| Date |
Location |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host |
| February |
Wellington |
Bryce Edwards and Andrew Geddis of the University of Otago |
Election Campaign Financing |
Bell Gully |
| March |
Wellington |
David Tripe, Centre for Banking Studies, Massey University |
Conundra in Banking Regulation |
Chapman Tripp |
| March |
Auckland |
Associate Professor Basil Sharp, University of Auckland Business School |
Design and operation of rights based systems of governance: issues for environmental and resource management |
Simpson Grierson |
| April |
Wellington |
Owen McShane |
RMA - getting out of the mess |
Ernst & Young |
| May |
Wellington |
Mark Ahn, Victoria University |
Biotech as a pillar of economic growth in NZ: sensible or nonsense? |
Kensington Swan |
| June |
Auckland |
Owen McShane |
Why Urban Planners love Global Warming: issues for land use, transport and housing affordability in a time of climate change alarmism
|
Ernst & Young |
| June |
Wellington |
Professor Lew Evans, Victoria University/ISCR |
To Own or Not to Own? Impacts of "Privatisation" and "Nationalisation" of New Zealand’s Railways
|
Chapman Tripp |
| July |
Wellington |
Ted Sieper |
Prosecuting criminal justice |
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts |
| July |
Auckland |
David Tripe, Centre for Banking Studies, Massey University |
Conundra in banking regulation |
Mayne Wetherell |
| August |
Wellington |
Hanna Wilberg, Facullty of Law, University of Auckland |
The defensive practice concern in public authority negligence claims: paralysis or conflict of duties? |
Buddle Findlay |
| August |
Auckland |
David Walker and Gus Charteris, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
The New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement |
Russell McVeagh |
| September |
Wellington |
Dean Shirley, New Zealand Commerce Commission |
The Introduction of Competition Law in Singapore - Reflections from a Kiwi Stranded in the Tropics |
Simpson Grierson |
| September |
Auckland |
Dr Bryce Edwards, Department of Politics, Otago University |
Political Finance in an election year |
Bell Gully |
| October |
Auckland |
Dr Lew Evans, Professor of Economics, Victoria University and Dr Mark Berry, Barristers.comm |
Price regulation of electricity networks – an update |
Chapman Tripp |
| October |
Wellington |
Ralph Townsend, Chief Economist, Ministry of Fisheries |
New Zealand’s Quota Management System, Successes and Challenges |
Russell McVeagh |
| November |
Auckland |
Dr Susan St John, University of Auckland Business School |
Using the law as a last resort in policy making: Challenging the “Working for Families” redistributive package |
Buddle Findlay |
| November |
Wellington |
Gus Charteris and Wendy Matthews, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
The NZ – China FTA |
Phillips Fox |
