The theme of the 2017 Community Boards Conference was "Making 1 + 1 = 3" or, how can we as boards achieve more for our communities with the resources we are given.
It was the eleventh Community Boards conference and took place from 12-13 May 2017 in Methven.
Media coverage
Community boards play important role
Adequate housing a basic human right
Don't waste life, do what you love
Conference presentations
Presentations from the 2017 Community Board Conference can be found below:
Adequate housing: Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda
Links to reports
David Rutherford
From the SVA to today
Sam Johnson, sponsored by Chorus
Thinking like an Entrepreneur
Eyal Halamish
LGNZ Big Ticket Projects
Malcolm Alexander
Reflections on Baxter's Te Whiore o te Kuri: Connecting with communities in the 21st century
Peter Biggs
TacklingPovertyNZ
Wendy McGuinness
Organisation + Engagement = Great Outcomes
Darren Keenan and Ray Tye
Measuring value – is it really all about GDP?
Hillmare Schulze
Nothing less than equal
David Hammond
Update from LGNZ President
Don Cameron (on behalf of Mayor Lawrence Yule)
Start with a Smile Campaign
Vincie Billante, John Hobbs, Michele Hider
Using civic technology and geo design in community engagement
Nick Williamson