| 10.30am – 5.00pm | Registration desk open Millennium Hotel Queenstown |
| 11.00am – 1.30pm | Technical Tours Hosted by Queenstown Lakes District Council Pre-booking is essential |
| 2.00pm – 3.30pm | LGNZ Annual General Meeting, Millennium Hotel (Members only) |
| 3.30pm – 4.30pm | Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, Copthorne Hotel (Attendance by invitation only) |
| 5.00pm – 7.00pm | Simpson Grierson Welcome Reception Skyline Gondola Kindly sponsored by Simpson Grierson |
| 7.30am | Registration desk open, Millennium Hotel |
| 7.00am | Breakfast Session, Copthorne Hotel Sir Eion Edger 100 Per Cent Committed – A remarkable Kiwi talks about his campaign to bring the winter games down under Pre-booking is essential limited tickets available |
| 8.55am | Official Opening, Millennium Hotel Mihi whakata Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key Minister of Local Government, Hon David Carter Queenstown Lakes District, Mayor Vanessa van Uden Local Government New Zealand, President Lawrence Yule |
| 9.45am | Morning tea |
| 10.15am 11.15am |
Sir Graham Henry Building a Remarkable Team Anne Gibson KnowHow presentation |
| 11.00am | Partners tour departs Pre-booking is essential limited tickets available |
| 11.45am | Lunch |
| 1.00pm |
Workshop session 1 |
| 2.15pm | Workshop session 2 |
| 3.15pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3.45pm | Fran O'Sullivan The Central Local Government Nexus – Local government's role in the growth agenda Kindly sponsored by Civic Assurance |
| 4.45pm | Martin Snedden The Visitor Economy |
| 5.15pm | End of conference day |
| 7.00pm | Fulton Hogan Conference Dinner Queenstown Event Centre kindly sponsored by Fulton Hogan |
| 8.00am | Registration desk open |
| 8.15am | Hon John Brumby |
| 9.15am | Phil O'Reilly An interactive session with Business NZ CE, Phil O'Reilly, who will give you a snapshot of business in NZ-the up's and downs-and invite you to ask questions and comment |
| 9.45am | Hon Annette King Opposition spokesperson for housing and local government |
| 10.00am | Dr Russel Norman Green Party Co-leader |
| 10.15am | Morning tea |
| 10.45am | Workshop session 3 |
| 12.00pm | Workshop session 4 |
| 1.00pm | Lunch |
| 2.00pm | Andrew Hamilton Get off the Grass! How Councils can help start ups grow |
| 2.45pm | Final summary and close Local Government New Zealand chief executive, Malcolm Alexander |
Please note that this programme is subject to change. Updated 19 April 2012
Queenstown, New Zealand, is the Southern Hemisphere's premier four season lake and alpine resort. Surrounded by majestic mountains and nestled on the shores of crystal clear Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown's stunning scenery is inspiring and revitalising.