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May 2010

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Towns & Cities NZ 2010 Conference

Raising the Bar – A new Decade and New Issues for Town and City Centres. 24-25 August – WELLINGTON Sessions will cover government leadership, urban design/spatial planning, local government and business partnership, commercial property, the Rugby World Cup, and infrastructure. To register or for more information contact Karen Remetis: 09 8461015 or karen@towncentredevelopment.co.nz

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NZ Smart Cities Summit

How innovative technologies and infrastructure planning can support the smart transformation of our cities 28 – 29 June, Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland

Posted in health and news & events and NZ policy issues and urban design

Planning for community health and wellbeing – Wellington 1 June 2010

This practical one-day workshop aims to introduce planners to health and wellbeing impact assessment (HIA). Planners will be introduced to the methods and practice of HIA. Planning case studies of completed HIAs are presented and critiqued showing how HIA can help achieve planning goals.

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ABC Radio National – Late Night Live: Are Our Cities Sustainable?

A discussion about the extent to which Australian cities, as we know them, are sustainable. Australia is a highly urbanised nation and yet when we talk about the potentially severe effects of climate change in Australia we tend not to talk about how our cities will cope, we tend to talk more about the damage [...]

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Do Something! Seminar – Tuesday 18 May

7.30pm at Ramsey House, 8 Kelburn Parade, Kelburn. The next Do Something! seminar will be held on Tuesday 18 May and the topic is Transport, Peak Oil and Climate Change. The issues:

Posted in news & events and NZ policy issues and research and Uncategorized

Next Steps for REN21 – NZ

As Minister Brownlee has just announced the NZ government’s intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) we thought we should update you on our collaboration with Dr. Eric Martinot, the author of the influential REN21 Renewables Global Status Report. Last year we contributed research towards the current edition of the REN21 Renewables Global [...]

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Latest Local Government Amendment Bill

If you’ve been following the media but haven’t seen the actual Bill, here’s the Bills Digest Bill