Programme
PIVOT POINT: DEEP ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Wednesday 22 March 2023: Pre-Conference Workshop: RMA Reforms
| 1.00pm - 3.00pm | Session 1: NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACT AND SPATIAL PLANNING ACT; WILL THEY DELIVER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT? Chair: Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society An overview of the two bills Simon King, Director, Natural & Built Systems, Ministry for the Environment TBC He tui toke i te pō? I timu noa te tai? - Do the reforms leave some matters of interest to Māori unaddressed and is that ok? Vicki Morrison-Shaw, Environmental Law Barrister, Rōia Taiao Panel and Audience Amelia Linzey, Group Director - Advisory and Chief Planner, Beca Sally Gepp, Environmental Law Barrister, President, RMLA Alan McDonald, Head of Advocacy and Strategy, Employers and Manufacturers Association Dayle Hunia, Director, Koutuku Systems | Workshop sponsored by: | ||
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea | |||
| 3.30pm - 5.00pm | Session 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REFORMS; HOW DO WE MAKE THEM WORK? Chair: Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society Addressing conflicts during implementation Ross Copland, CE, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Compliance, monitoring and enforcement Dr Marie Doole, Principal Advisor, Ministry for the Environment TBC How to make the Acts work well for Māori? TBC Panel and Audience Amelia Linzey, Group Director - Advisory and Chief Planner, Beca Sally Gepp, Environmental Law Barrister, President, RMLA Alan McDonald, Head of Advocacy and Strategy, Employers and Manufacturers Association Dayle Hunia, Director, Kotuku Systems | Workshop sponsored by: | ||
| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | Closing Remarks, Drinks, Informal Discussion | |||
Thursday 23 March 2023
| 8.30am - 9.00am | OPENING Mihi whakatau Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Welcome Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society | |
| 9.00am - 10.30am | Session 1: GLOBAL CONTEXT Chair: James Palmer, CE, Ministry for the Environment How evolving geopolitics will influence our environmental policy response Professor Robert Patman, University of Otago Our place in the world: Trade, environment and climate change Vangelis Vitalis, Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic, New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Jointly addressing Aotearoa’s climate and biodiversity crises Dr Rod Carr, Chairperson, Climate Change Commission | |
| 10.30am -11.00am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00am-12.30pm | Session 2: REFRAMING THE BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CRISES Chair: Dayle Hunia, Director, Kotuku Systems Restoring the mauri of the whenua Rob McGowan, Rongoā Māori Practitioner Climate change impacts in Tairāwhiti Manu Caddie Rethinking our relationships with the living world Professor Dame Anne Salmond, Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology, University of Auckland | |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | Session 3: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REFORM: THE GENERATIONAL PIVOT Chair: Natasha Garvan, Partner, Bell Gully Leading-edge concepts in resource management law Professor Cameron Holley, University of NSW The once in a generation reform: How do we make it work? Sally Gepp, Environmental Law Barrister, President, RMLA Panel Discussion: What key things do we need to get right in the reforms? Andrew Parrish, Regional Planning Manager, Environment Canterbury John Duguid, GM Planning, Auckland Council Annette Sykes, Principal Solicitor, KLE Law TBC | Session sponsored by: Fish & Game |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Session 4: VALEDICTORY Chair: Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society Recalibrating environmental policy Vicky Robertson, former Secretary for the Environment | |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 4.00pm - 5.30pm | Session 5: HOLDING POLITICIANS TO ACCOUNT Chair and Moderator: Gary Taylor, CEO, Environmental Defence Society Making better decisions for the environment: Ensuring governments are accountable Rt Hon Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Political Dialogue: What key pivots are needed for environmental policy in Aotearoa New Zealand? Rachel Brooking, Labour Party MP Simon Court, ACT Party Spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change Hon Eugenie Sage, Green Party Spokesperson for Environment Hon Scott Simpson, National Party Spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change TBC | |
| 5.30pm - 6.00pm | Closing | |
| 7.00pm - 10.30pm | Conference Dinner |
Friday 24 March 2023
| 7.00am - 8.30am | Session 6: BREAKFAST SESSION THE ENERGY SECURITY CHALLENGE: TRANSITIONING TO RENEWABLES Closing the energy gap to 2050 TBC Panel debate and audience questons: Susan Hall, Director, Energy Projects and Programmes, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment James Stevenson-Wallace, CEO, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Stephen Brown, Director, Brown NZ Ltd TBC | Session sponsored by: |
| 9.00am - 10.50am | Session 7: RETHINKING RURAL LANDUSE Chair: Gaye Searancke, CEO, Land Information New Zealand Regenesis: Feeding the world without devouring the planet George Monbiot, The Guardian columnist in conversation with Rod Oram, New Zealand business journalist What we are doing to our rural land: A bird’s eye view Geoff Reid, Forest Restoration Advocate Working with communities to achieve restoration at scale Annette Lees, Director, Alternative Endings Mobilising the regenerative economy Nathalie Whitaker, CEO, Toha Panel Discussion: How might we pivot future rural landuse? Professor Bruce Clarkson, Deputy Chair, Waikato Regional Council Adam Forbes, Principal, Forbes Ecology Dr Suzie Greenhalgh, Portfolio Leader, Society, Culture & Policy, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research TBC | Session sponsored by: |
| 10.50am - 11.20am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.20am - 12.00pm | Session 8: POLITICAL UPDATE Chair: Shay Schlaepfer, COO, Environmental Defence Society The Government’s environmental reform agenda Hon David Parker, Minister for the Environment | |
| 12.00pm - 1.15pm | Session 9: REWILDING THE SEA Chair: Dr Julie Hall, Director, Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge Rewilding our Seas: Restoring marine life and addressing the climate crisis Bronwen Golder, Stanford Centre for Ocean Solutions on international issues, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition Restoring the forests of our seas Dr Nick Shears, Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of Auckland Restoring Lyttleton Harbour Dr Dan Hikuroa, University of Auckland Innovative tools to support marine restoration Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society | |
| 1.15pm - 2.15pm | Lunch | |
| 2.15pm - 3.30pm | Session 10: A NEW WILDLIFE ACT Chair: Nicola Toki, CEO, Forest & Bird Lessons from the USA’s endangered species law Brett Hartl, Government Affairs Director, Center for Biological Diversity, USA The relationship between Māori and indigenous species Professor Jacinta Ruru, University of Otago Options for Wildlife Act reform Shay Schlaepfer, COO, Environmental Defence Society Panel Dr Susan Walker, Senior Researcher, Landcare Manaaki Whenua Jordan Munn, CEO, Trap and Trigger TBC | |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 4.00pm - 5.00pm | Session 11: MANAGED RETREAT AND REWILDING Chair: Lou Sanson, Vice Chair, IUCN Oceania Cairngorms Connect - the UK's biggest habitat restoration project Jeremy Roberts, Cairngorms Connect The Blue Acres Buyout Program, New Jersey Dr Camilla Gardiner, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Value, KPMG Making room for nature in Aotearoa New Zealand Dr Teresa Konlechner, Senior Ecologist, Wildlands Consultants | |
| 5.00pm - 5.30pm | Closing Closing Remarks Dr Russell Norman, Executive Director, Greenpeace Aotearoa |
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