Chair, Rod Oram, Business Commentator
From Wairoa To The World

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A respected business commentator, Rod Oram has taken a keen interest in corporate, economic and political issues throughout his distinguished career. A former journalist for the Financial Times in London and founding editor of the Business Herald, Rod currently writes a weekly business column for the Sunday Star Times and is a regular business commentator in radio, print and television. His previous facilitation roles have included the TUANZ Rural Broadband Symposiums and the government’s Digital Future Summit. Rod will share his thoughts on how the district can achieve sustainability in community, economic and environmental terms by playing to global trends.

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Sonya Smith, Manager, Gaiety Cinema And Theatre
Gaiety Cinema and Theatre - What The Future Holds

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The Gaiety Theatre is Wairoa’s premiere venue. It houses Wairoa’s only cinema and has a traditional theatre stage. Built to last after surviving partial destruction from the 1931 earthquake, it has had several reincarnations including being a supermarket and an indoor sports area. The Gaiety is now operated by a Charitable Trust that is entrusted with making arts and culture accessible and enjoyable to all through this venue. The Gaiety’s latest metamorphosis is to further equip the stage for performance and take the cinema into the digital age. Sonya Smith, Manger at the Gaiety will discuss the history of the theatre along with its current and future aspirations.

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Detective Sergeant Mick Lander, NZ Police
CACTUS - Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit and Support

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CACTUS is a programme of physical training developed from the Armed Forces programme which has made a significant impact on Wairoa youth since it was introduced here this year. It is designed to extend a young person’s mind and physical capability. The CACTUS course runs for eight weeks, with three one hour training sessions per week of progressively harder physical routines. The programme also includes career education, motivational speakers and mentoring with a view to having youth actualise their potential. CACTUS aims to grow and develop the skills and attitudes young people need to take part in society, now and in the future. Detective Sergeant Mick Lander tells us about this exciting new programme.

Mayor Dale Williams, Mayor of Otorohanga
Youth – The Forgotten Resource

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Mayor Dale Williams discusses his town’s successful youth employment initiatives. Mayor Williams has led the charge in Otorohanga to get a number of youth initiatives running, including a very successful apprenticeship programme which has resulted in zero unemployment in the town. “We take a carrot and stick approach to the way we operate in the district ... with zero tolerance of graffiti and vandalism,” Mayor Williams says. What used to be the local vet clinic has now been transformed into a place where school leavers can continue with their education instead of just dropping out. But the emphasis at Wintec Otorohanga Trade Training Centre is not about passing exams - it’s about learning a trade. Courses are tailor-made around the needs of local businesses, so jobs are guaranteed.

Henry Clothier, Entrepreneur, Businessman
Small Town Revival

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Henry Clothier will share his insights on the development and revitalisation of Tirau, a small Waikato town two hours south of Auckland. Clothier helped revive the town by building and renovating premises and renting them to fellow entrepreneurs. “Every town has got to get its own identity. We became a destination by creating an identity to tout to travellers,” says Clothier.  With a lively blend of antique shops and restaurants, along with corrugated iron monuments of a sheepdog, a sheep and a shepherd - not to mention a huge mock castle - Tirau is a welcome stop for thousands of travellers each week on Highway 1 between Cambridge and Tokoroa.

Doug Farr, Director, Kuaka New Zealand Ltd
Green Globe - Sustainable Tourism - A Practical Perspective
 
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Tourism in New Zealand relies upon us maintaining the pristine environment, stunning scenery and indigenous culture that sets New Zealand apart. We attract visitors from all corners of the globe and we need to provide quality and sustainable travel experiences. Green Globe is the worldwide benchmarking and certification system for the travel and tourism industry across the triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental management. Exploring this interesting concept is Doug Farr a director of Kuaka New Zealand Ltd, a company that specialise in environmental and cultural field studies. Kuaka New Zealand has developed a form of tourism that contributes to the destination. The key focus of the experience for the visitor is authenticity. The best way to ensure this is to use real world examples. Doug believes that people need and want to travel with an assurance that they are not making things worse - they have little control over the experience they purchase. So the operator needs to lift their game to provide this level of product. This philosophy underpins the triple bottom line business model that Kuaka New Zealand uses. With over 30,000 native trees planted by international visitors this year and well over 100,000 in the last 4 years, this idea is becoming a reality.

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Joe Doherty, Director, Kitea Developments and Te Urewera Treks
Te Urewera Rain Forest Route

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Te Urewera Rainforest Route has been launched in Ruatahuna, with the aim of boosting tourism activities and accommodation along State Highway 38. The route covers from Rainbow Mountain near Rotorua in the north, to Wairoa in the south. It includes Whirinaki Forest Park, Te Urewera National Park, Lake Waikaremoana and large tracts of private Māori land. Joe Doherty shares insights into how the venture is progressing and the benefits it brings to the area. “We know there is huge potential for this remote and beautiful wilderness region,” Joe says. Te Urewera Rainforest Route traverses the tribal territories of several iwi each with their own unique customs and protocols.

Matt Todd, CEO Eastland Group of Companies
Energy - Current and Future Issues

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Matt was appointed CEO of the Eastland group of companies when they were restructured in 2003.  Prior to joining the organisation, Matt worked for UnitedNetworks Ltd for four years, the last two years as the General Manager of Group Operations.  His 20 years experience in the utilities and infrastructure sector includes a number of senior roles with major players.  Matt has worked in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, South America and the Pacific Islands.  He was involved in the establishment of the Electricity Complaints Commission and was a board member of the Council of the Electricity Complaints Commission. Matt will share his views on current and future issues surrounding energy.

Summit Chair, Rod Oram, Business Commentator
Conclusions From Day One
 
Rod makes some final comments about the topics covered over Day One of the Summit.

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Chris Joblin, Event Director
Genesis Energy Lake To Lighthouse Challenge

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New Zealand’s newest and most demanding multisport event will challenge athletes on foot, mountain bike and kayak over 196km of stunning native bush tracks, back country roads and rivers from the beautiful Lake Waikaremoana to the coastal township of Wairoa. Event Director Chris Joblin speaks about what the event means to the district.

Bryan Smith, Principal Advisor Climate Change, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Sustainable Land Management and the Emissions Trade Scheme (ETS)

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Climate change is one of the most significant economic, social and environmental issues on the international agenda. Climate change and the implications of policy responses to climate change will be key drivers of business and land management over the coming decades.  In New Zealand the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a key policy response aimed at reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions.  The government has also funded a wide range of initiatives in areas such as adapting to climate change and taking advantage of the business opportunities presented by climate change.  Bryan Smith will outline the ETS and its implications for the land based sectors.  He will also discuss how the ETS fits within a wider range of initiatives underway, and some of the opportunities presented by these initiatives.  Bryan is also engaged in international negotiations for agreements beyond the Kyoto Protocol and will share his views on these negotiations.

Sheldon Drummond, General Manager Forests, Juken New Zealand Ltd and General Manager for First Light Mushroom Company Ltd
Forestry in the Future

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Sheldon is currently the General Manager Forests for Juken New Zealand Ltd and General Manager for First Light Mushroom Company Ltd stationed in Gisborne. Serving on the New Zealand Forest Owners Association Executive (NZFOA), Sheldon has a good appreciation of radiata processing and marketing as well as forest management in New Zealand. As a forestry practitioner rather than a bureaucrat, he is well in touch with what is happening in the forestry industry as well as in the processing and marketing sectors. Sheldon was instrumental in the establishment of the Wood Processing Strategy and the subsequent benefits such as rural roading and labour and skills strategies, which have assisted East Coast and Northland forestry over the past few years.

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Robert Waiwai, Field Manager, Lake Waikaremoana Hapū Restoration Trust
Kiwi Recovery Project

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Prior to human arrival there may have been as many as 12 million kiwi in New Zealand, but the introduction of predators has decimated them. With assistance from the BNZ Kiwi Recovery Programme, DOC and the Lake Waikaremoana Hapū Restoration Trust formed a partnership to halt the decline of kiwi at Waikaremoana. The focus has been on predator control on the Puketukutuku Peninsula. Thanks to a well-organised, dedicated team kiwi numbers are increasing in the area and continued intensive predator control will ensure a kiwi population recovery. Robert Waiwai speaks on the important work being carried out on the peninsula.

Willie Te Aho, Founder, Indigenous Corporate Solutions
Māori Asset Management

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Statistics on which industries and sectors Māori assets are currently invested in reveal that Māori land continues to be fundamental to the Māori economy. While Treaty settlements have assisted in broadening the Māori asset base, around half of all Māori commercial assets are in farming, forestry and fishing. Willie Te Aho, the founder of Indigenous Corporate Solutions, will discuss the current issues facing this sector such as the need for Māori to move from passive to active participation in all levels of business and to improve the quality of decision making and decision makers. Willie holds an MBA from Waikato University and law and arts degrees from the University of Auckland. He was previously Chief Executive of Te Rūnanga o Turanganui-a-Kiwa and worked for Carter Holt Harvey in Auckland, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s strategic relationship arrangements with its Māori stakeholders. He continues to work with a large number of iwi and hapū organisations, local and national government agencies and corporate business across a wide range of issues.

Peter Bodeker, Chief Executive, Wood Processors Association of New Zealand
Wood Processing - Adding Value and Innovation

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The wood processing industry in New Zealand adds significant value to the forestry sector by taking a non-homogenous tree, evaluating and segregating it into various product areas.  Intimately linked to the wood processing sector is the use of wood residues for biofuels.  This industry provides a product high in sequestered carbon while operating in an environmentally friendly way.  Government policy needs to reflect the unique product from the wood processing sector and national and regional plans need to reflect the unique product that wood and wood-based products provide both New Zealand and overseas consumers.  The sector is currently undergoing significant rationalisation and new products and investments assisting the development of the industry will be discussed today. Peter Bodeker came to the Wood Processors Association of New Zealand (WPA) from a background in the dairy industry. He managed the NZ Dairy Board dairy extension service and established FarmWise, New Zealand’s largest dairy farm consultancy business, and was the inaugural CEO of Dairy InSight. Peter joined the WPA as its inaugural CEO in February 2006. The WPA is a member-based organisation representing companies associated with the primary processing of more than 80% of New Zealand’s wood.

Con Williams, Senior Economist, Meat and Wool New Zealand
Emission Trading Scheme - Impacts on the Agricultural Sector

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Con Williams outlines how and why the historical supply and demand factors that determine the global food trade over the last 50 years have occurred and then explains some of the complexities and trade-offs that exist for food producers in addressing global biological Greenhouse Gases (GHG). Con will also investigate what the currently proposed Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) legislation means for the New Zealand agricultural pastoral value chain and the individual participants (e.g. farmers, support industries, processors and consumers) within the value chain. A case study of the sheep and beef value chain is used to quantify the outcomes of the currently proposed ETS and is broken into domestic and international impacts and consequences. The analysis then considers the key design principles of a market-based trading scheme. Con will also look at conclusions drawn from the case study and likely outcomes of the proposed legislation.

Robyn Sinclair, Researcher, Landcare Research
Carbon Neutral - Wairoa

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Landcare research has been a front-runner in Greenhouse Gas Inventories for both corporations and regions for many years. Using both New Zealand specific and internationally recognised IPCC methods, a comprehensive tool for estimating emissions has been completed and applied to the Wairoa District. The results and implications of this analysis will be discussed here. Robyn Sinclair joined Landcare Research in 2008 from Macquarie University, Sydney, where she was working as a research assistant doing climate change impact studies on biological systems in Australia. Robyn completed an MSc in ecological entomology at the same university in 2006. She is working on GHG accounting methodologies and the implementation of these methodologies for regions, districts and products.

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Leo Koziol, Festival Director, Wairoa Māori Film Festival Society Inc
Wairoa Māori Film Festival - Past, Present, Future ...

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In 2005, Te Roopu Whakaata Māori i te Wairoa – The Wairoa Māori Film Festival Society Inc, hosted the inaugural Wairoa Māori Film Festival. Hundreds of people converged on Wairoa from across the country and around the world, including a delegation sponsored by the National Geographic All Roads Film Project. In October 2006 the second festival was held with guest of honour Barry Barclay and international guest attendee Charles Kassatly. The 2008 festival was held in May/June, as part of the Matariki celebrations over Queen’s Birthday weekend. This year, Wairoa was a “portal” for Māori and indigenous film-makers as a special selection of the programme from the festival travelled on to Auckland and Wellington. Where to from here? What are the future aspirations of the Festival? Festival Director Leo Koziol and other members of the Festival team explore.

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Amohaere Houkamau, CEO, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou
Tairāwhiti Development Partnership (TDP)

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The Tairāwhiti Development Partnership (formerly Taskforce) was established in May 2000 by the then Mayors of Wairoa and Gisborne District Councils, Deputy Prime Minister Hon Jim Anderton, Associate Minister of Māori Affairs Hon Parekura Horomia and East Coast MP Janet Mackey. The TDP represents a new partnership between Government and Local Authorities, Māori and non-Māori, and community and industry. The kaupapa of the TDP is to assist and support the ongoing growth, development and prosperity of Tairāwhiti and its people and to engage Central Government to ensure the development of interventions and interactions are strategic, effective  and responsive to our needs. Amohaere is the CEO for Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou and is a trustee of the TDP Management Trust. Her involvement extends to being a member of the TDP Co-ordinating Committee and  she also chairs the Tairāwhiti Social Development Forum and ‘E Tipu E Rea’ – the Ministry of Education and Ngāti Porou Education Partnership. Amohaere is currently on the Board of Māori Television and the Charities Commission and she is a member of the National Lottery Welfare Distribution Committee. Today’s discussion will cover the history and current projects of the TDP.

Summit Chair, Rod Oram, Business Commentator
From Discussion to Action
 
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Rod concludes the event by discussing the big themes from the summit and the road ahead.