Crown Property Forum 2017 – Abstracts & Bios
Lou Sanson, Director-General, Department of Conservation: The DOC storyThis talk will cover why working in partnership with others is the future and what DOC is doing to adapt to new demands and expectations.
Lou Sansonwas appointed as Director-General of the Department of Conservation in September 2013, after 11 years as Chief Executive of Antarctica New Zealand - responsible for developing, managing, and executing New Zealand’s activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
The Department of Conservation is responsible for managing 8.5 million hectares of public land (approximately 30% of New Zealand’s landmass) and 34 marine reserves.
DOC manages over 14,000km of tracks and 970 huts. These places are used by 48% of NewZealanders (approximately 1.6 million people) and approximately 30% of overseas visitors (and many more view the iconic scenery from a distance).
During his time at Antarctica New Zealand Lou has overseen the deepest ever multi-national sedimentary science drilling project in Antarctica (ANDRILL) and he led the development of Antarctica’s largest wind turbine project focussing on reducing fossil fuels at McMurdo Station and Scott Base.
Prior to this Lou was Conservator for Southland Conservancy in charge of Fiordland National Park and Stewart Island.
He also led the establishment of Rakiura National Park, the sub-Antarctic World Heritage Area and one of the world’s largest island eradication projects and helped establish a network of marine reserves in Fiordland and Stewart Island.
Lou is a keen outdoor person, he enjoys natural history, hiking, ski-touring, diving and photography.
Transformation and Regeneration of the Defence Estate - Phil Gurnsey and GPCAPT Steve Goodman, New Zealand Defence Force
This talk will cover how changing the way we do business every day will ensure we deliver in higher capital and operating investment expectations. The New Zealand Defence Force strategy for innovative solutions will look to use a strategy business partner to support delivery.
GPCAPT Steve Goodmanhas served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) for 33 years, initially as a Logistics Officer but later in his career in operational command and planning, personnel management, strategy and policy, and diplomatic roles across the wider New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). During his career he has served in roles throughout New Zealand, in Australia and in Singapore. He has deployed twice overseas on operational missions.
Stephen is a graduate of the RNZAF Command & Staff Course, the Royal Air Force Senior Logistics Management Course at RAF College Cranwell in the United Kingdom, and is a Fellow of the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies in Canberra, Australia. He has a Masters in Philosophy (Defence and Strategic Studies), and a Master of Arts (Strategic Studies).
Phil Gurnseyhas 25 years’ experience in central and local government and as a consultant, working with the machinery of government. Some of his past roles have included:
- developing the planning response to Christchurch air pollution
- driving reforms of the Resource Management Act (RMA)
- coordinating the whole of New Zealand government programme on climate change
- working on the creation of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme
- promoted recovery of my hometown Christchurch following the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake
- led town centre redevelopment for Paraparaumu and Waikane.
A1 –Waikato-Tainui Right of First Refusal Statement (with Taipu Paki) – I riro whenua atu, me hoki whenua mai- as land was taken, land should be returned. This session will cover Waikato-Tainui goals and aspirations for the return of their lands.
Taipu Paki is the senior advisor on strategic and legislative matters for the tribe’s outstanding claims. He was a key legal advisor for Waikato-Tainui for the Waikato River Settlements, fisheries and the tribe’s treaty settlement relativity mechanism.
B1 – Asbestos in property management (Victoria Essen, LINZ) – This session will cover how providing factual information about asbestos broadens understanding, and how to mitigate risk.
Victoria Essenis currently a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor at Land Information New Zealand. She works predominantly across the Flat Lands and Port Hills Clearance teams, manging the risks involved with the ongoing demolition projects as a result of the Christchurch earthquakes. Prior to this Victoria worked as a Portfolio Manager for the Flat Lands Clearance Team where she helped the team to safely clear around 7000 houses. Asbestos has been a consistent issue through out these clearance projects and today she is going to talk about how her teams have managed asbestos in a high profile environment.
C1 – Coordinating national imagery and LiDAR (Andrew Ferrel, LINZ) – unlocking the LINZ dataset, ease of access, progress, collaboration.
Aerial Imagery and Evaluation Data. LINZ will outline the work they are doing to unlock these two valuable datasets. Looking at the work to date and what the future plans are.
Andrew Ferrelis the National Imagery Manager at Land Information New Zealand, he oversees the National Imagery Coordination Project, and works closely with the team working to improve National Elevation Data.
A2 – Tāngata, Takiwā & Tūāpapa: Better listening and better gains for iwi aspirations(Wayne Mulligan, Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust), Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika have developed their pou tikanga for the next five years. These cornerstones provide a clear vision of the aspirations of Taranaki Whānui in all its activities both internally and externally with stakeholders. This presentation will examine the iwi perspective of People, Place and Platform and how individuals, businesses and organisations can work together with iwi to achieve better outcomes.
Wayne Mulligan is a founding partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Fomana Capital Ltd. He holds a Master of Management from the University of Auckland, specialising in strategy, business modelling and systems thinking. He has managed entrepreneurial start-ups, as well as public and private enterprises.
Wayne is also a shareholder and Director on a number of bio-pharmacy, food ingredient, and commercial companies, and is involved in a number of Māori businesses.
Wayne has completed a Stanford University Executive Program and provides consultancy services in planning, deployment and understanding high growth sectors and international markets.
B2 – Heritage values on Crown land (Christine Whybrew and Barbara Rouse, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)
Heritage New Zealand advises government departments on the historic and cultural heritage values of all Crown land proposed for disposal. Two Heritage New Zealand advisors (Christine Whybrew, Heritage Advisor for Crown land disposal and Barbara Rouse, Senior Heritage Policy Advisor) will discuss the process for assessing heritage values on Crown land and what our advice means in practice for departments and their agents working in the disposal of Crown land.
Christine and Barbara will present a number of recent case studies where positive outcomes have been negotiated for both commercial and heritage interests. In many cases, knowledge of the history of the place and the heritage values has enhanced the value of a property. The Crown land disposal process provides the opportunity to identify and assess previously undocumented historical and cultural heritage places, provide this information to disposing agencies and new owners, and increase our knowledge of New Zealand's heritage.
C2 – Interactive session (Hosted by Adam Crow and Gerard Christenhusz from LINZ’s Crown Property Business Support Team, and Paul Burke and Elizabeth Kearins from LINZ’s Crown Engagement team)
Interactive session showcasing the Crown Property Disposal Portal, the Crown Property Network, other Crown Property systems such as LINZMaps and LDS, and chatting with LINZ’s Crown Engagement team about how the Crown Property Centre of Expertise can help you with your property. Come see us and have a chat about our systems.
Gerard Christenhusz is the Senior Business and Data Analyst in Crown Property at Land Information New Zealand. He manages systems, reporting, and databases across the Crown Property Group including NaPALIS, LINZMaps, and the Clearances Decision Tracker.
Adam Crow joined LINZ from CERA in December 2015 and is currently a Data Management Specialist. He worked at CERA from September 2011 until November 2015 providing support for the use and development of Silverfish.
Adam is the system administrator for the following systems: Crown Property Disposal Portal; Crown Property Network; Crown Property Management and Silverfish. This support includes being system admin, providing training, Business Analysis, testing and general development of the systems. Adam also provides reporting on some aspects of the Christchurch earthquake recovery work i.e. Residential Red Zone and CBD.
Workshop 1 – Assessing options for the future use of Crown-owned land. Mathew Clark to lead, Land Information New ZealandThere are increasing demands to use Crown property for new initiatives. How do we strategically assess the need for land we manage when it could also be used for other government initiatives?
- How do agencies decide when they may no longer require land?
- Do you have a long term asset or property plan? How was this developed? What have been the good or bad points about it?
- When another agency approaches you to use your land, how do you consider their request?
- What do you take in to account?
- Have you ever had situations where another government agency has approached you before land was ‘surplus’ or where you were holding land for a future requirement
- Have you ever had more than one agency want to acquire your land? How have you dealt with those situations?
- The UK has the concept of One Public Estate to encourage more strategic thinking about public land (both central and local government). Could such a concept work here?
- What would help your agency in this area?
- Is there any way that other agencies could assist or lead in this work?
Workshop 2 – Managing buildings on Crown-owned land. Iain Gillies to lead, Ministry of Social Development Many properties have buildings in a poor state of repair, with vandalism, asbestos, or P-contamination problems. How are we dealing with these issues and what could improve our knowledge/ practice?
- What are some of the issues that people find managing buildings on Crown-owned land (brainstorm)?
- How do you manage these issues (i.e. own staff or service providers)?
- What works well and what doesn’t?
- What is there to support your management of these issues?
- What could be done differently?
- What would help your agency in this area?
- Is there any way that other agencies could assist or lead in this work?
Over the last seven years, Iain transferred his Telecom and consulting experience to NZTA where he improved acquisition and disposal processes, including collaborating with LINZ on amendments to the Public Works Act.
Iain brings a fresh and pragmatic approach to property problem solving and solution development. He is looking forward to exploring and encouraging new approaches to maintaining buildings.
Workshop 3 – What is “good performance” for Crown property? Guy Simpson to lead, New Zealand Defence Force
There are good KPIs for managing government office space, but how do we measure how we look after other buildings and vacant land? Is it important to know how we are doing? Are there common benchmarks we could use across the Crown property estate?
- Is measuring performance in property management important to your agency? Why?
- Does your agency have performance measures for land or building management? What are they? (brainstorm)
- If you do measure this work, how do you use what you find?
- How do these measures fit with what your agency is trying to achieve (objectives?)
- Would common measures across the public sector be useful?
- What are some of the main areas that could be looked at for measurement?
- Is there any way that other agencies could assist or lead in this work?
A3 – Right of First Refusal (RFR) Information Project (Mae Newey and colleagues, Ministry of Justice/Office of Treaty Settlements)
The Rights of First Refusal Project began last year at the request of the Minister of Finance. The Working Group running the project consists of officials from the Office of Treaty Settlements, Land Information New Zealand, the Post Settlement Commitments Unit and Treasury.
RFRs are a common, long lasting opportunity provided through Treaty Settlements for iwi to acquire land over time.
The project aims to improve awareness and understanding of RFRs, their operation, common issues and their relevance to policy work involving Crown owned land and land use.
Information on RFRs is dispersed, technical, and not easily accessible. The full potential of RFRs to strengthen the Crown-Maori relationship could be further realised.
The RFR project aims to:
- Consolidate information
- Connect people to information
- Fill gaps – eg develop guidance
- Raise awareness
- Support iwi understanding
Supported by the RFR Working Group:
Marian Smith – Director,Post Settlement Commitments Unit
Jason Mataio – Advisor, Post Settlement Commitments Unit
Craig Harris – Acting Manager, Policy, Land Information New Zealand
Deborah Jackson, Principle Land Advisor,Office of Treaty Settlements
Perrine Gilkison, Analyst, Treasury
Kirstin Hagen, Senior Analyst, Treasury
Jacki Cole, Senior Solicitor, Treasury
B3 – Driving Innovation in Acquisition Engagement (Rick Galli, Auckland Transport)
Rick Galli joined the CRL Project 4 years ago, from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) where he was the Acquisition Manager for the Western Ring Route RoNS including the Waterview Connection.
Rick keeps close ties with LINZ on best practise in applying the Public Works Act and delivering efficient and fair outcomes.
He has 25 years’ experience in planning, due diligence, acquisition, design and construction management of developments involving highly automated factories, laboratories and infrastructure work gained in the USA, Japan, Malaysia, Canada, Germany and New Zealand.
With a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Rick’s early career involved the architectural design, seismic upgrades and construction management of facilities for Intel, General Electric, General Motors, NEC Electronics, Hewlett Packard, and Apple Computer. He has served as an expert to the State of California Supreme Court and has given evidence in the NZ Environment Court and the Land Valuation Tribunal.
Carol Greensmith, communications manager for City Rail Link, joined the CRL at the outset over five years ago, as an AECOM consultant setting the strategic direction and communication and engagement principles for the project,eventually transferring to Auckland Transport.
For AECOM sheestablished and lead its communication and community business in New Zealand, providing strategic counsel across the country for a variety of clients. Prior to that, she led communication and stakeholder engagement for NZTA’s Waterview Connection project from concept to Board of Inquiry.
Her and Rick have worked closely on both CRL and Waterview, combining best practice in the application of a legal framework and stakeholder engagement.
Carol has comprehensive communications and community engagement leadership experience with an extensive history in central and local government including almost a decade in major infrastructure. This is backed bya two-decade background as a journalist across all media.
C3 –Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Land Strategy (Te Rautaki Whenua)
Puritia tāwhia kia ita,
Te mana tipuna,
Te mana whenua,
Te mana tangata
Hold fast and firm,
To my inherited authority,
To my right to this land,
To my freedom and right to self determination