Ministry of Economic Development  Regional Development Conference -  24-26 September 2003

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Inspiring Regional Development

Constituency for Growth

Involving the community & business in regional development planning

Presenters: Tony Smale
Marlborough Economic Development Trust
Les Probert
Mayor of Wairoa
Brian Roberts and Kiri Goulter
Enterprise Northland
[Notes]

The Missing Link

Attracting investment & human capital

Presenters: Steve Canny
Venture Southland
Ian Reid
CEO Vision Manawatu
Richard Green
HitLab, Christchurch
[Notes]

Food for Thought

Regional Specialisation - The Food Hawke's Bay story

Presenters: Wendy MacDonald
Manager, Food Hawke's Bay
Duncan Chadwick
Acting CEO, Hawkes Bay Economic Development agency
Claire Vogtherr
Holly Bacon Ltd
[Notes]

Trail Blazing

Putting your region on the Map

Presenters: Bill Dolan
Central Otago District Council
Mike Denton
Queensland Events Corporation Pty Ltd
Victoria Hindle
Westland District Council
Harry Broad
Department of Conservation
[Notes]

Staying on the Map

Capitalising on your unique regional advantage

Presenters: Grant Hewison
Auckland City
Stuart Trundle
Venture Taranaki
and
Peter Avery
Film Taranaki
Thomas Kahu
Whale Watch Kaikoura
[Notes]

Leading the Way

Encouraging quality governance

Presenters: Peter Tennent
New Plymouth District Mayor
and
Clive Geddes
Queenstown and Lakes District Mayor
and
Mary Bourke
South Taranaki District Mayor
Amohaere Houkamau
CEO, Te Runanga O Ngati Porou
and
Edward Ellison
Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu
[Notes]

Collaboration

More Than The Sum of the Parts

Clusters making a difference

Presenters: John Stroh
CE, Functional Whole Foods Ltd
and
Murray Cleverley
Aoraki Development Trust
Dr Kannan Subramaniam
Intrahealth Systems
Warren Batchelar
Chair, Engineering Taranaki Consortium
Richard Jenman
Business Development Director, Invensys Powerware
[Notes]

Hidden Regional Resources

Finding the regional resources you might not know you have

Presenters: John Sharp
East Coast Community Development trust and General manager of Wine Country Credit Union
Peter Butcher
Head of Engineering and Construction, Open Polytechnic of NZ
Crispin Raymond
Creative Tourism New Zealand
Peter Brown
Dunedin City Council
[Notes]

Partnering with Iwi

Economic growth through collaboration with Iwi and Maori business

Presenters: Evan Nathan
Te Puni Kokiri
Tumu te Heu Heu
Ngati Tuwharetoa
David Caselli
I-Grow
and
Amohaere Houkamau
Te Runanga O Ngati Porou
[Notes]

Partnering With Government

Economic Growth with whole of government support

Presenters: Chris Morland
Campus Manager, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
Helen Fletcher
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
and
Warren MacLennan
CEO, Northland Regional Council
Mark Rawson
Economic Development Officer, Rotorua District Council
and Paul Killerby
Social Policy Research Officer, Rotorua District Council
Neil Geerkins
Senior Consultant - Performance Enhancement Team, Forests Carter Holt Harvey
[Notes]

Beyond No. 8 wire

Economic growth through innovation

Presenters: Steven Hampson
Canterbury Innovation Incubator
Bevan Tipene Matua
Christchurch Polytechnic
Chris Morrison
Phoenix Organics
[Notes]

Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs

Building an enterprise culture

Presenters: Angela Christie
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
IPENZ) - Techlink Project Manager
Julian Moore
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Wayne Duncan
Venture Southland
Tony Falkenstein
Chair of Onehunga High Business School Board / Onehunga High School
Helen Smale
NZ Marine Farming Association Inc.
[Notes]

Stretching to The Future

People Power

Responses to population dynamics

Presenters: Professor Richard Bedford
Waikato University
Matt Hoskin
Enterprise Marketing Manager, Venture Southland
and
Murray Brass
Economic Development Manager, Clutha District Council
Jude Ryan-O'Dea
Canterbury Chamber of Commerce
[Notes]

Staying Power

Gearing up to make development sustainable

Presenters: Alison Dalziel
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Neil Hodgson
Chair of the Nelson/Tasman regional partnership
Jeremy Smith
General Manager, Holcim Cement
[Notes]

The Next Generation

Getting youth involved in economic development

Presenters: Heker Robertson
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs - FreeIIC project
Phil Tikao
Working Wonders and Positive Directions Trust
Jo Hume
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
Betty Whyte
HOD Science, Queen Charlotte College
and
Jamie Pengelly
Queen Charlotte College
[Notes]

Joining the Dots

Planning and development

Presenters: Denise Fink & Dr Hanna Frederick
Smart Manukau
and
Graeme Ramsey
Mayor of Kaipara District
Caroline Saunders
and
Paul Dalziel
Lincoln University
Rachael Allan
Corporate Planner, Southland District Council
[Notes]

Make it Go

Gearing up regional infrastructure to support growth

Presenters: Tony Fenwick
Ministry of Economic Development
John Edwards
Ministry of Transport
Noel Ferguson
South Waikato District Council
Cheryl Macaulay
Aoraki Development Trust
[Notes]

How Did We Do?

Assessing the impact of regional development

Presenters: Andrea Schöllmann
and
Olga Berezovsky
Ministry of Economic Development
Zane Colville
Statistics New Zealand
Susan Macken
AREDS
[Notes]

Workshop Feedback

  Roger Wigglesworth
Principal Advisor
Industry and Regional Development Branch
Ministry of Economic Development

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