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CONFERENCE HANDBOOK Organised by Kindly supported by Rob Suisted This is a not-for-profit event www.naturespic.com 10-11 August 2016 Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland www.edsconference.com SPONSORS GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSOR EVENT APP CONFERENCE DINNER ESPRESSO CART AFTER SESSION DRINKS PRE-CONFERENCE BRONZE SPONSORS WORKSHOP CONTENTS Welcome 2 Programme at a Glance 3 Speaker & Chair Biographies (in session order) 6 Session 1: Wild Places Overview 6 Session 2: Value of Wild Places 7 Session 3: National Party Update 9 Session 4: Wild Places and Regional Economic Development 9 Session 5: Leaders’ Dialogue 10 Session 6: Breakfast Session 12 Session 7: Protected Landscapes (Category V) 12 Session 8: Wild Water 14 Session 9: Labour Party Update 15 Session 10: Green Party Update 16 Session 11: Foresight Workshop 16 Session 12: Wild Initiatives 16 Social Programme – After Session Drinks & Conference Dinner 18 General Information 19 Notes 20 1 WELCOME Welcome to this year’s EDS conference, which is focused on how to better manage and protect our Wild Places. These define New Zealand. They evoke powerful emotions that connect us to these islands with their outstanding scenery and unique biota. Wild Places include land, lakes and rivers, and the sea. They extend over conservation, Ma-ori and private land and make this country special for those who live here and those who visit. Over the next two days we will be exploring the connection between conservation and our largest export industry, tourism, and the role of wild New Zealand in the economic development of our regions. How can we develop powerful new synergies between our Wild Places and our economy, which both generates additional funds for conservation and boosts jobs and economic growth? There are growing pressures on our Wild Places, from a range of factors including increasing tourism numbers, agricultural intensification, urban growth and pests. We will be looking at innovative tools and approaches that will enable us to better manage these pressures and help generate funding for greater investment in nature. In particular, we will be looking at the challenges of managing our conservation land, our High Country and our ‘wet’ Wild Places: lakes, rivers and sea. We will be challenging politicians, from a range of political parties, to tell us what policies they are proposing to better manage our Wild Places. But we will also be asking you, our conference delegates, to provide ideas for a future vision, direction and actions. A Foresight Workshop scheduled Day Two of the conference will provide the opportunity for substantive input into mapping out a pathway forward. For those of you that are joining us for this dialogue, we acknowledge your expertise, wisdom and passion. We don’t have all the answers, but with your help we might just make 2016 a turning point for our Wild Places. On behalf of the EDS team, welcome to our 2016 conference. Raewyn Peart PROTECTING NEW ZEALAND’S HERITAGE The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) is a professionally run, independent environmental group that was established in 1971. It brings together the disciplines of science, planning, landscape and the law. It operates as a think-tank, providing thought leadership on key environmental issues as well as representing the environment before councils and the courts. EDS is located at the collaboratve and business-aware end of the environmental movement, seeking constructive engagement with all sectors, to achieve good environmental and economic outcomes for all New Zealanders. It has influence. It also plays an education role, helping business, councils, community groups and iwi to better understand best practice resource management. EDS runs national and regional conferences and seminars on topical issues. EDS is a registered charity and donations to it are tax-deductible. www.eds.org.nz 2 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE CONFERENCE DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST 8.30am OPENING & MIHI WHAKATAU - Nga-ti Wha-tua Ora-kei Welcome: Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society 9.00am SESSION 1: WILD PLACES OVERVIEW Chair: Vicky Robertson, Secretary for the Environment Virtual tour of New Zealand’s Wild Places, Rob Suisted, Photographer International keynote: Securing the future of Wild Places – global innovations, Peter Cochrane, Natural Heritage Director and Consultant, Sydney Protection of New Zealand’s Wild Places: A retrospective, Dr Gerry McSweeney, Founder, New Zealand’s Wilderness Lodges 10.30am MORNING TEA 11.00am SESSION 2: VALUE OF WILD PLACES Chair: Lou Sanson, Director-General, Department of Conservation The value of wild places to business, Christopher Luxon, Chief Executive Officer, Air New Zealand (pre-recorded video) Who is visiting New Zealand and why, Andrew Fraser, Director of Marketing, Tourism New Zealand The value of wild places to Nga-i Tahu, Quinton Hall, Chief Executive, Nga-i Tahu Tourism Limited The value of nature to the national economy, Dr Girol Karacaoglu, Chief Economist, The Treasury Speaker panel discussion 12.40pm SESSION 3: POLITICAL ADDRESS Chair: Gary Taylor, Chairman, Environmental Defence Society Keynote: Hon Dr Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment 1.00pm LUNCH 2.00pm SESSION 4: WILD PLACES AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chair: Jane Frances, Deputy Secretary Natural Resource Policy, Ministry for the Environment International keynote: Alternative models for funding nature conservation, Michael Looker, Director (Interim), New Zealand Program, The Nature Conservancy From coal to nature: The future of the West Coast, Tony Kokshoorn, Mayor, Grey District Council New Zealand’s Silicon Valley?: Innovation and our public conservation lands, Mick Abbott, Associate Professor, School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University Everyone’s wilderness - sustaining our public conservation lands under pressure, Peter Wilson, President, Federated Mountain Clubs Speaker Panel Discussion 4.00pm AFTERNOON TEA 3 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE (continued) 4.30pm SESSION 5: LEADERS DIALOGUE Chair: Gary Taylor, Chairman, Environmental Defence Society Creating a new blueprint for hill country farming, Dan Steele, Farmer and Tourist Operator, Blue Duck Station Leaders Panel Scott Simpson, National MP for Coromandel; Chairperson, Local Government and Environment Select Committee Hon David Parker, Environment Spokesperson, Labour Party Eugenie Sage, Spokesperson for Environment, Primary Industries, Christchurch and Land Information, Green Party Tracey Martin, Member of Parliament, New Zealand First George Ngatai, Ma-ori Party 6.00pm DRINKS AND POSTER SESSION – Sponsored by Fish & Game New Zealand 7.15pm CONFERENCE DINNER – Sponsored by Williams Land Limited MC: Tim Higham, Executive Officer, Hauraki Gulf Forum Award to winner of EDS University Environmental Essay Competition After dinner speaker: New Zealand’s Wild Places under the sea, Steve Hathaway, Underwater Cameraman CONFERENCE DAY TWO: THURSDAY 11 AUGUST 2016 7.00am SESSION 6: BREAKFAST SESSION Chair: Vaughan Payne, Chief Executive, Waikato Regional Council Eco-tourism in the Galapagos Islands: innovations and lessons for New Zealand, Julian Fitter, Environmental Consultant; Chair, Friends of Galapagos New Zealand 8.30am SESSION 7: PROTECTED LANDSCAPES (CATEGORY V) Chair: Rob Enright, Barrister High Country: The conservation challenge, Dr Susan Walker, Research Programme Leader, Landcare Research New approaches to managing development pressures: the Mackenzie Country Trust, Claire Barlow, Mayor, Mackenzie District Council Innovation in private land conservation, Mike Jebson, Chief Executive, Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Panel Discussion Dr Marie Brown, Senior Policy Analyst, Environmental Defence Society Lesley Immink, Chief Executive, Tourism Export Council Dr Gerry McSweeney, Founder, New Zealand’s Wilderness Lodges Mike Neilson, Owner and Operator Lake Ohau Lodge and Snow Fields Chris Roberts, Chief Executive, Tourism Industry Association 10.15am MORNING TEA 4 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE (continued) 10.45am SESSION 8: WILD WATER Chair: Dame Anne Salmond, Distinguished Professor, University of Auckland Wild Place vignette: Hauraki Gulf, Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society Protecting wild places – experience from the Pacific in going to scale in ocean conservation, Sue Miller-Taei, Executive Director, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, Conservation International The potential of customary management tools, Nathan Kennedy, Environment Officer, Nga-ti Whanaunga The potential of Water Conservation Orders: Our ‘wet’ National Parks, Greg Carlyon, Catalyst Group Speaker Panel Discussion 12.10pm SESSION 9: LABOUR UPDATE Chair: Raewyn Peart, Policy Director, Environmental Defence Society Andrew Little, Leader of the Labour Party 12.30pm LUNCH 1.15pm SESSION 10: GREEN PARTY UPDATE Chair: Dr Marie Brown, Senior Policy Analyst, Environmental Defence Society James Shaw, Co-Leader, Green Party 1.35pm SESSION 11: FORESIGHT WORKSHOP Utopia for New Zealand’s Wild Places and how we get there Facilitator: Kaaren Goodall, Director, Blue Rocket Consulting Table-based workshopping (including a youth table) and report back 2.45pm AFTERNOON TEA 3.15pm SESSION 12: WILD INITIATIVES Chair: Madeleine Wright, Solicitor, Environment Defence Society Te Haerenga: A journey through sacred islands, James Brown, Chair, Nga-i Tai Ki Ta-maki The future of pest control, Dr Andrea Byrom, Director, New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge Wild Mob: An innovative model for conservation management, Dr Derek Ball, Chief Executive