UDINZ One Day Conference “Beyond the Network”

Tuesday 30 June
8.30am - 6.30pm
Pioneer Women's Memorial Hall, Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland CBD
Cost: UDINZ Member Standard $550, Non-Member $650
Half Day Passes available - see at the link below

Reserve your spot at a new UDINZ One Day Conference to be held on 30 June, 2026.

Beyond the Network: a deep dive on disaggregated infrastructure

Building on recent UDINZ site tours and development case studies that have highlighted the practical potential of site‑ and precinct‑scale solutions, Beyond the Network explores a deliberate shift away from an exclusive reliance on large, centralised, trunk‑based infrastructure systems towards more flexible, localised and precinct‑scale approaches to delivering power and three waters.

While traditional network models remain essential, they are increasingly struggling to keep pace with growth, urban intensification, climate pressures and affordability constraints. Capacity bottlenecks, long lead times and high upfront costs are now material barriers to development and housing delivery. Where conventional systems cannot respond quickly enough incumbent infrastructure providers are increasingly being asked to consider non‑networked alternatives and regulators and those formulating policy need to factor that into their thinking.

OUR SPEAKERS:

➡️Session 1: STATUS QUO - Incumbent Utilities and Regulator perspectives
🎤Sophie Jeffries and Helen Shaw of Watercare Services Limited
🎤Andrew McLeod, Northpower
🎤Dr Sara McFall, Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai 

➡️SESSION 2: SYSTEM DISRUPTORS - Interventions at a Structural Level
🎤Mike Casey, Rewiring Aotearoa
🎤David Knight, Transpower New Zealand
🎤Hugo Ellis, Cameron Partners
🎤Matt Sheehy, Tuatahi First Fibre
🎤Jo Jalfon, The Aotearoa Circle 

➡️Session 3: DELIVERERS - Real life Case Studies and Pilot
🎤Rural & Marae Drinking Water Programme: Rebecca Huckle MAPMP, National Infrastructure Funding and Financing
🎤Stanmore Road Apartments - Grey Lynn: Josh Yeats, Revolve Energy
🎤Te Whakaora o Tangaroa: Emma Content, Beca & Stu Farrant, Morphum Environmental
🎤Peachgrove East Pilot: Ben Preston, Living Systems Development, Aaron Rink, FLOW CONSULTING LTD and Roger Adlam, Watersmart

➡️LEADERSHIP PANEL: What might our future look like?
🎤Panel Facilitator: Joey Shannon, MartinJenkins
🎤Panelist: Gillian Blythe CMInstD, Water New Zealand
🎤Panelist: Raveen Jaduram, Board Chair and Director, Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai & Infracom
🎤Panelist: Tracey Kai, Electricity Networks Aotearoa

This one‑day conference focuses on what sits beyond conventional networks, including:

• Disaggregated infrastructure models that enable power and three waters to be delivered at precinct, site or sub‑network scale.

• Alternative ownership, funding and asset operation and governance arrangements.

• Precinct‑based solutions that better align infrastructure provision with land use, development sequencing and market demand.

• The resilience and redundancy benefits of diversified systems over single‑point network dependence.

• Whether the long‑established role of marae as resilient, place‑based community infrastructure — providing power, water, shelter and coordination - during times of disruption offers an alternative model for future urban form and infrastructure provision.

• Regulatory and institutional settings that either enable or constrain innovation outside the traditional network paradigm, including perspectives from incumbent electricity and water networks on risk, partnership models and future operating arrangements.

At Beyond the Network, we will ask how centralised systems can be complemented by smarter, more modular and more responsive approaches — particularly where network constraints are actively stalling development and limiting delivery sequencing and feasibility at a precinct scale.

At its core, the one‑day conference examines disaggregated infrastructure as a city‑shaping tool: one that can unlock stalled precincts, reduce development risk, accelerate delivery, and create more adaptable and resilient urban environments.

Beyond the Network brings together policymakers, infrastructure providers, developers, financiers and practitioners — alongside alternative technology providers, regulators and incumbent utilities — to reconsider where value is really created, and how infrastructure can move from being a constraint on development to a genuine enabler.

Who should attend: utilities and incumbent infrastructure operators, developers, policymakers regulators, financiers, consultants advising on development and infrastructure, suppliers and technology providers and anyone grappling with network constraints and interested in how precinct‑scale power and three waters solutions can unlock stalled development, improve resilience and reshape the New Zealand growth story.

UDINZ Economic & Property Market Update with Cotality - Christchurch

Thursday 2 July
4.30pm - 6.30pm
Christchurch
Cost: UDINZ Member Free, Non-Member $80

Join UDINZ and our research partner Cotality for an Economic and Property Market Update in Ōtautahi Christchurch kindly hosted by Beca at their office space part of our wider 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.

Kelvin Davidson, Chief Economist will discuss the latest trends in the economy and property market, including:

• A detailed look at recent economic and property market trends, including the interest rate and mortgage lending environment

• You’ll also get Cotality’s views on how sales volumes and house prices might perform in the next 6-12 months

• Nick will also provide an update on the how the key fundamentals are unfolding in 2026, including listings patterns, buyer activity by group,  the impact of DTIs, as well as the rental and construction outlook.

UDINZ Development Pipeline 2026 Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Thursday 23 July
4.30pm - 7.30pm
Boffa Miskell, Wellington
Cost: UDINZ Member Free, Non-Member $100

Join UDINZ at the Regional Development Pipeline 2026 in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington kindly hosted by Boffa Miskell.

At this showcase event we highlight a range of development projects, big & small, that are underway or in planning across Wellington.

Presentations will provide an inside look at each project’s vision, development journey and delivery process — including project scale, purpose, current stage, key challenges and opportunities, and how teams are navigating planning, infrastructure, design and stakeholder engagement.

Speakers will also share practical insights, lessons learned, innovative approaches and what’s next for their projects, offering valuable real-world learnings for developers, consultants, councils and industry partners alike from a range of organisations undertaking development.

Join us at this highly popular annual event that examines a range of projects while creating opportunities for meaningful industry connection and future collaboration across the urban development sector.

UDINZ members attend free of charge and non members $100/pp

UDINZ Development Pipeline 2026 Ōtautahi Christchurch

Wednesday 19 August
4.30pm - 7.30pm
Aurecon, Christchurch
Cost: UDINZ Member Free, Non-member $100

Join UDINZ at the Regional Development Pipeline 2026 in Ōtautahi Christchurch kindly hosted by Aurecon.

At this showcase event we highlight a range of development projects, big & small, that are underway or in planning across Christchurch.

Presentations will provide an inside look at each project’s vision, development journey and delivery process — including project scale, purpose, current stage, key challenges and opportunities, and how teams are navigating planning, infrastructure, design and stakeholder engagement.

Speakers will also share practical insights, lessons learned, innovative approaches and what’s next for their projects, offering valuable real-world learnings for developers, consultants, councils and industry partners alike from a range of organisations undertaking development.

Join us at this highly popular annual event that examines a range of projects while creating opportunities for meaningful industry connection and future collaboration across the urban development sector.

UDINZ members attend free of charge and non members $100/pp

UDINZ L&D Offering:

UDINZ Subscription Service.

Subscribe HERE

Did you miss one of our Webinars?

🚀 Unlock relevant learning & development content for yourself or your team through our new UDINZ Subscription Service #SubUrbDev.

Gain access to pre-recorded on-demand webinars with industry experts, thought leaders, and innovators on topics of interest to the sector, to watch at your leisure.

Discounted access for individuals working for UDINZ Member organisations.

“Watch party” option for use in a group training session context (saves you all the effort of having to organise a speaker)

Subscription options:

UDINZ Member;
> Individual that is an employee of a UDINZ Member* - $20.00 per person (7 days access only)
> "Watch Party" for a UDINZ Member*  - $200.00 for “broadcast” at your group training session (available for your designated scheduled date)

Non-member;
> Non-member Individual - $100.00 per person (7 days access only)
> Non member "Watch Party" - $500.00 for “broadcast” at your group training session (available for your designated scheduled date)

*Employer details/membership number do need to be provided and email addresses provided must align.

Please note that for UDINZ Members (who are already supporting the organisations efforts – though annual membership fees) access is provided at a discounted fee level that seeks only to cover our administrative and licensing costs. Other subscription options look to recoup a fee for the time our staff put into curating relevant issues, advertising and delivering events and in the case of the watch party the administrative support required for liaising with you and your technical support team around enabling access for a specific date and time.

For any queries please email info@udinz.nz. Payment must be provided via this portal before content links will be provided.

UDINZ L&D Offering:

Water NZ Digital Badges

UDINZ has done a deal with Water NZ, so confirmed UDINZ members can access Water NZ Digital Badges at a 15% discount on market rates. If you’re interested in registering for any of the Water NZ Digital Badges you can register your interest here: 

Water New Zealand Digital Badges (office.com)

Please note : You register and then Water NZ will confirm with us that the person registering is employed by a UDINZ member.

In return we’ll be making our Decipering Development course available to their members at our member rates. A win win for both organisations! 

UDINZ L&D Offering:

NZGBC's Green Star Rating

We are seeking Expressions of Interest on our newest UDINZ Learning & Development Offering. A course to be delivered for us by NZGBC on their Green Star Rating. 

Let us know at the link below if you and/or your organisation would be interested in attending this course and where in the country you are located (or would be willing to travel to). Date and time will be confirmed once the course minimum is achieved.

This course will help participants better understand Green Star, build your knowledge on managing risk from the tendering stage through construction, and managing documentation for compliance. It will explore the delivery-centric credits often managed by those on the tools and also take a deep dive into sourcing and tracking sustainable and responsible materials, as well as specific credits including Exposure to Toxins.

You will learn how construction materials must be vetted for compliance against VOC and formaldehyde content, and the benefit of materials with higher consideration to environmental sustainability.

The course will also look at onsite practices including managing waste and compliant construction practices.

You'll take away hints and tips from past projects and how to ensure the best assessment outcomes. With increasing interest from the finance sector in supporting green, sustainable building projects, this could also help with your cost of finance!

This is a great way to add a competitive advantage to your bids and tenders. 

Presenters include:

• Ben Cannon, Sustainability Manager

• Clare Gallagher, National Sustainability Manager

• Joe Quad, Manager - Buildings and Communities

Click HERE to Express your Interest.

UDINZ L&D OFFERING:

Deciphering Development for Professionals Course

Contact us to discuss delivery of this course (it will be delivered periodically as a public course based on interest but is also available privately)

Register your interest for future course date please fill out the form at the link and we will be in touch: https://forms.gle/BpRCDSJ2QjSg8iad8

Objective:
Add value to professionals current expertise.
Educate those in consulting and contracting an appreciation for the development process with a view to improving relationships and understanding each other’s perspective in delivering world class residential property development projects.
Create improvement, consistency and collaboration in property development.

Audience:
This is a professional development course for those working in the architecture, engineering, construction and real estate sectors, and who wish to understand how property developer clients think and act. Held as an interactive workshop, attendees will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of property development and how successful projects are created and delivered by property developers.

Facilitated by:
The course is facilitated by Andrew Crosby with other guest speakers included from time to time.

We have secured a potential host for this course in the coming monthl and will confirm the course is proceeding once we have sufficient registered attendees.