Please note session dates and time are subject to change. Due to the conference postponement, there have been a few changes to the programme.  Further details will be added soon.

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Wednesday 7th December 2022

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• RMA Reform Panel
  Jamie O'Sullivan, Alex Miller & Sue Atherton
  [10:30am]
   

• Largely Unchanged 1990s Sediment Treatment Design in the Context of a Changing Climate and an Ever-changing Landscape of Construction related Compliance Conditions
  Simon Cathcart, HEB Construction Ltd
  [11:30am]
   

• Bromley Waste Water Plant
  Kimberley Kovaks-Wilks, ECAN
  [11:30am]
   

• RMA Compliance 101
  Janet Whiteside, Principal Specialist Regulatory Compliance , Auckland Council
  [11:30am]
   

• What's new with existing use rights? - Existing use rights are a defence against most enforcement under the RMA. How do you determine whether there are existing use rights and exactly what they cover? 
  Brandon Watts, Meredith Connell & David Collins
  [12:00pm]
   

• Mental health factors in the context of regulatory prosecutions
  Anthony Rogers & Stuart Ryan
  [12:00pm]
   

• Should we call an expert? - Expert witnesses in RMA cases
  Jamie O'Sullivan
  [2:00pm]
   

• Transforming compliance in waste - Driving improvements under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008
  Marie Doole, Ministry for the Environment.
  [2:00pm]
   

• RMA Enforcement 201
  Janet Whiteside, Principal Specialist Regulatory Compliance, Auckland Council  
  [2:00pm]
   

• Cleaning up a Polluted Industrial Airshed
  Reece Irving, Bay of Plenty Regional Council
  [2:30pm]
   

• Stock Access Issues in Hill and High Country Areas
  Scott Scott MacMillan, Canterbury Regional Council
  [2:30pm]
   

• Security in the Abatement  Process
  Terry Hewitt, Environment Canterbury & Marie Dysart
  [3:00pm]
   

• NPS(FW) - Fish Passage Support tools
  Omar Seychell, Fulton Hogan & & Tanya Blakely, Boffa Miskell
  [3:00pm]
   

• Managing Biofouling in Auckland
  Ana Paskaleff, Auckland Council & Adrian Wilson
  [3:00pm]
   

• Prosecutions - Why do they fail?
  Stephen Quinn, DLA Piper & Kate Rogers, DLA Piper
  [4:15pm]
   

• Down to Earth - Looking after our environment
  Emma Comrie-Thomson, Rocket Lab  
  [4:15pm]
   

• Ohau Village & Wilding Pine Fire
  Peter Burt, Southern Zone Lead for ECan
  [4:15pm]

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Thursday 8th December 2022.
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• Privacy Compliance
  Jackie Adams
  [10:30am]
   

• Investigative Techniques
  Janet Whiteside, Principal Specialist Regulatory Compliance, Auckland Council
  [10:30am]
   

• Chasing the Rainbow - The discharges of hydrocarbons entering water
  Nikki Fenn, Greater Wellington Regional Council  
  [11:30am]
   

• Enforcement Orders: A User's Guide 
  Laura Bielby, Rice Speir & Jade Magrath, Rice Speir
  [11:30am]
   

• A Pet Food Factory Prosecution 
  Stuart Standen, Bay of Plenty Regional Council
  [12:00pm]
   

• MfE Presentation on new Enforcement Tools
  Marie Doole, Joseph Edlin & Jos Fryer
  [1:30pm]
   

• Developing an Effective Enforcement Model - A Kauri Dieback Case Study
  Jesse Hindt, Auckland Council  
  [2:40pm]
   

• IRO vs Whitebait structures 
  Kiri Kirkwood, Environment Canterbury
  [2:40pm]
   

• The Rewards and Perils of Cross-Examination
  Tim McGuigan, Wynn Williams & Joshua Shaw
  [2:40pm | 60min]
   

• Re-purposing an Abatement Notice - Using an everyday tool to achieve a better outcome
  Hamish Sutherland & Georgia Hodges  
  [3:10pm]
   

• Less focus on Spray Drift? - Changing the emphasis of agrichemical use compliance activities
  Jane Lamb, New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust
  [3:10pm]
   

• Agency Responsibilities under HSNO
  Kareema Yousif, Environmental Protection Authority "EPA"
  [3:40pm]
   

• Implementing Farm Environment Plans, Audits and Practices in Canterbury - The Journey so Far
  Victoria Wilson  & Alastair Rutherford, Environment Canterbury
  [3:40pm]
   

• The role of the Permitted Activity
  Amanda de Jong, Brighta Consulting Limited 
  [3:40pm]