Let’s be honest: local government has had a bit going on lately. Reform, reviews, funding pressures, rates, three-year plans, spatial plans, long-term plans… and the occasional suggestion that perhaps councils should simply stop existing.

So, naturally, we’re getting everyone together in Tauranga to talk about it. Talk It Up 2027 is where the people who ACTUALLY know local government come together to share ideas, swap stories, learn from each other and ask the really important questions like “who approved this?” and “is this going to be in the LTP?”

Because if local government is ending as we've known it for the past 38 years, we might as well face it together! Preferably somewhere with decent coffee, plenty of laughs and a room full of people who understand why “just put it on social media” is not, in fact, a communications strategy.

Come for the speakers, the ideas and the networking. Stay because you’ve realised everyone else is just as confused as you are. Whatever happens next, be it reform, amalgamation, de-amalgamation, another review, another consultation, or the complete collapse of civilisation as we know it, let’s Talk it Up before they restructure us again!

When

Lock in Thursday 6 May - Friday 7 May 2027

Where

Historic Village, Tauranga

Cost

$300 early bird for both days

Early bird closes 31 December, 2026

Talk It Up 2027 - Tauranga

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