2023 Transporting New Zealand Conference. A Changing World

Tēnā koutou katoa! You are warmly invited to join us for A Changing World, Transporting New Zealand’s annual conference, being held at Lower Hutt’s Event Centre from June 28-29.

The conference will focus on pressing issues facing the transport industry as well as being an important networking opportunity where we celebrate and recognise the work of our industry in increasing the economic productivity of New Zealand.

Tickets are now available to purchase.

Venue details

Lower Hutt Event Centre

Tuesday 27 June 2023 – 2.00pm – 6.00pm – Registration desk open

Wednesday 28 June 2023 – 6.30am – 8.30am – Registration desk open

Thursday 29th June 2023

This year there are plenty of big issues, from the economy, to severe weather events, climate change, and the resilience of the transport network, to technological change and the challenges of attracting new people into the industry. And of course, it is also election year, so it will be a chance to hear from the politicians.

Speakers will include Transport Minister Michael Wood as well as transport spokespeople from the major political parties.

Keynote speaker Phil O’Reilly, the founder of policy advisory firm Iron Duke, is a New Zealand and global business leader and advocate, while economist Cameron Bagrie will present his hard-hitting report on the economy and what we can expect for the coming year.

Other topics will include the Green Compact (Transporting New Zealand’s joint initiative to tackle emissions and decarbonisation), Road to success and new trainees, health and safety, fatigue management, and the law.

The conference will conclude with an industry awards dinner on June 29.

Transporting New Zealand Programme

Please note that the programme and speakers are subject to change before the conference commences.

Wednesday 28 June 2023

6.30am - 8.30am - Registration desk open

Time Event Speaker
7.30am Sector meetings over buffet breakfast

General Freight
Logging/Ports/Bulk
Roads and Vehicles
Rural
MC – Josie Pagani
8.45am Conference opening and welcome Mayor Campbell Barry
Warwick Wilshier, chair, Transporting New Zealand
9.15am Keynote speaker Katherine Rich former National MP, former CE NZ Food and Grocery Council
10.00am Green Compact presentation with Q&A

Facilitated by Billy Clemens, Policy Advisor, Transporting New Zealand

Andrew Caseley- EECA, Soumya Puri- EROAD, Kim Hill- HWR, Brendan King- TR Group

Joint panel discussion – key messages to industry

11.00am Allied Petroleum morning tea
11.30am Keynote speaker Phil O’Reilly- Managing Director, Iron Duke Partners
12.15pm Roadmaster lunch
1.15pm NZI panel discussion on the changing world of insurance and how to measure and manage this more successfully. Kelly McLuckie, Success Formula

Oliver Jepson, National Motor Manager, NZI

Gareth Balfour, CCS Logistics

1.45pm Changes within the workplace in order to improve business Mike Kyne-Director, Kyne Management Services
2.30pm Diversity – Launch of policy with Teletrac Navman
2.45pm Te Pukenga update, tertiary qualification pathway for industry

Booths uptake of tertiary quals to train and develop

Hanga Aro Rau – Commercial Transport Industry team

Verna Niao – Director MITO Te Pukenga

Brenton Wallace – Fleet Manager Booths

Croydon Smith – Industry Manager

3.15pm Afternoon tea
3.45pm Hanga-Aro-Rau Workforce Development Council  – Deloitte Data on Logistics Samantha McNaughton, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hanga-Aro-Rau
4.15pm Livestock Fatigue Management Rachel Lehen, Fit for Duty
4.45pm Waka Kotahi – Permitting system Riccardo Areosa, Programme Manager, Waka Kotahi
5.15pm Sector meeting – key issue presentation to conference
6.00pm Teletrac Navman Pre-dinner drinks
6.30pm – 10pm Buffet dinner – with band

Thursday 29th June 2023

Time Event
7.30am VINZ Breakfast
8.00am Breakfast speaker Daniel Hummerdal – Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Worksafe
9.00am Risk management of human behaviour David Turner, CEO, Risk New Zealand
9.45am MC Josie Pagani – Introduces election format
10.00am Hon Shane Jones, New Zealand First
10.15am Simon Court, Act
10.30am BP Morning tea
11.00am Hon Julie Anne Genter Green Party
11.15am Simeon Brown National
11.30am Labour spokesperson
11.45am Panel discussion of MP’s facilitated by Josie Pagani
12.30pm Bluebridge lunch
1.30pm Regulatory Session – WorkSafe, Waka Kotahi, Police Facilitated by Dom Kalasih, CEO (interim), Transporting New Zealand –
Presentations on regulatory activities and consequential learnings and insights
Waka Kotahi presentation – 15 minute presentation plus 5 min question time
WorkSafe presentation – 15 minute presentation plus 5 min question time
CVST presentation – 15 mins minute presentation plus 5 min question time
2.30pm Chain of Responsibility Edward Cox, Partner, Gibson Sheat
2.45pm Economic update sponsored by BP Cameron Bagrie, principal Bagrie Economics
3.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.00pm Business New Zealand – Update on NZ labour issues and changes to legislation Paul Mackay, Manager Employment Relations Policy
4.30pm Conference closing CE & Transporting New Zealand Chair Q & A
6.00pm Z Energy Pre-dinner drinks
7.00pm-10pm Industry Awards Dinner

ERoad Outstanding Contribution to Health and Safety Award
Fruehauf Outstanding Contribution to Innovation Award
ERoad Young Driver of the Year Award
Teletrac Navman Women in Road Transport Award

Hanga-Aro-Rau Outstanding Contribution to Training Award
VTNZ Supreme Contribution to New Zealand Road Transport Award

 

2023 Speakers

Andrew joined EECA in 2017. Previously he was Managing Director for MWH, a global engineering and environmental consultancy, and CEO of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for 13 years. Andrew has a commerce degree with an accounting major and is a Companion Member of the Institute of Professional Engineers.

Mike Kyne is the director of Kyne Management Services, that he founded in 1994 after a distinguished career with New Zealand Police. His consultancy firm offers advice and expertise in employment matters, compliance issues, analysis, auditing and review. He also specialises in risk analysis, strategic planning and change management.

Mike has considerable experience coaching managers and owners in the application of procedural and practical requirements under current business legislation. This provides businesses with the confidence and support to apply the necessary procedures in the workplace. He also represents employers in mediation and in the Employment Relations Authority. Mike has established a strong reputation for providing practical advice and on-site assistance to transport firms.

Rachel has a background in natural health and for the last 13 years has been specialising in the area of occupational fatigue management. Rachel has regularly led  Fatigue Management Masterclasses and presented at a number of industry conferences speaking on the subject of fatigue management.

Rachel facilitated NZ’s first research study on the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a Commercial Driver population, which was co-funded by ACC and the Log Transport Safety Council (LTSC). Rachel remains very involved with the LTSC’s efforts to identify & support high risk OSA drivers.

Katherine Rich has been a strong voice for New Zealand industry for 30 years. Recently she stepped down as Chief Executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council, the peak body for goods and services suppliers to supermarkets, after over a decade of publicly raising issues regarding improving competition and the treatment of suppliers in the grocery sector (including transport and logistics companies). Her advocacy played a key role in convincing government that significant legislative reform was needed to curb supermarket duopoly power as well as a Grocery Code of Conduct for Supermarkets.

Katherine was a Member of Parliament 1999 – 2008 and prior to that held a number of agribusiness marketing roles. She is Chair of the New Zealand Parliamentary Education Trust and is a Board member of New Zealand’s largest children’s charity Barnardos. She is married to businessman, Andrew Rich, who still holds a HT licence having been a truck driver for Tulloch Transport earlier in his career. Together they have four children.

Josie Pagani writes a weekly column in Stuff and the Dominion Post. She works in aid, politics, trade and media, and is involved in progressive think tanks in the UK and Europe. For the last six years was the Executive Director of the Council for International Development (CID). She has worked as a political advisor to governments, to Prime Ministers and ministers, and has high-level experience in the aid and development sector at the OECD in Paris, and before that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Verna Niao is the Executive Director of MITO – Te Pūkenga. MITO is the work-based training organisation for the automotive, extractives, logistics and transport industries; and is a division of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. Each year, MITO helps thousands of New Zealand learners gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed. Verna is responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of the organisation.

Phil O’Reilly ONZM is Managing Director of Iron Duke Partners, a Wellington based Public Policy Advisory Firm. He is a global business leader and advocate.

Until recently Phil was Chair of the Board of Business at OECD, based in Paris, and a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation based in Geneva.

He has worked closely with the B20, advising G20 leaders and was also a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).

Phil O’Reilly has acted in both governance and advisory capacities to a number of New Zealand and overseas organisations in areas as diverse as trade, sustainability, diversity, pay equity, manufacturing, tertiary education, child poverty, social welfare and the future of work.

He was previously Chief Executive of BusinessNZ, New Zealand’s leading business advocacy group, representing thousands of businesses of all sizes.

David Turner is a senior business executive and trusted advisor with over 20 years’ experience in the risk management industry. David joined the Australian Army and became part of a specialised team where he deployed to East Timor in 1999. After the military contracted to varied private and government organisations in leadership, risk and project roles; he opened his own company that advised on risk management and provided personnel for major projects including; BHPB, Rio Tinto, Multiplex, Police, Australian Elections, and also CHOGM 2011 working with State and Federal Police.

David was born in NZ and returned in 2016 to work on the Transdev Wellington rail network transition. He now lives in New Zealand permanently and has worked with Deloitte, KPMG, Defence, MOJ and PwC. He brings a unique blend of expertise across diverse areas with a focus on risk management of human behaviour – one of the more complex, dynamic and often over-looked areas of the industry.

Julie Anne Genter has been a Member of Parliament for the Green Party since 2011.

She is currently the spokesperson for Transport, Energy and Resources, Finance, Urban Development, Building and Construction, Infrastructure and State Owned Enterprises. She is also Deputy Chairperson of Parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee.

Julie Anne previously served as Minister for Women and Associate Minister of Transport and Health, from 2017-2020. In that time, she led development of the Government’s emissions reduction policies in transport, most notably the extremely effective Clean Car Discount and Standards. Before entering politics, Julie Anne worked as a qualified planner and transport consultant in Auckland. It was here she produced ground-breaking research into transport economics and urban design, including authoring research reports for the NZTA.

Michael was first elected to Parliament at the 2016 Mt Roskill by-election. In opposition he was Labour’s spokesperson for Transport, Revenue, and Consumer Affairs, and after the election he had roles as Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Ethnic Communities and Chair of the Finance & Expenditure Select Committee, before coming into the Chief Labour Whip role in mid-2019.

Following the 2020 General Election, Michael became a sworn Member of the Executive and was appointed as the Minister of Transport and Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety. He was also given the role of Deputy Leader of the House. Michael has also taken up roles as the Minister of Immigration, Minister for Auckland, and Associate Minister of Finance. Michael is driven by the core belief that all people deserve the opportunity to flourish and reach their potential regardless of background.

Paul Mackay is Manager Employment Relations Policy at Business New Zealand. He has over 30 years high-level experience in the fields of industrial relations, employment law, labour market policy, strategic planning, change management and human resources in central government, state owned enterprise and the private sector. During the 1980s, as a government official, Paul was extensively involved in the huge reforms of the environmental sector, public service and the “Tomorrow’s Schools” reforms of the education service. Paul spent several years at national grid operator Transpower, before working at Ernst & Young and Carter Holt Harvey.

Since joining BusinessNZ in 2006, Paul has represented New Zealand employers internationally on many occasions at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), as well as acting as spokesperson for the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) on employment related topics. In 2021, he was elected as a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation based in Geneva.

First term ACT MP and spokesperson for Environment, Climate, Transport and Local Government, Simon is a Civil and Environmental Engineer with 20 plus years’ experience in roles for the private sector and local government. This includes 10 years leading engineering, planning, tendering, and leading construction teams primarily in Auckland, Wellington, and Fiji. Simon has three teenagers, the youngest with Down Syndrome which influences his perspective on accessibility.

In local government Simon managed a portfolio of 200 closed landfills, many in the coastal area, with aging and failing infrastructure. This experience led to a change of direction, and eventually to Parliament with ACT, where Simon sits on Environment Committee and Transport Committee. Simon believes that Transport policy should focus on improving network efficiency, relieving congestion and building capacity before the roads are gridlocked, not fixing climate change. That is because the cap on emissions under the ETS and a carbon price already sets the right incentive.

Campbell Barry is in his second term as the Mayor of Lower Hutt. He was first elected to the role in 2019, making history as New Zealand’s youngest ever elected Mayor of a city. Prior to this, he served two terms as a City Councillor, and worked in various other private and public sector roles.

He was born and raised in Wainuiomata where he attended his local primary, intermediate and high school. He lives there with his wife Laura, and is actively involved in his local community – it wouldn’t be unusual to see him out refereeing club rugby or playing cricket on a Saturday.

Mayor Barry is leading the Hutt City Council at a time of significant opportunity and challenge. His priorities include fronting up to the impacts of our changing climate, investing in the core infrastructure our city and region needs, and unlocking the potential of  ransformational projects like RiverLink.

Hutt City Council is one of the most diverse and progressive in the country. Mayor Barry is proud to
lead the city with his values of fairness, social justice and equity – making decisions to ensure all our
people can thrive.

ANDREW CASELEY, CEO – EECA

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MIKE KYNE

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RACHEL LEHEN

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KATHERINE RICH

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JOSIE PAGANI

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VERNA NIAO

Verna Niao is the Executive Director of MITO – Te Pūkenga. MITO is the work-based…

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PHIL O’REILLY

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DAVID TURNER

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JULIE ANNE GENTER

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MICHAEL WOOD

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PAUL MACKAY

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SIMON COURT

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CAMPBELL BARRY MAYOR OF LOWER HUTT

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Dylan Hunt

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Michael Flatt

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Shane Jones

Shane Jones is a proud born and bred Northlander raised on an Awanui dairy farm. Now…

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Simeon Brown

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Cameron Bagrie

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Brendan King

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Soumya Puri

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Samantha McNaughton

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Riccardo Areosa

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KELLY McLUCKIE

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OLIVER JEPSON

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Gareth Balfour

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Tickets

Member 2 days

$720.00Ticket Detail

Non member 2 days

$830.00Ticket Detail

Member 1 day

$420.00Ticket Detail

Non member 1 day

$480.00Ticket Detail

Dinner Wednesday night

$160.00Ticket Detail

Industry awards dinner Thursday night

$210.00Ticket Detail

Accommodation

The Sebel Lower Hutt

For bookings at the Sebel please use the link below.

We are pleased to offer a preferred accommodation discount of 10% off the flexible rate at The Sebel Lower Hutt for the Transporting New Zealand Conference.

Book online

Angus Inn

Angus Inn Rooms $170/night for king or deluxe queen and $180/night for twin share rooms.

For bookings at the Angus Inn phone 04 560 1100 or email reception@theangus.co.nz quoting the code Transporting NZ Group.

Bookings need to be done by 15th of June 2023.

Phone 04 560 1100or email reception@theangus.co.nz

Our Sponsors

David Turner

David Turner is a senior business executive and trusted advisor with over 20 years’ experience in the risk management industry. David joined the Australian Army and became part of a specialised team where he deployed to East Timor in 1999. After the military contracted to varied private and government organisations in leadership, risk and project roles; he opened his own company that advised on risk management and provided personnel for major projects including; BHPB, Rio Tinto, Multiplex, Police, Australian Elections, and also CHOGM 2011 working with State and Federal Police.

David was born in NZ and returned in 2016 to work on the Transdev Wellington rail network transition. He now lives in New Zealand permanently and has worked with Deloitte, KPMG, Defence, MOJ and PwC. He brings a unique blend of expertise across diverse areas with a focus on risk management of human behaviour – one of the more complex, dynamic and often over-looked areas of the industry.

Julie Anne Genter

Julie Anne Genter has been a Member of Parliament for the Green Party since 2011.

She is currently the spokesperson for Transport, Energy and Resources, Finance, Urban Development, Building and Construction, Infrastructure and State Owned Enterprises. She is also Deputy Chairperson of Parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee.

 

Julie Anne previously served as Minister for Women and Associate Minister of Transport and Health, from 2017-2020. In that time, she led development of the Government’s emissions reduction policies in transport, most notably the extremely effective Clean Car Discount and Standards. Before entering politics, Julie Anne worked as a qualified planner and transport consultant in Auckland. It was here she produced ground-breaking research into transport economics and urban design, including authoring research reports for the NZTA.

Michael Wood

Michael was first elected to Parliament at the 2016 Mt Roskill by-election. In opposition he was Labour’s spokesperson for Transport, Revenue, and Consumer Affairs, and after the election he had roles as Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Ethnic Communities and Chair of the Finance & Expenditure Select Committee, before coming into the Chief Labour Whip role in mid-2019.

 

Following the 2020 General Election, Michael became a sworn Member of the Executive and was appointed as the Minister of Transport and Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety. He was also given the role of Deputy Leader of the House. Michael has also taken up roles as the Minister of Immigration, Minister for Auckland, and Associate Minister of Finance. Michael is driven by the core belief that all people deserve the opportunity to flourish and reach their potential regardless of background.

Paul Mackay

Paul Mackay is Manager Employment Relations Policy at Business New Zealand. He has over 30 years high-level experience in the fields of industrial relations, employment law, labour market policy, strategic planning, change management and human resources in central government, state owned enterprise and the private sector. During the 1980s, as a government official, Paul was extensively involved in the huge reforms of the environmental sector, public service and the “Tomorrow’s Schools” reforms of the education service.  Paul spent several years at national grid operator Transpower, before working at Ernst & Young and Carter Holt Harvey.

 

Since joining BusinessNZ in 2006, Paul has represented New Zealand employers internationally on many occasions at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), as well as acting as spokesperson for the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) on employment related topics.  In 2021, he was elected as a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation based in Geneva.

Phil O’Reilly

Phil O’Reilly ONZM is Managing Director of Iron Duke Partners, a Wellington based Public Policy Advisory Firm.  He is a global business leader and advocate. Until recently Phil was Chair of the Board of Business at OECD, based in Paris, and a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation based in Geneva. He has worked closely with the B20, advising G20 leaders and was also a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).

 

Phil O’Reilly has acted in both governance and advisory capacities to a number of New Zealand and overseas organisations in areas as diverse as trade, sustainability, diversity, pay equity, manufacturing, tertiary education, child poverty, social welfare and the future of work. He was previously Chief Executive of BusinessNZ, New Zealand’s leading business advocacy group, representing thousands of businesses of all sizes.

Simon Court

First term ACT MP and spokesperson for Environment, Climate, Transport and Local Government, Simon is a Civil and Environmental Engineer with 20 plus years’ experience in roles for the private sector and local government. This includes 10 years leading engineering, planning, tendering, and leading construction teams primarily in Auckland, Wellington, and Fiji. Simon has three teenagers, the youngest with Down Syndrome which influences his perspective on accessibility.

 

In local government Simon managed a portfolio of 200 closed landfills, many in the coastal area, with aging and failing infrastructure. This experience led to a change of direction, and eventually to Parliament with ACT, where Simon sits on Environment Committee and Transport Committee. Simon believes that Transport policy should focus on improving network efficiency, relieving congestion and building capacity before the roads are gridlocked, not fixing climate change. That is because the cap on emissions under the ETS and a carbon price already sets the right incentive.

Campbell Barry
Mayor of Lower Hutt

Campbell Barry is in his second term as the Mayor of Lower Hutt. He was first elected to the role in 2019, making history as New Zealand’s youngest ever elected Mayor of a city. Prior to this, he served two terms as a City Councillor, and worked in various other private and public sector roles.

He was born and raised in Wainuiomata where he attended his local primary, intermediate and high school. He lives there with his wife Laura, and is actively involved in his local community – it wouldn’t be unusual to see him out refereeing club rugby or playing cricket on a Saturday.

Mayor Barry is leading the Hutt City Council at a time of significant opportunity and challenge. His priorities include fronting up to the impacts of our changing climate, investing in the core infrastructure our city and region needs, and unlocking the potential of  ransformational projects like RiverLink.

Hutt City Council is one of the most diverse and progressive in the country. Mayor Barry is proud to
lead the city with his values of fairness, social justice and equity – making decisions to ensure all our
people can thrive.