The Sessions
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Day One - Thursday 27th October 2022
Conference Opening
Mihi whakatau from Kaanihi Butler-Hare on behalf of Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa ki te Upoko o Te Ika a Māui - Video
Welcome from Peter Berg, Tāne’s Tree Trust - Video
Followed by conference facilitator Izzy Fenwick, Fenwick Group - Video
Hon Stuart Nash, min. forestry - Securing Aotearoa New Zealand’s future through native afforestation
Video
Dr. Rod Carr, Climate Change Commission - Advice on the role of forestry
Video
Penny Nelson, Department of Conservation - Te Mana o te Taiao – when nature is thriving
Video | Slides
Session One: Our place in the landscape - unlocking the narrative
Hon James Shaw, min. climate change & ASSOC. MIN. ENVIRONMENT - The ETS and biodiversity incentives
Video
Te Kapunga Dewes, Nga Pou a Tane (The National Māori Forestry Association) - A Māori perspective: why we want native afforestation; and will fight for exotics in the ETS
Video | Slides
David Rhodes, NZFOA - Private sector reflections on native forest regeneration
Video | Slides
James Treadwell, NZIF - Our place in the landscape - a professional forester view - Presented by Jack Palmer
Video
Jason Wilson, Te Uru Rākau - Addressing barriers to support native afforestation
Video | Slides
Session Two: Why native forests are worth fighting for - their many values
Dame Anne Salmond, University of Auckland - O Tātou Ngahere: looking back, looking forward
Video | Slides
Dr. Jacqui Aimers, Tāne’s Tree Trust - Valuing the invaluable - why native trees are worth fighting for
Video | Slides
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt, Trees that Count - A te ao Māori view on protecting our rākau rangatira and ngāhere
Video | Slides
Rob McGowan, Tāne’s Tree Trust - Restoring the kakahu (cloak) of Papatūānuku
Video | Slides
Jon Dronfield, Tāne’s Tree Trust/SEYMOUR FORESTRY - “In the woods we return to reason and faith.” - Is there a place for an indigenous timber industry
Video | Slides
Session Three: Think like a forest - busting the myths
Adam Thompson, Restore Native - Making it easy for farmers
Video | Slides
Mark Kimberley, EnviroStat; Dr. David Bergin, Tāne’s Tree Trust & Prof. Warwick Silvester, Tāne’s Tree Trust - Carbon sequestration by native forest: setting the record straight
Video | Slides
Kit Richards, NZIF REGISTERED FORESTRY CONSULTANT - Is larger scale management of secondary native forest a reality?
Video | Slides
Farmer led panel (sponsored by Silver Fern Farms) - Native forest restoration & biodiversity management on farms - Video
Moderated by Prof. David Norton, featuring
- Sam Gibson, Landcare TrUst officer, Tairawhiti
- Laura Watson, sheep & beef farmer, Gisborne
- Matt Iremonger, sheep & beef farmer, Banks Peninsula
- Geoff Ross, high country farmer, Otago
- Sandra Campbell, dairy farmer & Thriving Southland facilitator, south Otago/Southland
Evening event with keynote speaker:
Professor Tim Flannery with Rob Morrison, Pure Advantage - Native forests and the cost of carbon - An opportunity for New Zealand
Video
Day Two - Friday 28th October 2022
Session Four: Envisioning the future
Hon Poto Williams, Min. Conservation - Our plan for biodiversity - Presented by Stephanie Rowe
Video | Slides
Dr. Colin Meurk, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research - Trees are budding actors on the cultural landscape stage in a play of processions, patches, and pests
Video | Slides
Paul Quinlan, Tāne’s Tree Trust - The Northland tōtara opportunity
Video | Slides
Dr. Fiona Carswell, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research - Natural regeneration - enjoy the journey!
Video | Slides
Peter Handford, Ground Truth - Native forest landscapes – practical pathways to the future - Presented by Jean-Paul Praat
Video
Session Five: Making it happen
Rangatahi panel (sponsored by Trees That Count) - Let’s talk about the future - Video
Moderated by Robyn Haugh, Trees That Count, featuring
- Taylor Davies-Colley, TTC ambassador, botanist and Science Communicator
- Sophie Handford, Kāpiti Council, Schools Strike 4 Climate Founder
- Halle Aish, Trees for Survival, environmental science student (UNIVErSITY OF Waikato)
- Mikaere Berryman-Kamp, MPI, Whakairo and taonga pūoro Artist
- Natalia Dunbier, Biology, Agriculture and Horticulture Student (Waiuku High School)
- Rhiannon Mackie, United Nations Stockholm+50 delegate, Hutt Valley High School STUDenT
Dr. Adam Forbes, Forbes Ecology - Transitional forestry – where has it come from and where should it go?
Video | Slides
Nathalie Whitaker, Toha - Healing our markets with better facts
Video
Dr. David Hall, auckland university of technology - Making space for natives: a roadmap to investment-readiness
Video | Slides
Dr. Jason Preble, Terraformation - From seeds to forests
Video | Slides
Prof. James Renwick, Victoria University - Global climate change and New Zealand forests
Video | Slides
Dr. Tim Payn, SCION - The impact of climate change on New Zealand forest
Video | Slides
Closing of day two & conference
Business led panel (sponsored by PwC) - What’s holding us back: Opportunities & challenges for more native forest - Video
Moderated by Sir Stephen Tindall, The Tindall Foundation, featuring
- Christina Hughes, Sustainability Manager, HRL Morrison & Co
- Annabell Chartres, Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change Leader, PwC NZ
- Ian Brennan, CASSIE’s FARM & Tāne’s Tree Trust
- Ben Tyas, ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY
- Oliver Hendrickson, Te Uru Rākau
Dr. Warren Parker, Pāmu - Summing up from conference, discussion & determination of next steps - Video
Closing comments from Peter Berg, Tāne’s Tree Trust - Video
Followed by karakia whakamutunga from Rob McGowan, Tāne’s Tree Trust - Video
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