Our Sponsors

Principal Sponsor, Simpson Grierson is one of New Zealand's leading commercial law firms, and also one of the largest. They are considered the foremost legal adviser to local authorities. Their expertise in Local Government processes and projects is invaluable to Taituarā.

Simpson Grierson has the largest public law practice of any law firm in New Zealand. But what really sets it apart are the legal specialists who operate within it. No other group has the scope of knowledge on the range of issues faced by local government. They are the indisputable market leaders in environmental law and resource management. Their public law specialists have accumulated decades of experience acting for a large local authority client base and assisting them in their dealings with central government. This experience has also been noted by government departments and agencies, who have asked them to participate in legislative drafting and to work with those responsible for shaping or reforming policy.

For more information please check out simpsongrierson.com

Civic Financial Services Ltd is owned by local authorities and has been exclusively servicing local government for more than fifty years.

Civic Financial Services is a specialist superannuation provider for local government. It administers the SuperEasy superannuation schemes - SuperEasy KiwiSaver Superannuation Scheme and SuperEasy employer scheme.

It also administers the New Zealand Local Authority Protection Programme (LAPP) Disaster Fund.

For more information visit civicfs.co.nz

At PwC New Zealand, we understand the challenges local government faces and can bring knowledge, objectivity and a demonstrated ability to every assignment.

PwC frequently works with many councils and infrastructure agencies on a range of advisory projects for both the core organisation and associated entities including trusts and CCOs. As well as our traditional expertise in financial accounting, tax, assurance and risk, we actively advise local government clients in a wide range of areas including: water and waste management, funding and finance, housing, government reforms and long-term planning.

For more information on how PwC can help you, visit pwc.co.nz

Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser serving commercial and individual clients with data driven risk solutions and advisory services. A wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), MMC and JLT Group became one company on 1 April 2019, bringing together two high-performing teams. At Marsh New Zealand, we have presence across 14 locations, access to even deeper risk expertise and specialty capabilities, greater talent, broader geographic reach, and more capacity in digital, data, and analytics. Our strengthened capabilities are harnessed to create value for your business in the moments that matter.

Marsh is proud to be a supporting sponsor of Taituarā.

To find out more visit www.marsh.co.nz