• Ian Galloway Memorial Award – for outstanding service to the Parks Industry. Geoff was recognised at the 2013 New Zealand Recreation Association Awards as a highly regarded professional within parks and recreation and is known for thinking outside the square and at the leading edge of industry changes. The Ian Galloway Memorial Cup acknowledges outstanding personal contribution in parks, amenity horticulture and open space.
   

• In 2005 Geoff Canham was hosted in the United States by the U.S State Department for Agriculture (U.S.D.A) for a month to undertake a speaking tour in the U.S. This included presentations in Washington D.C to the U.S.D.A and in Chicago to the American Parks and Botanic Gardens industry on the roles of communities and ‘indigenous people’ (as they termed it) in open space management.
   

• Over 15 conference presentations in New Zealand and the U.S
   

• Over 12 articles published
   

• Two industry awards for recreation projects
   

• Fifteen years as a senior specialist parks and recreation consultant
   

• 10 years at a senior management level at Tauranga City Council for parks / leisure services prior to commencing as a specialist parks and recreation consultant in 2006
  Parks and recreation programme management and management assistance for parks agencies
   

• Regional park development   
   

• Expert witness for recreation
   

• Collaborative environmental projects with tangata whenua
   

• Community consultation and management plans
   

• Peer review and management of the NZRA National
  Planning Service
   

• Accredited Recreational Professional, Chair of Accreditation Panel 
   

• 17 years RA Central Region chairman

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• Certified Park Professional, International, World Urban Parks (2019)

• 2009- IAP2 Consultation Training
   

• 2006 - “The Long Term Council Community Plan”
   

• 2005 - International Computer Drivers License
   

• 2004 - Effective Business Writing
   

• 2004 - Cultural Connections
   

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi

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• Accounting for non-accountants
   

• Situational Leadership
   

• Team Implementation workshop
   

• Quality Management
   

• Risk Management and Liability
   

• Contract Negotiation and Competitive tendering
   

• Performance Indicators