Event Details

Building on the success of the 2024 collaboration between The Post and Infrastructure New Zealand to deliver Future Proofing New Zealand: The 2050 Infrastructure Forum, the parties are joining forces again, this time to investigate local government and whether it's broken funding system can be fixed.

Join us on Wednesday 18 June at the Wellington Public Trust Hall from 5:30pm for Future Proofing New Zealand: The 2050 Local Government Forum.

This year’s forum will bring together business and sector leaders who are vitally concerned about the future direction of regional economic development under the current local government model. Regional deals, a key part of the government's local government policy priorities as it strives for growth, will be broken down as we hear how central government wants to work with local government.

The forum will be moderated by The Post’s national affairs editor Andrea Vance and will be livestreamed simultaneously on The Post and Stuff. 

A panel discussion featuring key thinkers in the local government arena, with involvement from The Post’s political, and economic affairs editor Luke Malpass and Infrastructure New Zealand’s Katie Bradford, will deliver the post-match analysis.

The audience will also be presented with exclusive new polling by international pollsters Freshwater Strategy; including a key Chatham House rules briefing by the pollster ahead of its release across multiple media platforms.

The 2024 forum brought together more than 150 CEOs and leaders in the infrastructure sector and we are excited to invite you to be part of this year's event.

Please note, this is an exclusive, invitation-only event. Attendance is limited to one representative per member organisation.