Event Details

Join Infrastructure New Zealand for Building Strong Foundations: Insights from the 2025 INZ Canada Delegation in Christchurch on Tuesday 15 July, from 5:30pm, sponsored by Buddle Findlay.

Infrastructure New Zealand recently led a delegation of senior infrastructure leaders to Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. The study tour focussed on Canada's system-level infrastructure design, public private partnerships, public transport investments, and the devolution of infrastructure delivery to First Nations. 

We invite you to join us for the launch of our reports summarising key insights from the delegation, and for a discussion about how we take key learnings forward in the New Zealand context as we aspire to deliver infrastructure, create system change and grow the economy. 

We are holding three events;

• Christchurch: Tuesday 15 July, 5:30–7:30pm | Hosted by Buddle Findlay.

• Wellington: Wednesday 16 July, 5:30–7:30pm | Hosted by BNZ. 

• Auckland: Tuesday 22 July, 5:30-7:30pm | Hosted by Bell Gully. 

These events are a valuable opportunity to reflect on global best practice and help shape the future of infrastructure in Aotearoa. We hope to see you there.

Sponsor

We would like to thank Buddle Findlay for sponsoring our Christchurch event. 

Presenter Details

Tom Bennett - Partner, Buddle Findlay

Anthony McFadden - General Manager NZ, NSW, QLD, John Holland

Luke Donnelly - Director - Infrastructure, WT Partnerships

Luke is the Director of WT’s specialist infrastructure team, bringing extensive international leadership and technical experience to the role. Based in Christchurch, Luke delivers quantity surveying services on infrastructure projects across New Zealand.

Luke is known for his pragmatic approach, with a reputation for bringing accuracy and order to complex projects by combining his rare specialist knowledge in the infrastructure sector with proven methodology. Notably, Luke managed several major regeneration programmes of work following the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.

Currently, Luke is leading cost estimation services on several of the Government’s Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme, aimed at improving New Zealand’s key transport routes. Luke believes that quantity surveying is integral to a project’s risk management and essential for staying within budget while preserving value. His approach focuses on identifying potential exposure early and providing financial advice that minimises downstream costs without sacrificing project quality or outcomes.

Facilitator: Katie Bradford - Engagement and Strategy Manager, Infrastructure New Zealand

Katie Bradford is Infrastructure New Zealand’s Strategy and Engagement Manager, joining after more than two decades as a political and business journalist across media outlets in New Zealand and Australia. For the past five years, she’s been the Business Correspondent at 1News. Prior to that, she spent over ten years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery as a political reporter. It was a natural step in her career progression to jump at the opportunity to join the Infrastructure New Zealand team. Katie believes in advocating a bipartisan approach to infrastructure and pushing for a secure pipeline of projects, in a way that contributes to economic development and productivity in Aotearoa.