John Larmer

John is a land professional with both valuation and dispute resolution expertise.

His wide ranging land compensation experience is as a valuer, a consultant, and a mediator or conciliator, as well as having expertise in gasline/powerline easement valuation and injurious affection assessment on rural land.

John has been President of both NZIV and AMINZ; has served on the Valuers Registration Board and as an Additional Member of the High Court for compensation cases; is an accredited farm debt mediator; was the initial Chair of the National Panel of Conciliators; and is currently on the AMINZ Arbitration Panel. John has previously completed work on land compensation matters for LINZ.

He has found evaluative mediation or conciliation to be highly effective in reconciling differing expert opinions especially in relation to land or valuation issues.