Hannah Zydenbos

Hannah is a Solicitor in Anderson Lloyd’s Resource Management team, based in the Queenstown office. She was admitted to the bar in Christchurch in 2021 after completing her Bachelor of Laws at the University of Canterbury in 2020. Prior to joining Anderson Lloyd in March 2025, she worked for three years as a Resource Consents Planner at the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

Hannah’s practice involves advising clients and counsel on environmental, planning, and natural resource matters, with a focus on legal research, drafting, and the review of expert evidence.

She is a member of the Resource Management Law Association (RMLA), Infrastructure New Zealand, Women in Infrastructure, and the Otago Women’s Law Society.

Publications

• Pressing pause on planning processes
• Government seeks views on addressing housing growth in new Resource Management system
• National Direction Package One: Granny Flats
• National Direction Reforms: Package Three – Freshwater
• National Direction Reforms: Package Two – Primary Sector
• National Direction Reforms: Package One – Infrastructure and Development
• Resource Management – National Direction Reforms: Overview