Dame Janice Claire Wright DNZM CRSNZ was New Zealand's third Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

Prior to her current role, Wright taught at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate in Ōtara,[1] worked as an independent policy and economic consultant for many different NZ government agencies and as a member of various Crown entity boards.

[2] She was the board chairman of Land Transport New Zealand, and in that role was the presenter of the 2005 Cycle Friendly Awards.

[4][5] In 2012 she said changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme would cost New Zealand in the long-term, criticising concessions made to big business.

[13] In the 2023 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the state and the environment.