10 am - Welcome by Susan Houston, Regional Focus NZ

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10.10 am - What the proposed changes mean for NZ Inc - Dr David Wilson - Spokesperson, Associate Economic Development and Infrastructure

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10.35 am - Panel Session

Potential Impact on Local Government - Introduced and led by Scott Necklen, CEO LGNZ - Panellists: Northland Regional Chair, Pita Tipene,  Rachel Reid,

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11.00 am - Panel Session Potential Impact on
Economic Development - Introduced and Led by Paul Linton, CEO of Northland Inc.

Chami Abeysinghe, Great South,

Heather Warwick, Enterprise North Canterbury. 

 

11.30 am - Panel Session  Impact on the Regions - Introduced and led by David Cunliffe, Co-
Founder, Polis Consulting, Panellists Dr David Wilson, Ifor Ffowcs Williams, Donna Perese, FOMA Representative, Paul Morgan

 

12.30 pm - Lunch

 

1.05 pm -  The Timeline for Change Scott Necklen, CEO LGNZ

 

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1.20  pm - Impact on

Māori Economy - FOMA Representative - 

 

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1.50 pm -  Panel of Political representatives from across NZ

 

2.15 pm - Opportunities to support Local/Regional Government and EDAs -  Eliot Linforth-Hali - MBIE

 

2.45 pm - Wrap Up and plans for Day 2   - Susan Houston 

 

3 pm Day 1 Ends

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