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What’s Ahead for Talking Points for August & September. It’s been a busy period of delivering critical training opportun...
18/08/2026

What’s Ahead for Talking Points for August & September.

It’s been a busy period of delivering critical training opportunities as we get ready for reform. We’d like to highlight what’s ahead for Talking Points & CPD workshops in August & September.

Our Talking Points programme has already introduced some big conversations in 2026 & now is a great time to check your Talking Points credits & plan ahead.

👉 See what we have planned for August & September here: bit.ly/45S8XmB

Keep an eye on our events calendar for news of upcoming training to help get practitioners ready for transitional consenting - coming soon!



*$20 Members | $30 non-members. Credits available to eligible members only.

Adaptation Planning Panel Discussion.The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill was introduced last month, setting out t...
14/08/2026

Adaptation Planning Panel Discussion.

The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill was introduced last month, setting out the requirements for councils to undertake adaptation planning.

On Tuesday 25 August NZPI will host our next Talking Points webinar, providing a run-down of what the Bill requires for adaptation planning & how it relates to spatial planning. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the implications of the proposals in the Bill.

This will be a timely discussion, ahead of the Bill being referred to select committee for submissions & ahead of expected non-statutory consultation by MCERT on draft national direction.

👉Register here: bit.ly/4g7bG1r

Salary Survey 2025 – The Results are Here.NZPI conducts an annual survey of its members to provide the planning professi...
14/08/2026

Salary Survey 2025 – The Results are Here.

NZPI conducts an annual survey of its members to provide the planning profession with a snapshot of salaries & conditions in the industry. You’ve waited patiently while we’ve processed the responses, & our 2025 Salary Survey report is here - bit.ly/4i8vmTN

Transforming Planning Culture - From “No, But” to “Yes, How Might We”.We are in a time of significant planning reform wh...
14/08/2026

Transforming Planning Culture - From “No, But” to “Yes, How Might We”.

We are in a time of significant planning reform where much of the focus to date has been on new legislation, tools, and processes. However, how much will the success of the new system depend on a shifting planning culture? In the next of our Planning Practice Perspectives series, Graeme McCarrison, Sarah Jenkin & Alex Miller consider how we might transform from “no”, to “yes how might we?

👉Read: bit.ly/4xGuQAZ

The deadline for abstracts for will close in just over two weeks’ time on Friday 28 August at 4.00pm. We have a stron...
11/08/2026

The deadline for abstracts for will close in just over two weeks’ time on Friday 28 August at 4.00pm.

We have a strong theme to guide our Conference conversations in 2027, Planning for Future Generations – He Ao Anamata. To frame these conversations, our 2027 sub-themes will traverse;

➡️He Taiao Tūroa – Caring for the environment across generations
➡️Hapori Tōnui - Designing great places for people of all ages
➡️Hangarau Hou – Tools that shape the future
➡️Te Ara Māori – Shaping futures through partnership
➡️Hauora ā-hapori – Wellbeing across lifetimes
➡️Ngā Pūnana Tautoko – Systems built to last
➡️Whakahaere Anamata – Planning beyond the political cycle, an important conversation in election year.

We also invite abstracts for both the Emerging Planners Congress and Hui Papa Pounamu.

🔗 Full details and link to submit your abstract here: bit.ly/4bHglEw

Think ahead, grab an airline deal, and save the date for NZPIC27, 17–19 March, in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Join us.

Celebrating Emerging Leaders in Planning.Last week we celebrated the graduating class of our 25/26 Emerging Leaders Prog...
07/08/2026

Celebrating Emerging Leaders in Planning.

Last week we celebrated the graduating class of our 25/26 Emerging Leaders Programme. Today we welcome the new intake of a condensed programme, with future leaders taking part in online learning and two in-person events between August and December 2026.

👉 Read more bit.ly/3TGucVC

Spatial Planning Roadshow: It’s a Wrap of our In-Person Events.We’ve wrapped the last of our (in-person) Getting Ready f...
07/08/2026

Spatial Planning Roadshow: It’s a Wrap of our In-Person Events.

We’ve wrapped the last of our (in-person) Getting Ready for Spatial Planning workshops in Napier. It’s been quite a month, partnering with Taituarā and taking this important & timely training opportunity around the motu.

This week we share our thanks & an update on what’s ahead.

👉 READ bit.ly/4xoGPmz

Update from the Chair; Select Committee Report.NZPI Chair Andrea Harris provides commentary this week on the select comm...
07/08/2026

Update from the Chair; Select Committee Report.

NZPI Chair Andrea Harris provides commentary this week on the select committee report, seeking an enduring system.

👉 READ bit.ly/4fI9kpt

Emerging Planners as Part of the Reform Conversation.For emerging planners in NZ, RM reform is not an abstract policy de...
07/08/2026

Emerging Planners as Part of the Reform Conversation.

For emerging planners in NZ, RM reform is not an abstract policy debate but the context in which professional identity, confidence, & resilience is being challenged.

The next article in our series of planning practice perspectives has been prepared by Matt Campbell, & Alex Miller, providing an emerging planner & a planning manager perspective on how emerging planners can be part of the reform conversation.

👉 Read bit.ly/4w5RMbz

NZPI Seeks Enduring System & Bipartisan Support on RM ReformThis afternoon we’ll see the second reading of the Planning ...
04/08/2026

NZPI Seeks Enduring System & Bipartisan Support on RM Reform

This afternoon we’ll see the second reading of the Planning & Natural Environment Bills. NZPI is disappointed with where the select committee report has landed, with the apparent lack of bipartisan support for the replacement of the RMA. We challenge our elected representatives as they work through the remaining stages of the legislative process, to give us all a system that gives us certainty, is stable & will endure.

As professionals, we’ll work to implement the system the government delivers. We want to see a system the enables development where it makes sense & know many of our members are getting ready to implement the new system.

In the meantime, we’ll continue our conversations across the aisle, advocating for training & support for our profession.

➡️Watch the second reading live this afternoon here www.parliament.nz/en/watch-parliament-tv/

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