Agenda Sustainability Forum

Time and date:

2.00 4.00pm, 9 December 2015

Host:
Venue:

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology

Room M308 Third Floor NMIT Library
Room M308 is located on the third floor of the library building on the NMIT
Nelson campus. The library is shown as Building M on this map
http://www.nmit.ac.nz/about/nmitcampuses/nelsoncampus/nelsonmap/ .
There is limited parking so perhaps consider walking or biking instead

2.00pm

Update of activities
Forum participants are invited to make short presentations of their
recent activities. The following items will kick proceedings off:
John Moore will update the forum on the Southern Link.
Richard Oswald will lead a discussion on the Draft
Whakamahere Whakatu Nelson Plan.
Mike Ward will update us on Nelson 2060
Fiona Gillespie can perhaps update us on sustainability
activities at NMIT
Anybody else is welcome to volunteer. Come and update us
on your projects.

2:30pm

Presentation from Ian Shapcott

Iwi Resource Management in a post settlement world
Ian (Shappy) is a Resource Management expert working with
Te Atiawa and long standing member of the forum. Here is a
link to Te Atiawa Iwi Environmental Management plan.

3:15pm

Future sponsorship of Te Tau Ihu Sustainability Forum and possible

partnership with Sustainable Business Network
Jace Hobbs of the SBN will be attending the meeting to discuss a
possible partnership with the forum for 2016. The idea is to focus
the Forums activities more on public events than 6-weekly
meetings.

3.55

The next meeting

This is the last meeting for 2015, the next meeting will be in
February 2016, focussed on food and genetically modified
organisms. A venue is requested please

4.00

Close of meeting discussions can continue at the Sprig and

Fern on Hardy Street