Northern

2020 Meeting Dates - postponed to 2021

Due to COVID-19, face to face meetings are on hold.
Watch this space for virtual meetings, and please send interest or suggestions for remote meeting topics.



Thursday 13th August - Hosted by South Waikato District Council
Venue: Tokoroa Events Centre (TBC)

Friday 9th October - Hosted by Waikato District Council
Location: Tuakao

Ideas + suggestions?

If there is a topic you'd like to hear more on or to present on, please contact Cushla Anich Branch Chair on: c.anich@morrisonlow.com.

Archive (past meetings)

Presentations from 15 August 2019 - Waihi
Myles Lind (IPWEA NZ President & Programme Lead - Digital Engineering, NZTA - President's Update
Dr Deborah Lind (Harrison Grierson) - Diversity Download
Phillip Johansen (Auckland Council) - Learnings from Copenhagen Water NZ Stormwater Visit
Dawn Inglis (Rata Manager) - RATA - Benefits to transport Sector by working together
Peter Thom (Hauraki DC) - Kaiaua - Climate change & Working with the community
EJ Wentzel (Water services manager, Hauraki DC) - Who wants to be a billionaire?
$2 billion allocated to Wastewater - will we get the best environmental result from this spend
Adrian de Laborde (Hauraki DC) &Helen Ramsey (Morrison Low) - Solid Waste - China Impacts Challenges
Kelvin Hill (President, Water NZ) - Water NZ Update

Presentations from 24 May 2019
James Hughes - Climate and Resilience Specialist - Tonkin + Taylor - Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change
Dr Deborah Lind - Advisory Services, Harrison Grierson - Deb's Diversity Download
Photos from 24th May Branch meeting - click here

8 March 2019 - To view the agenda - click here
Presentations
Myles Lind - IPWEA NZ Vice-President, Welcome, branch update & election
David Ward - Watercare AMP - Demonstrating Value to our customers
Andrew Chin - Our Water future - a discussion document
Jane McCarroll - Skills NZ - Managing the Generational Gap
Jon Williams, Beca - BIM - Building Information Modelling
Tom Mansell - Auckland Council) Sustainable Outcomes
Myles Lind (NZTA) - Digital Engineering for Land Transport

15 March 2018 - view agenda here. 
16 November 2017
27 September 2017

IPWEA NZ's Northern Branch encompasses the following regional councils: Northland, Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty; as well as the area covered by the Ruapehu District Council, and the Taupo District Council.

Branch Chairperson
Cushla Anich, Director - Morrison Low
e:  c.anich@morrisonlow.com

These meetings are a free mini-conference!  Share this learning opportunity with younger team members, and let's build the next generation of public works professionals.  Bring them along to meet new contacts and network, learn from expert speakers, and present at future sessions.