Urban Regeneration: Taking forward the challenge in New Zealand

5:15pm Registration opens
5:45 pm Opening address
5:55 pm Keynote speaker - Sir Howard Bernstein
6:25 pm Q&A panel session

• David Kennedy, Chief Executive, Ngāi Tahu Property
• Martin Udale, Independent Board Director
• Sue Evans, Urban Design Manager, Housing New Zealand
• Wayne Silver, Director, Willis Bond

6:45 pm Networking - canapés and drinks served

Calibre, together with its partners Colliers, ENGEO, MartinJenkins, MRCagney, RCP and Warren and Mahoney, cordially invite you to a unique event with a true leader in urban regeneration.  

Sir Howard Bernstein is widely recognised as one of the chief architects of Manchester’s resurgence over the last four decades. Join us as we hear from Sir Howard on how New Zealand can learn from Manchester’s experience.

Despite growth and housing pressures across our main centres, New Zealand continues to trail the delivery of urban regeneration in comparison with countries like the UK. With the government’s decision to set up a National Housing and Urban Development Authority, urban regeneration is firmly on the agenda.

This is an important time to learn from the innovative applications, public sector intervention and successful outcomes applied to tackle these challenging issues to create marked social and economic improvements.

About Sir Howard Bernstein

Sir Howard Bernstein is the former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council (1998-2017) and former Head of Paid Service for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (2011-2017). A passionate believer in the transformative power of cities and one of the chief architects of Manchester’s urban, social and economic resurgence over the last four decades, Bernstein now serves as a strategic advisor to several public, private and academic institutions in the UK and internationally.

Over a distinguished career in public service, Sir Howard has been instrumental in a number of projects and initiatives benefitting Manchester, Greater Manchester and the United Kingdom. He is widely recognised for pioneering the use of innovative financial instruments to support local investment in infrastructure, delivering
devolution agreements, forging a series of innovative public-private partnerships, facilitating a series of transformative projects and driving the social, urban and economic regeneration of disadvantaged parts of Greater Manchester.

Sir Howard was knighted for his services to Manchester in 2003.