Partners and sponsors

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.

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.

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.

Beca is one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies. Our purpose, is to make everyday better.

We work together with clients, partners, iwi and stakeholders, to shape sustainable and resilient communities and environments across Aotearoa.

Our diverse and multidisciplinary teams are passionate about applying innovative systems-thinking and approaches to the design and delivery of places and spaces people live, work, learn and play.

Founded in New Zealand, we’ve worked closely with local government for over 100 years. We look forward to building on that foundation, and growing our relationships, far into the future.

Built on strong values, Datacom has grown to be one of the region’s leading locally-owned technology businesses. We work across Australia and New Zealand to enhance people’s lives by turning the imaginable into reality.

Datacom supports customers through a broad range of services and solutions that span technology, operations, digital and products, all underpinned by robust industry experience and insight. With more than 6100 people working across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Datacom is truly world-class in capability, and proudly local at heart.