Events Calendar

Future Workplaces Forum: Thriving People, Thriving Organisations, a forum for local government leaders and professionals committed to valuing the health, safety and wellbeing of their biggest asset – their workforce.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

The 2024 Community Wellbeing Forum: Partnering, people and places: creating wellbeing councils is for leaders, planners, and policy-makers, engagement professionals, and frontline community development staff who want to know more about social investment and enabling community to have voice, choice, and ownership in decisions made about their place.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

This three-month programme is developed in association with the Capability Group for local government professionals and delivered by facilitators with exceptional knowledge and understanding of the sector.

Ōtautahi Christchurch

This course is the flagship course in our extended capability offering, teaching a process that officers advising council can use to support decision making on local government issues and writing compelling papers for senior leaders and elected members.

A practical session sharing the lessons from the 2023 weather events including developing land categorisation policies, methodologies and designing good acquisition programmes.

A networking and learning event for local government chief executives, sponsored by PwC.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Join us to celebrate a decade of excellence as we showcase and celebrate the outstanding people and mahi that contribute to the success of our sector.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Your guide to the world view of a pseudo lawyer, sovereign citizen or community sheriff, and interacting with these groups respectfully and safely.

A one-day workshop on how to provide advice to elected members including understanding meeting protocols, how to present your report and respond to questions, and what to expect in a challenging political environment.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

This Frank Capability course builds the technical and interpersonal skills needed for ensuring final written outputs are logically sound and error-free.

At the 2024 Democracy Professionals’ Forum (formerly the Governance Professional’s Forum) we will explore democracy, how its reach is wider than governance, the different areas of expertise needed in this role, and what a career pathway entails. The Forum is a valuable opportunity to learn from and network with leading experts in the field.

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

This Frank Capability course builds the skills and knowledge required to select and use the most relevant evidence and data to support decision making in local government.

This course is the flagship course in our extended capability offering, teaching a process that officers advising council can use to support decision making on local government issues and writing compelling papers for senior leaders and elected members.

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

This Frank Capability course builds the technical and interpersonal skills needed for ensuring final written outputs are logically sound and error-free.

This course is the flagship course in our extended capability offering, teaching a process that officers advising council can use to support decision making on local government issues and writing compelling papers for senior leaders and elected members.