"nga aho tapu"

 

New Zealand Association 
for Impact Assessment (Inc.)

Material from this site may be downloaded and reproduced, as long as appropriate acknowledgement is made of the source

Conference, 2002

HOME PAGE
WHAT'S NEW

NZAIA INFORMATION

IMPACT ASSESSMENT LINKS

LIBRARY OF ACTIVITIES

Theme : "Assessing the Impacts of Major Land Use Change in Rural New Zealand"

To order proceedings complete the order form (*.pdf)

Where : Diamond Harbour, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

When : May 2nd to 4th 2002

10.00 - 3.00 pm 
Local Authority Forum - Setting Consent Conditions

10.00 - 4.00 pm 
Incorporating Social Impact Assessment in the

Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) Process

Friday 3rd May

  • 8.30 Registration
  • 9.00 Powhiri
  • Keynote Speaker -

Rural Canterbury at the Turning Point - a National Case Study
Dr Garth Cant -
coordinating editor : Rural Canterbury 2000

10.00 Morning Tea / Coffee

  • 10.30 Perspectives on Resource Competition
    • Pam Richardson - Federated Farmers North Canterbury
    • Greg Dewe - Planner, Connell Wagner
    • Bob Penter - Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu
    • Barry Lawrence - Queenstown Lakes District Council
    • Mairi Jay - University of Waikato
    • Murray Rodgers - Rivers and Streams Heritage Group

12.30 Lunch and Poster Displays

  • 1.30 Impact Assessment Workshops
    • Water Resource Conflicts
    • Social Impacts in Rural Communities
    • Cumulative Effects Management
    • Adaptive Management Models

3.00 Afternoon Tea / Coffee

  • 3.30 Workshop Report Back and Panel Discussion
    • John Glennie - Environment Canterbury
    • Grant McFadden - Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Policy
    • Professor Ali Memon - Lincoln University
    • Helen Rouse - West Coast Regional Council
  • 5.00 NZAIA AGM & Drinks
  • 7.00 BBQ

Saturday 4th May

Two Parallel Sessions for the morning:

Session A

The Resource Management Act 4th Schedule, Assessment of
Environmental Effects: Prescription or Guidance?

  • 9.00 Different Perspectives
    • David Collins - Independent Commissioner
    • Amanda Dewar - Solicitor, Lane Neave
    • Sarah Dawson - Consultant, Boffa Miskell
    • John Gilbert - Christchurch City Council

10.30 Morning Tea / Coffee

  • 11.00 Commentary - Assoc. Professor Peter Skelton
  • 11.30 Future Directions
    • Leo Fietje - Consent Managers Proposal
    • General Discussion
    • Assoc. Professor Peter Skelton - Summing Up

Session B

Assessing the Risks and Rewards of Genetic Engineering

  • 9.00 Different Perspectives
    • Virginia McLean - Ministry for the Environment, Wellington
    • Janet Gough - Environmental Risk Management Authority
    • Bevan Tipene-Matua - Maori Studies, University of Canterbury
    • Louise Malone - Insect Sciences Group, HortResearch
    • Jack Heinemann - Plants and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury
    • Mere Roberts - Environmental Science, University of Auckland

10.30 Morning Tea / Coffee

  • 11.00 General Discussion and Summing Up

 

Only one stream in the afternoon:

12.30 Lunch and Poster Displays

  • 1.30 Poster Discussion Session
  • 2.30 Open Space - Indaba

A discussion forum that allows participants to address wider issues, cater to special
interest groups, and discuss where to from here for NZAIA over the coming year.

  • 4.30 Closing Plenary
  • 5.00 Conference Closes

We are very grateful for sponsorship received towards the conference. This includes sponsorship for grants to help students with conference registration and travel, sponsorship towards other costs such as travel and for the conference BBQ. So far the following organisations have provided conference sponsorship.

 
Organisation  Web Site
 Cawthron Institute  www.cawthron.org.nz
 Environment Canterbury  www.ecan.govt.nz
 Environment Waikato  www.ew.govt.nz
 Ministry for the Environment  www.mfe.govt.nz
 Taylor Baines and Associates Ltd   www.tba.co.nz
 Centre for Research Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA)  www.cresa.co.nz
 Ministry of Research Science and Technology  www.morst.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

   

 

Many thanks to the sponsors acknowledged above.

Contact Us
Email : sec@nzaia.org.nz
Mail : PO Box 2581, Wellington, New Zealand
Web Site : www.nzaia.org.nz