Spatial Planning Symposium
The purpose of the symposium is to know what the SPA means for your planning functions and land use throughout New Zealand. What the opportunities are and where do the issues lie?
Stuart Crosby, President, LGNZ will start by giving an overview of the Resource Management Act reforms. Jason Krupp, Deputy Chief Executive Advocacy, LGNZ will then launch the Sense Partners Report and share the high-level findings. Our panel of experts will then zero in on the specific features of the SPA and share their insights and views. Our experts are:
Blair Bowcott, Executive Director Special Projects, Hamilton City Council; Benno Blaschke, Principal Policy Advisor, LGNZ, Kirdan Lees, Partner, Sense Partners; and Peter Nunns, Principal Economist, NZ Infrastructure Commission. Following the expert presentations, we will then seek your views and thoughts as part of an interactive, robust discussion, led by Jason Krupp.
We fully expect we won’t cover everything we need to in this one session to develop, confirm and refine our collective thinking. We see this as a first step, to help inform future discussion and presentations on the SPA, as the Resource Management Act reforms pick-up speed.