Programme

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CPD Hours - Full conference: 12 hours
Thursday (including workshops): 6 hours
Friday (morning only): 2 hours
Friday (fieldshops): 4 hours

Thursday 26 September - day one
8.30 - 8.45amMihi whakatau
Dr Rawiri Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Upoko
8.45 - 9.00amConference opening
Andrew Turner, Deputy Mayor of Christchurch
9.00 - 9.20amMinister's address
Hon David Parker, Minister for the Environment 
9.20 - 10.20amKeynote: Harnessing the exponential wave of change
Sue Suckling, Professional Director, Futures Strategist & Independent Consultant

Kindly sponsored by Boffa Miskell
10.20 - 11.00amMorning tea
Young RMLA Morning tea
11.00am - 12.00pmPlenary: Embattled ideals: How we can avoid visionary plans biting the dust
Bret Walker SC, Barrister, St James Hall Chambers

Perspectives from:
  • Robert van Duivenboden, Landcorp Farming Limited 
  • Jenny Webster-Brown, Waterways Centre
  • Dr Rawiri Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Upoko
12.00 - 1.00pmLunch
1.00 - 2.15pmPlenary: Stagnation or innovation - panacea or false hope: The future of groundwater management
Bob Bower, Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec

Q&A:
  • Bret Walker SC, Barrister, St James Hall Chambers
  • Robert van Duivenboden, Landcorp Farming Limited
  • Jenny Webster-Brown, Waterways Centre
  • Dr Rawiri Te Maire Tau, Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Upoko
  • Bob Bower, Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec
2.15 - 2.45pmAfternoon tea
2.45 - 3.30pmPlenary: A hotbed of stranded assets - or a goldmine for transformation?
Planning for the next gen of NZ agriculture as the world of fake meat and plant milk rapidly heats up
Dr Rosie Bosworth, Future foods Consultant

Kindly sponsored by Bell Gully
3.40 - 5.10pmWorkshops
  • Air quality - breathing a vision for the future?
  • Climate change - can the RMA help?
  • RMA reform – the Government’s comprehensive review of the resource management system
  • Coastal - marine spatial planning
  • RMA - healthy environments and healthy people?
  • The future of nutrient management
5.10pmDay one concludes
5.30 - 7.30pmTaste of Canterbury
Christchurch Botanic Gardens (Cunningham House and Ilex Cafe)


Friday 27 September - day two
8.45 - 9.45amKeynote: Why energy saves the environment
Michael Shellenberger, Environmental Progress
9.45 - 10.30amMorning tea
RMLA AGM
10.30 - 10.50am

Plenary: Missing in action: The role of Resource Management Law in enabling New Zealand cities and settlements to thrive in a changing climate
Dr Judy Lawrence, New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington
10.50 - 11.10amPlenary: Beyond Manapouri: Is New Zealand approaching another watershed moment in its environmental history?
Dr Catherine Knight, University of Victoria/KHM Consulting 
11.10am - 12.30pmPanel: Urban Visionary Environments' - vision for 2050
  • Antony Gough, Gough Group
  • Rachel de Lambert, Boffa Miskell
  • Arapata Reuben, Tumu – Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu
Q&A 
  • Michael Shellenberger, Environmental Progress
  • Dr Judy Lawrence, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Catherine Knight, University of Victoria/KHM Consulting
  • Antony Gough, Gough Group
  • Rachel de Lambert, Boffa Miskell
  • Arapata Reuben, Tumu – Whakapapa Ngāi Tahu
Panel and Q&A kindly sponsored by Russell McVeagh
12.30 - 1.30pmLunch
From 12.45pmFieldshops (fieldshops will return to the Christchurch Town Hall by 5.30pm at the latest)
  • Catalyst - a walking tour of central city landmark projects
  • Energise - adrenaline rush at Christchurch's Adventure Park
  • Explore - Christchurch's residential red zone on foot
  • Legacy - a close up look at Christchurch's renewed heritage buildings
  • Reconnect - a walking tour of the Avon River
  • Refresh - an insider's view of port developments
  • Restore - explore Otamahua/Quail Island
  • Viti-ality - an exploration of Waipara wine country
7.00pm - MidnightConference and RMLA Annual Awards Dinner
Auditorium, Christchurch Town Hall

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