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Navigating Our Future Conference: Leaders’ Dialogue
Navigating Our Future Conference: Leaders’ Dialogue and Political Update
As pre-election positioning heats up and the environment has emerged as a key issue, the Leaders’ Dialogue at EDS’s annual conference next week will be an opportunity to interrogate the main parties. What are their respective positions on RMA reform; on offshore extractive industries; on New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis; and on housing and urban sprawl?
Gary Taylor will moderate a discussion on
Wednesday 6 August at 5pm featuring:
Maggie
Barry, National Party Chairperson of the Local
Government and Environment Committee
Hon David
Parker, Deputy Leader of the Labour
Party
Te Ururoa Flavell, Co-leader of
the Māori Party
Dr Russel Norman,
Co-leader of the Green Party
Rt Hon Winston
Peters, Leader of New Zealand First
and audience
participation will be on offer.
Also hear Hon Dr Nick Smith (Thursday 7 August, 11am) make some new announcements, and outline what we might expect from a third term of a National-led government in the conservation portfolio. Will National be moving into full-blown Oceans Reform as advocated by EDS?
Programme Outline
An updated
programme is available here.
Online
Registration
Register now! Visit the conference
website.
ENDS
Environmental Defence Society
EDS speaks for the environment. It has influence.
Since 1971, EDS has been driving environmental protection in Aotearoa New Zealand
through law and policy change. That's why it's one of this country's most influential non-
profit organisations when it comes to achieving better environmental outcomes.
EDS has expertise in key disciplines including law, planning, landscape and science. It
operates as a policy think-tank, a litigation advocate, and a collaborator – bringing together
the private and public sectors for constructive engagement.
EDS runs conferences and seminars on topical issues, including an annual Environmental
Summit and the Climate Change and Business Conference.
EDS is a registered charity and donations to it are tax-deductible.
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