Join us to hear Presentations from guest speakers followed by AGM.

The guest speakers are Emma Fergusson, Lecturer Massey University and Juliet Johnson, PAC representative and Andrea Harris, NZPI Board Member.

Emma Fergusson, Lecturer Massey University
This seminar presents findings of research into the discursive frames evident in policy documents which seek to address the challenges facing deprived communities. The research employs two detailed case studies, both of which fall in the most deprived decile nationally: Flaxmere, in Hawke’s Bay, and Tāmaki, in Auckland. In addition to providing some obvious contrasts (one provincial, one urban, one inland, one coastal), these two cases exemplify the predominant policy approaches applied to deprived areas: community development and housing-led regeneration.

The three themes discussed in this presentation—diversity, pathology, and responsibility—are not the only tropes evident in the policy documents considered but have been selected for examination because of the way these three themes interact with and reinforce each other. This seminar briefly introduces and contextualises each theme using examples from my case studies, before exploring the implications of these tropes in planning for deprived communities more generally.

Juliet Johnson, PAC representative and Andrea Harris, NZPI Board Member
Juliet Johnson (PAC rep) and Andrea Harris (Board member) will provide you with an update of where the current focus is for NZPI. This impacts all planners as we start to think about our future, with ever changing priorities. We want to hear about what is on your mind. Particular areas of focus are:
• What CPD do you want in the future?
• What are your thoughts on NZPI membership? Do you support associate membership?
• What are your thoughts on the reforms and the voice of NZPI?

The AGM will follow these presentations and then if there are enough members keen, a dinner.

RSVP by 11th December please.


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