2015 Conference
WILD THINGS: EDS National Conference 2015
12-13 August 2015
Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland
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Tuesday 11 August: Pre-conference workshop on the RMA
Session 1: Recent Developments in RMA Case Law
Chair: Sue Simons, Partner, Berry Simons
Landscape management after the King Salmon case
Implications of Man ‘O War High Court case, Rob Enright, Resource Management Barrister Sole
Implications of King Salmon for writing plan provisions, Dave Serjeant, Director, Merestone
Freshwater management
Implications of the Tukituki case for Councils, Corina Jordan, Environmental Officer, Fish and Game New Zealand
Implications of Ngāti Kahungunu High Court case for managing “overall” water quality, Ngaio Tiuka, Environment and Natural Resources Analyst, Ngati Kahungunu
Session 2: RMA Reform
Chair: Heather Ash, Partner, Simpson Grierson
Overview of RMA Reforms, Guy Beatson, Deputy Secretary Natural Resources Policy and Peter Brunt, Director Resource Management, Ministry for the Environment
Panel:
Sally Gepp, Solicitor, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
Kim Campbell, Chief Executive, Employers and Manufacturers Association
Stephen Selwood, Chief Executive, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development
Gary Taylor, Executive Director and Chairman, Environmental Defence Society
Clare Wooding, Principal Policy Advisor, Local Government New Zealand
Wednesday 12 August: Conference Day One
Opening: Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Pōwhiri
Session 1: New Zealand's Biodiversity Challenge
Chair: Professor Bruce Clarkson, University of Waikato
Keynote: Biodiversity: Why we should care – Professor Bill Lee, Landcare Research and University of Auckland
Presentations with photographs and graph(s) showing diversity and population/species trends:
Fungi – Dr Peter Buchanan, Science Team Leader, Systematics, Landcare Research
Seabirds – Dr Matt Rayner, Curator Land Vertebrates, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Land birds – Dr Susan Walker, Ecologist and Research Programme Leader, Landcare Research
Freshwater life – Jane Goodman, Freshwater Ecologist, Department of Conservation
Marine mammals – Dr Rochelle Constantine, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
Marine fish and invertebrates – Dr Alison MacDiarmid, Principal Scientist Marine Ecology, NIWA
Session 2: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Reality
Chair: Vicky Robertson, Chief Executive and Secretary for the Environment
International keynote: The implementation challenge, Dr Shari Clare Conservation Biologist, Fiera Biological Consulting, Canada
Addressing implementation gaps in New Zealand, Theo Stephens, Co-author of Vanishing Nature
Panel discussion with speakers
Dr Ann Brower, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy, Lincoln University
Penny Nelson, Executive Director, Sustainable Business Council
Lou Sanson, Director-General, Department of Conservation
Paula Southgate, Chairperson, Waikato Regional Council
David Wansbrough, Director Resource Policy, Ministry for Primary Industries
Session 3: Labour Political Update
Chair: Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society
Andrew Little, Leader of the Opposition
Session 4: What's needed to scale up effort?
Chair: Rob Fenwick, Trustee, Predator Free New Zealand
International keynote: Delivering global scale conservation at a local level, Patricia Zurita, Chief Executive, Birdlife International Partnership
Addressing biodiversity on a landscape scale: Reconnecting Northland project, David Mules, Programme Manager, Reconnecting Northland
Managing from ‘ridge to reef’: Lessons from Seachange - Tai Timu Tai Pari, Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society
Panel Discussion
Trevor Gray, Special Projects Manager, Tindall Foundation
Mike Jebson, Chief Executive Officer, Queen Elizabeth II Trust
Bill Kermode, Chief Executive Officer, NEXT Foundation
Lucy Tukua, Consultant, Native by Nature
Session 5: Leaders' Dialogue
Chair: Gary Taylor, Chairman, Environmental Defence Society
International keynote: Turning the tide against invasive species, Dr Guy Preston, Deputy Director-General: Environmental Programmes, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Dr Guy Preston (unabridged version of presentation)
Leaders Panel
Richard Prosser, Primary Industries Spokesperson, New Zealand First
Todd Muller, Member for Bay of Plenty, National Party
Dr William Rolleston, National President, Federated Farmers of New Zealand
Eugenie Sage, Conservation Spokesperson, Green Party
Dr Megan Woods, Environment Spokesperson, Labour Party
Thursday 13 August: Conference Day Two
Session 6: Breakfast Session
Chair: Vaughan Payne, Chief Executive, Waikato Regional Council
Ahuahu-Great Mercury Island: Managing a cultural and natural landscape, Sir Michael Fay
Session 7: Addressing Biodiversity in Development
Chair: Rod Oram, Business Journalist
Shifting the economic drivers from loss of nature to gain, Dr Suzie Greenhalgh, Portfolio Leader (Enhancing Policy Development), Landcare Research
Towards an effective offsets regime, Dr Graham Ussher, Principal Ecologist, Tonkin & Taylor Limited
The nature of progress, Dr Marie Brown, Senior Policy Analyst, Environmental Defence Society
Panel Discussion
Sally Gepp, Solicitor, Royal Forest and Bird Society Incorporated
Quentin Duthie, Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Cameron Madgwick, Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand
Devon McLean, Trustee, Project Janszoon
Session 8: Environment Political Update
Chair: Gary Taylor, Chairman, Environmental Defence Society
Hon Dr Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment
Session 9: Opportunities from Treaty Settlements
Chair: Dr Daniel Hikuroa, Research Director, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Implications of Treaty settlements for addressing biodiversity loss, Dr Jacinta Ruru, Associate Professor, University of Otago (no presentation)
Iwi-led restoration: the Ōkahu catchment ecological restoration programme, Richelle Kahui-McConnell, Consultant
Biodiversity and matauranga Maori: Building on the WAI262 report: Garry Watson, Chairman, Nga Uri o te Ngahere Trust
Session 10: How Do We Engage New Zealanders?
Chair: Dr Megan Howell, Mayoral Programme Portfolio, Environmental Issues, Auckland Council
International keynote: Healthy parks, healthy people, Chris Rose, Acting Chief Executive, Parks Victoria
Connecting people with nature: Dr Kay Booth, Deputy Director General – Conservation Partnerships, Department of Conservation
Mobilising the community through citizen science, Monica Peters, PhD Candidate, University of Waikato
Using the power of social media, Kimberley Collins, Online Communications Coordinator, Royal Forest and Bird Society
Panel discussion
Hon Ruth Dyson, Labour spokesperson for Conservation
Bryce Johnson, Chief Executive, Fish and Game New Zealand
Carly Robinson, General Manager Co-operative Social Responsibility, Fonterra
Professor Dame Anne Salmond, Distinguished Professor, University of Auckland
Session 11: The Way Forward
Chair: Gary Taylor, Chairman, Environmental Defence Society
New Zealand’s nature: The way forward, Hon Maggie Barry, Minister of Conservation
Response from the next generation, Hana Maihi, Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei, Phoebe Balle, Ecology student and Nadine Tupp, Rodney College
Drawing the threads together, Rod Oram, Business Journalist