Thursday workshops
Workshops are on Thursday 26, September at 3.40pm in the Christchurch, Town Hall.
| Air quality - breathing a vision for the future? | Good air quality is vital to life and health. This is reflected in the purpose of the RMA, which promotes the sustainable management of natural and physical resources to enable people to provide for their health and safety, amongst other matters, while safeguarding the life-supporting capacity of air. In urban areas, air quality has been a hot topic for many years. This session will explore the emergence of fine respirable particulate (PM2.5) as a relatively new priority for air quality management in urban environments. It will address the issues that Christchurch and the broader Canterbury region are facing and what the future could hold in regards to new regulations, consenting and monitoring practices. In doing so, we will also discuss the latest information from the Ministry for the Environment regarding any new standard or guideline for PM2.5 that may be developed for New Zealand and possible implications for air quality management, consenting practices and emerging technologies. Speakers: Teresa Aberkane, Environment Canterbury Roger Cudmore, Golder Associates (NZ) Angie Scott, Environment Canterbury |
| Climate change - can the RMA help? | Under the RMA, local authorities are required to consider the effects of a changing climate on communities through their existing frameworks, plans and decision-making procedures. While the scope of this remit is large, one area where it could be argued that climate change is not being addressed is transport. This could be due to a mix of infrastructural and human behavioural elements and conflicting objectives, but is there more to this issue? Transport is often seen as an enabler for development, but if we were to consider its direct and indirect climate change effects, should it become a constraint? Come along and discuss this matter with a group of like-minded thinkers. Panel members: Prof Simon Kingham, Chief Science Advisor, Ministry of Transport Di Lucas, Landscape Architect, Lucas Associates Jeanette Ward, National Committee Chair, Engineering NZ Transportation Group Mark Tamura, Policy implementation and Infrastructure Integration Manager, Environment Waikato Moderators: Blair Dickie, RMLA Climate Change Knowledge Hub Leader Matthew Noon, Associate Transportation Planner, Abley |
| RMA reform – the Government’s comprehensive review of the resource management system | This workshop will focus on stage two of the Government’s RMA reforms, its comprehensive review of the resource management system. The workshop will be led by Panel Chair, the Hon Tony Randerson QC, with officials from the Ministry for the Environment. It will be an interactive workshop offering participants an opportunity to provide input into the review process. Chair: Hon Tony Randerson QC |
| Coastal - marine spatial planning | Marine spatial planning brings together multiple users of the ocean – including energy, industry, government, conservation and recreation – to make informed and coordinated decisions about how to use marine resources sustainably. This workshop will consider recent examples of marine spatial planning, the challenges faced and outcomes achieved, the various perspectives of those involved and lessons learned for future processes. Speakers: Jennifer McCann, University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center Raewyn Peart, EDS |
| RMA - healthy environments and healthy people? | The fundamental purpose of the RMA is to provide for sustainable management of natural and physical resources, which includes enabling people and communities to provide for their health and safety. In the face of rising concerns about public health and safety, can these issues be linked back to the RMA? How is human health affected by development patterns? Do development patterns lead to obesity through discouraging active transport? Our panel of experts will lead a debate on how the RMA and health are related and whether we have the balance right. Panel members: Bridget Burdett, MRCagney Mark Gregory, Christchurch City Council Anna Stevenson, Canterbury District Health Board Moderator: Jo Draper, Abley |
| The future of nutrient management | How should we address nutrient management going forward? This workshop will consider existing tools (such as nutrient-management software Overseer)and new technologies under development to control and regulate nutrient loss(such as the denitrification fence at Silver stream). Discussion will be facilitated between technical experts in Overseer/modelling, people working to develop new technologies and a regional council representative, to discuss how these tools can be used practically for best results and where new technologies fit within the RMA and regional planning frameworks. Delegates will be encouraged to participate through questions, comments or feedback on the use of any of these technologies. Moderator: Philip Maw, Wynn Williams |