Murihiku Regeneration would like to thank the following sponsors for making this event possible:

• Fortescue Future Industries
• Hyundai New Zealand - providing the Hyundai Nexo that visited all secondary schools in Invercargill
• HWR Richardson - the venue at Transport World
• PGG Wrightson
• Meridian Energy
• Contact Energy
• Hokonui Rūnanga
• Public Sector: Ministry of Education, Te Puni Kōkiri, Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment

Special thanks to Ra Dallas - MC for the event.

Thanks also to Sono Sound Systems.

Introduction to event

The people of Murihiku have a once in a lifetime opportunity to leverage the closure of Tiwai Smelter and the greening of economic activity more generally, into a regenerative kaupapa. A kaupapa of sustainability and quality of life in a thriving, healthy environment for generations to come. Science and innovation will be the vital drivers of our future success. We know this because science and innovation are pivotal to responding to the challenges we face, including:

• Tiwai Smelter closure, the loss of jobs, and the remediation of the site.
• Climate change, environmental decline, and sustainability.
• Ensuring we can utilise green energy innovations to decarbonise human activity.
• The pace of technological change and its impact on the future of work.

The event was opened by Murihiku Upoko Michael Skerrett.

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, rau rangatira mā

Piki mai, kaki mai, nau mai, haere mai

Ki tēnei o tātou Wānanga Āhuatanga o te Ao

Haere mai, haere mai, haere mai

E hoa mā, ko mutu rā to tātou wānanga

Noreira nei rā te mihi ki a koutou

Mō koutou āwhina ki te kaupapa nei

He mihi nui, he mihi aroha

Hoki ora ai atu ki ōu koutou kāinga

I raro te Atawhai o to tātou Ariki

Haere atu rā

Michael Skerrett - Upoko

Presentations - day 1

Session One. Opening Remarks: Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku and Crown representative

• A partnership for regeneration. Speakers: Tā Tipene O’Regan and Hon Megan Woods

Session Two. Murihiku Regeneration: Purpose, priorities and focus of action

• Work-stream foci “Back to the future?”. Speaker: Dr Michael Stevens

• Scale and scope of opportunity. Speaker: Terry Nicholas

• Capability, the role of education and training. Speaker: Ivan Hodgetts

• Regenerating our whenua. Speakers: Riki Parata and Jana Davis

Session Three. Global Context to Local Practice: Decarbonisation and green energy

• Decarbonisation and green energy: the hydrogen opportunity. Speaker: Dr Andrew Forest AO, Fortescue Group (pre-recorded)

Watch the Fortescue video about hydrogen - the most abundant element on earth

• Green energy: how in an NZ Context. Speaker: Prof Sally Brooker, University of Otago
• Generators: Decarbonisation and green energy and the green hydrogen project. Speakers: Guy Waipara, Meridian Energy; James Flannery, Contact Energy

Session Four. Primary production: the future of food and fibre

• Food and fibre production and regenerative agriculture. Speakers: Prof Frank Griffin (University of Otago) and Milton Munro (PGG Wrightson)

Session Five. Government enablement: shifting practice in procurement

• MOE procurement, on system shift. Speaker: Aditi Cook (Chief Procurement Officer, Ministry of Education)

Session Six. The voice of youth - intergenerational transformation

• Rangatahi Tumeke Group. Speakers: Mya Kairau, Nola Cassidy, Jacob Taare, Destiny Naunau, Angelia Skerrett

Presentations - day 2

Session One. Tiwai: Situation and way forward

• Speakers from the RPS Group: Arnaud Deutsch, Tim Cope, Ruairi Hanly, Alister Kingston

Session Two. Workshopping collaboration and partnership (part one)

• Options: Green Energy (Mike Shatford) or Food and Fibre (Prof Frank Griffin and Milton Munro)

Session Three. Workshopping collaboration and partnership (part two)

• Options: Tiwai Closure (Dr Michael Stevens) or Capability and Education (Ivan Hodgetts)

A series of posters was developed to provide background and context to the Tiwai situation. Download them below:

• Poster 1: Cultural signficance - background
• Poster 2: Newspaper clippings - highlighting cultural importance of Tiwai Point
• Poster 3: Ecological significance of Tiwai Peninsula and surrounds
• Poster 4: Ecological systems - highlighting contaminant movement pathways
• Poster 5: Te Ao Māori and remediation