Em Rule

Editing and Writing

Kate grew up in Porirua, graduating from Victoria University of Wellington with a BA in English Literature.

She has worked at David Bateman Ltd in Auckland as Editorial and Production Assistant; the Waitangi Tribunal as an Editor of Tribunal reports; and Mallinson Rendel (an independent book publisher specialising in children’s books, including Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary series) as Editorial Manager.

After completing a Diploma in Multimedia at NatColl in Wellington, Kate worked as a Knowledge Management consultant for the Sysdoc group for over a decade. Her roles at Sysdoc included business analysis, review and quality assurance of consultants’ work before delivery to clients, process review and improvement, and a variety of writing work, including online content, business reports, and process and procedural writing.

Kate has worked as a contract editor from her home on the Kāpiti coast since 2014, for clients as varied as government organisations, ministries and state-owned enterprises, Master’s and PhD students, owner-operators, and small-to-medium enterprises.

Documents Kate has worked on include government ministry annual reports, briefings to incoming ministers, government discussion documents, government guidance documents, and website content. Some examples include:

• Waitangi Tribunal reports, including The Turangi Township Report 1995 and The Taranaki Report: Kaupapa Tuatahi

• the Waitangi Tribunal’s Rangahaua Whanui research series including Districts 1, 7, 8, 9, 11A–C, 12 and 13

• the Waitangi Tribunal’s Theme report series, including Themes A, G, I, K, L, N, P and S

• Fiordland Marine Guardians’ Annual Report 2015 and 2016 (editing)

• Green Ribbon 2016 winners’ overviews (writing)

• Beneath the Reflections: a users’ guide to the Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) marine area(editing)

• New Zealand’s phase down of hydrofluorocarbons to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and associated supporting measures: Consultation document (editing)

• Our future: Waikanae Beach community process and booklet (writing and editing, as a member of the community)

• Ford Sumner Lawyers website update, August 2019

• Changes in New Zealand air quality during the social restriction response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic – technical report (editing)

• Changes in New Zealand air quality during the social restriction response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic – summary (editing)

• Our plan for securing our future | Toitū Kāpiti – Long-term Plan 2021–41 (proofing)

• Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi climate change strategy (editing)

• Jobs for Nature Interim Evaluation 2023 (proofing)

• A guide to implementing clause 3.13 of the NPS-FM 2020 (editing)

• Aotearoa New Zealand’s new resource management system – developing the transitional National Planning Framework (editing)

• Kāpiti Coast District Council website(writing). Examples include:

• Property, housing and rates section

  • Accessing our Civic Building, Council Chambers and Mayor’s office
  • Kāpiti know-how: Rainy day rescue
  • Seas the day this summer
  • Explore hidden Waikanae Beach these summer holidays

• Estimates for Budget 2025 (proofreading)