Communities, Coasts, and the future: A Panel discussion about working together to uphold the mana of Tāmaki Makaurau’s coasts and navigating an intergenerational adaptive planning journey.

“No one can do this alone…It will take government, business, mana whenua, communities and you” Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan

What does change look like for the coastal areas of Tāmaki Makaurau and how do we adapt to the wicked problem that climate change presents?

Join Auckland Council and Resource Coordination Partnerships to explore the future of coastal adaptation planning for Tamaki Makaurau.

Ngā hapori me te tahatai \ Communities and coast theme of Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan identifies the Shoreline Adaptation Plans as one of Auckland’s first steps toward adaptation planning. The development of our first generation of Shoreline Adaptation Plans, is providing a coordinated, long term management strategy for all council owned land and assets located along our regions 3,200km of coast.

Adaptation planning at scale is a developing Kaupapa across Aotearoa, stimulating questions about process, collaboration, co-design and intergenerational equity.

• What have we done well, what is working and how will we know?

• How can we work together better to improve this work, at a local, regional and national scale.

This collaborative Panel discussion will explore our relationships and connections to the coast, the challenges and opportunities that coastal hazards and climate change presents to our cultural, social, environmental and economic wellbeing, how we respond using adaptation planning processes and where to from here for successful implementation.

Panellists Include:

• Paora Puru (Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua)
• Councillor Richard Hills (Chair of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee, Auckland Council)
• Sage Vernall (Climate Adaptation Specialist & Shoreline Adaptation Plan Programme Engagement Lead)
• Alec Tang (Partner, KPMG)
• Fraser Robertson (Director, RCP)
• Dr Natasha Elizabeth Carpenter (Auckland Council's Coastal Management Practice Lead, Shoreline Adaptation Plan Programme Sponsor and Manager of Auckland's Coastal Structures Renewal Programme)
• Richard Reinen-Hamill  (Sector Director - Natural Hazard Reslience | Tonkin + Taylor)