Speakers:
Roger Blakeley, Chief Planning Officer, Auckland Council
Roger Blakeley is the chief planning officer of the new Auckland Council. He was general manager, State Coal Mines at the start of the state-owned enterprises establishment in 1984. As secretary for the environment, he led the conception and development of the Resource Management Act 1991, and while chief executive at the Department of Internal Affairs, initiated work on the Local Government Act 2002. In 2000, he was appointed chief executive of Porirua City Council. In 2009 Porirua City Council won the IPANZ/Gen-i Prime Minister’s supreme award for public sector excellence for the Safer Porirua project, and the NZ Post/SOLGM supreme award for Local Government Excellence for its village planning project. In Chicago in November 2010, Porirua City won two of the three categories entered in the International Liveable Community Awards, and was second city overall.
Dr Blakeley’s principal tasks for the Mayor and Auckland Council will involve the development of a Regional Spatial Plan for Auckland, which sets out the long term vision and framework for development over the next 30 years.
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Stuart Crosby, Mayor of Tauranga
Mayor Crosby has a strong background in Local Government. He has been an elected representative since 1986, serving as chairman on various committees and a period as Deputy Mayor. Mayor Crosby had a business background both in the electrical contracting and building industry. He now devotes all of his time to the position of Mayor both within Council and to the wider community. His vision is for a “City of all ages” based on providing for today and planning for tomorrow. Mayor Crosby is married to Lesley with one daughter Jessica and enjoys walking and motorsport for recreation.
Simon Markham, Recovery Manager/Manager Policy and Customer Service, Waimakariri District Council
Simon Markham’s ‘day job’ since 4 September is as the Council’s Earthquake Recovery Manager but he maintains an active involvement in implementing the Urban Development Strategy for Greater Christchurch (UDS) as a WDC representative in this collaborative planning endeavour. He was an author of the UDS residential and business growth models and continues to monitor and analyse urban growth and change across the UDS area. Simon has held senior strategic planning, project and IT management roles at Auckland and Christchurch City Councils and was one of that Council’s reps for several years in the international collaborative best practice research sponsored by the Bertelsmann Foundation working from Gutersloh, Germany.
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Presentation synopses
Spatial plans are being touted as the ‘next big thing’ in urban planning although some suggest it is a case of ‘back to the future’? Auckland Council is in the process of developing its first ‘spatial plan’ and government papers suggest that spatial planning might be extended to other regions. Recently the Wellington Governance report highlighted a lack of a regional spatial planning. However Auckland is not alone. A number of regions have undertaken their own regional planning initiatives that have considerable similarity to the new spatial planning framework employed by the Auckland Council.
This session will inform participants about the value and nature of spatial plans, what they involve and how they are designed. By the end of the session participants should be able to decide whether or not this form of strategic planning is likely to be relevant to their own towns, cities and regions.
SmartGrowth presentation (Stuart Crosby)
SmartGrowth is the Western Bay of Plenty Growth Management Strategy. The Strategy was completed in 2004 and was reviewed in 2007. It covers the districts of the TCC and the WBOPDC. Partners to the Strategy, in addition to these two Councils, are BOPRC, NZTA and Tangata Whenua. The strategy was put in place due to a number of issues such as high population growth, cross-border growth issues and the desire to align land use planning, central and local government infrastructure investment, and the funding of this infrastructure. There are currently a number of issues facing the SmartGrowth Strategy which are likely to be similar to issues being faced in other parts of the country. These include: - Growth now being significantly lower than the Strategy envisaged - Immediate future prospects for growth not being favourable due to factors such as housing affordability and development viability constraints. These issues, and others such as the implications of the Auckland Spatial Plan, have brought us to the conclusion that now is an appropriate time for a further review of the Strategy.
Spatial Planning for Greater Christchurch – When will the Shaking Stop? (presentation Simon Markham)
Greater Christchurch Councils have been on a spatial planning journey for the last half dozen years. In so doing they have sought to align and leverage planning under three key statutes and more recently wrestled with the RMA to anchor a spatial plan in statutory planning process. This endeavour has now been given a whole new dimension by the effects of Canterbury earthquakes and the far reaching planning framework reflected in the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority’s work. This presentation is a ‘trip report’ of work in progress and reflects on how far we’ve come but just how far there is to go yet.
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Speaker
Melissa Clark-Reynolds
Melissa was recently chosen as one of only two New Zealanders, to train with Al Gore to present his updated Climate Project slideshow (as seen in the film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’) and is helping to spread his global warming messages to the masses.
To read her full biography refer to the Invited Speakers web page.
Presentation synopsis
After campaigning for over 20 years, Al Gore made a film about climate change which was released in 2006. Since the film's release, 'An Inconvenient Truth' has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement. The documentary has also been included in science curricula in schools around the world. In 2007, Melissa trained with Al Gore to present the slideshow which is the core of the film.
Since then she has attended additional training in Nashville and Melbourne. Melissa will present the latest version of the slideshow, with a Kiwi focus.
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BERL session
Realising Maori potential: realising New Zealand’s potential
Speakers
Dr Nana Ganesh, BERL
Amanda Lynn, BERL
Dickie Farrar, general manager, Whakatohea Maori Trust Board
Facilitator John Forbes, Mayor, Opotiki District Council
Ganesh is Chief Economist at BERL (Business and Economic Research Limited) - a privately owned, independent economic research consultancy. His current focus is on the Maori economy, and the inter-relationship of the Maori economy to the wider New Zealand economy.
Ganesh has 25 years of experience in the field of economics since first working as a researcher at Victoria University and joining BERL in 1983. His experience includes a variety of contract project work for BERL, research, tutoring and lecturing at Victoria University, as well as macroeconomic policy analysis and forecasting during a four-year stint in the UK using the IMF Multimode model.
Despite his passion for numbers, Ganesh believes economics is about people; their jobs, incomes, opportunities and futures. He strongly believes robust economic analysis is critical to ensuring informed choices and policy decisions are made, that have positive effects on the life and prospects of New Zealanders.
Presentation synopsis
Maori participation in New Zealand’s economy is not limited, as perceived by many, to the farming, fishing and forestry sectors. And reaches well beyond the narrow confines of Treaty settlements. As significant and sophisticated asset holders, Maori make a significant contribution to the New Zealand economy. But the size of the unrealised potential is equally significant. It is argued that realising this potential will not only affect Maori futures, but could also drive the performance of the future New Zealand economy. The roles of collaboration, leadership, communication, science and innovation effort arise as central to unlocking this potential. Dr Ganesh Nana presents findings from recent BERL research on the Maori economy and its asset base, and poses questions and stimulates debate as to the role of Local Government in facilitating the realisation of this potential.
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The legacy of major events
Speaker
Peter Cox, SPARC
Peter is the Manager of Events at Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) and, as such, is immersed in the end to end management of major sporting events in New Zealand.
The role spans event initialisation, feasibilities, bids, government funding, hosting, risk management, trouble-shooting, accumulation of best-practice and legacy and leverage. He is also a member of government’s Inter Agency Events Group which makes funding recommendations for the Major Event Development Fund. Key relationships extend across government agencies, cities, national sport organisations, event delivery entities and event leaders.
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Peter has worked closely with over 100 major New Zealand sporting events since 2006 including: 2018 Commonwealth Games bid feasibility, 2017 World Masters Games bid, 2016 World Bowls Championships, 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup bid, 2013 BMX World Championship, 2012 Triathlon World Championships, 2009/2011Winter Games New Zealand, 2012 World Waterman Challenge, 2011 Taekwondo World Championships, 2011 Rugby World Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 IPC World Athletics Championships, 2010 World Rowing Championships, 2009 Under 19 Basketball World Championships, 2008 FIFA Under 17 Women’s World Cup.
In addition to their entertainment and participation value, Peter believes there is especial value to be gained from events when they can be designed to deliver strategic outcomes “cheaper, better and faster” than other options.
Presentation synopsis
New Zealand has recently emerged as a country that is highly regarded by international sporting federations for its ability to successfully deliver major sporting events. We have long been known as a relatively safe and very beautiful country. More recently, the experience and commitment of New Zealand event professionals to high service levels, genuine event partnerships and innovative event thinking has been internationally reinforced.
Yet as event complexity, cost and associated central/local government investment in major events increases, so too does the pressure within New Zealand to quantify and maximise returns to society from such investment. Increasingly the focus is shifting to the challenges of mitigating event risk and maximising returns beyond the core event components themselves.
This presentation will suggest approaches and learnings in respect of the following questions:
- should New Zealand continue to pursue the hosting of major events as a high priority and, if so, at what level?
- what major events will offer the best value to New Zealand in the future?
- how could New Zealand remain competitive in bidding against wealthier “event-hungry” countries?
- how are other countries justifying and leveraging their event investments and what can we learn from them?
- which legacy strategies will have the best likelihood of success?
- what are the traps to avoid?
- what events are already on New Zealand’s radar and what opportunities might they offer to cities?
Peter is waiving a speaker fee and making a donation to a SPARC colleague towards her costs to attend the 13th Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens next year.
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