Date: |
28 Apr 2026, 5.00PM – 7.00PM |
duration: |
2 hrs |
Venue: |
Greenmeadows Centre |
Address: |
Greenmeadows Centre Main Hall Nelson-Marlborough |
Cost: |
Free event |
From recovery to resilience: adapting to a changing climate in Nelson/Tasman
From recovery to resilience: adapting to a changing climate in Nelson/Tasman brings together practitioners, thought leaders and decision‑makers to reflect on what recent extreme weather events have taught us about climate risk in our region. From flooding and storm damage to ongoing pressures on infrastructure, housing, land, and livelihoods, Nelson/Tasman is experiencing the reality of climate change now. This event focuses on moving beyond recovery alone, recognising that repeated disruption highlights the need for longer‑term, proactive adaptation.
Join us to explore how we can strengthen resilience across Nelson/Tasman by learning from recent experiences and planning for future impacts. Through shared insights and practical examples, the event will examine locally relevant approaches such as insights from Māori-led adaptation, coastal management and how lessons from recovery efforts following Cyclone Gabrielle helped to shape national direction on natural hazards. The aim is to support a more connected, adaptable, and future‑ready region—one that is better equipped to respond to a changing climate.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Maxine Day and Connie-May Nisbet (Ministry for the Environment)
- Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Pattle Delamore Partners)
- Bryan Scoles (Tasman District Council)
The individual presentations will be followed by a panel discussion, facilitated by Grant Maxwell (Stantec). There will be an opportunity to connect and chat over drinks and nibbles afterwards.
Speakers bios
Maxine Day is a Principal Advisor – Policy in the Adaptation Systems group at the Ministry for the Environment, with a focus on land‑use planning and climate adaptation. Her work centres on how planning systems can respond to long‑term environmental change, including the integration of adaptation considerations into policy, spatial planning, and local government processes. She works closely at the interface of planning, climate adaptation, natural hazards, and regulatory reform to support practical and durable planning outcomes.
Connie-May Nisbet manages the Natural Hazards Policy team at the Ministry for the Environment. This team has developed policy to manage natural hazard risk through the resource management system, including the NPS for Natural Hazards and forthcoming work in the new resource management planning system. Her work focusses on how resource management planning can drive resilience in new development, risk reduction for existing development and swift post disaster recovery.
Dr Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūtetawha)is a climate adaptation and natural hazards scientist at Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd (PDP). He has extensive experience working alongside hapū and iwi Māori across Aotearoa New Zealand to understand climate and natural hazard risk and support community-led adaptation. Akuhata recently completed his PhD, developing an adaptation framework that centres and supports the resilience aspirations of hapū and iwi Māori.
Bryan Scoles is a Resource Scientist specialising in natural hazards at Tasman District Council, focusing on shoreline management, coastal monitoring, and hazard risk assessments. A lot of Bryan’s work revolves around understanding the dynamic interactions between coastal processes, community use, and long‑term environmental change.
Regional gathering to talk on adaptive coastal planning and recent legislation changes in the coastal space in terms of natural hazards. While additionally looking at the effects of coastal protection structures within Tasman District.
From recovery to resilience: adapting to a changing climate in Nelson/Tasman
From recovery to resilience: adapting to a changing climate in Nelson/Tasman brings together practitioners, thought leaders and decision‑makers to reflect on what recent extreme weather events have taught us about climate risk in our region. From flooding and storm damage to ongoing pressures on infrastructure, housing, land, and livelihoods, Nelson/Tasman is experiencing the reality of climate change now. This event focuses on moving beyond recovery alone, recognising that repeated disruption highlights the need for longer‑term, proactive adaptation.
Join us to explore how we can strengthen resilience across Nelson/Tasman by learning from recent experiences and planning for future impacts. Through shared insights and practical examples, the event will examine locally relevant approaches such as insights from Māori-led adaptation, coastal management and how lessons from recovery efforts following Cyclone Gabrielle helped to shape national direction on natural hazards. The aim is to support a more connected, adaptable, and future‑ready region—one that is better equipped to respond to a changing climate.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Maxine Day and Connie-May Nisbet (Ministry for the Environment)
- Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Pattle Delamore Partners)
- Bryan Scoles (Tasman District Council)
The individual presentations will be followed by a panel discussion, facilitated by Grant Maxwell (Stantec). There will be an opportunity to connect and chat over drinks and nibbles afterwards.
Speakers bios
Maxine Day is a Principal Advisor – Policy in the Adaptation Systems group at the Ministry for the Environment, with a focus on land‑use planning and climate adaptation. Her work centres on how planning systems can respond to long‑term environmental change, including the integration of adaptation considerations into policy, spatial planning, and local government processes. She works closely at the interface of planning, climate adaptation, natural hazards, and regulatory reform to support practical and durable planning outcomes.
Connie-May Nisbet manages the Natural Hazards Policy team at the Ministry for the Environment. This team has developed policy to manage natural hazard risk through the resource management system, including the NPS for Natural Hazards and forthcoming work in the new resource management planning system. Her work focusses on how resource management planning can drive resilience in new development, risk reduction for existing development and swift post disaster recovery.
Dr Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūtetawha)is a climate adaptation and natural hazards scientist at Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd (PDP). He has extensive experience working alongside hapū and iwi Māori across Aotearoa New Zealand to understand climate and natural hazard risk and support community-led adaptation. Akuhata recently completed his PhD, developing an adaptation framework that centres and supports the resilience aspirations of hapū and iwi Māori.
Bryan Scoles is a Resource Scientist specialising in natural hazards at Tasman District Council, focusing on shoreline management, coastal monitoring, and hazard risk assessments. A lot of Bryan’s work revolves around understanding the dynamic interactions between coastal processes, community use, and long‑term environmental change.
