewater engineering. More specifically I specialise in strategic planning for waste and wastewater, small community and on-site wastewater systems, and solid waste and wastewater solutions for developing countries. My work has taken me to Hong Kong (wastewater solutions for communities in the New Territories), Laos, Maldives, Philippines, Vanuatu, Nepal, and China.

Elaine Burgess - plant scientist (NZ)

Elaine has been a practising researcher for 25 years and over the last 15 years has worked in the isolation and identification of biologically active natural products from New Zealand terrestrial plants and fungi. She currently works as a Research Assistant for Crop & Food Research based at the University of Otago and has contributed to 16 refereed scientific publications.