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Wednesday 7 May 2025 | Tamaki Makaurau Auckland
  • It's happening

Housing Summit 2025

Join us at the annual Housing Summit 2025 alongside over 300 of Aotearoa’s senior leaders shaping the future of housing in New Zealand. From volume home builders, master planners, engineers, and architects, to community housing providers, government decision makers, product and material suppliers, and many more.

Our conference theme this year, "It's happening", underscores the importance of active participation and staying focussed on the importance of our homes as key to many of the challenges we face – cost of living, health, education and productivity, the energy crisis and climate.  

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Pricing (excl. GST)

Early bird tickets close on Monday 31 March. 

Full price;

$555 Member price
$830 Non Member price
$440 Future Thinkers

Early bird price;

$445 Member price
$665 Non Member price
$325 Future Thinkers

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Date & Time

Registration from 8.30am

Conference kick-off 9am

Networking drinks from 5pm

7/05/25
8.30am - 7.00pm

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Location

Grand Millennium Hotel

71 Mayoral Drive, Cnr Vincent Street

Auckland

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CPD Points

Continuous professional development points are available.

NZRAB - 60 / ADNZ - 6 

NZGBC - Green Star, Homestar, NABERSNZ, HomeFit

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2025 programme coming soon

We're assembling a stellar line-up of industry leaders who will address critical topics, including:

  • New developments in the science of sustainable housing
  • Leadership in planning and developing sustainable homes
  • Key drivers to improving supply
  • Meeting the market on affordable homes and community housing
  • Sustainable finance and the importance of partnering with developers 
  • Strategic partnerships and the government's strategy for social housing 
  • Funding mechanisms for community housing initiatives

2024 Programme

Morning session
Summit opening

 

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Global progress report

 

Matthew Cutler-Welsh, New Zealand Green Building Council

Ministerial update

 

Hon. Chris Penk, Minister of Building and Construction

What's next for New Zealand's building code?

 

Antonia Reid, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)

International keynote - Shifting the market to net zero 

 

Rob Pannell, The Buildings Hub UK

High performance homes. Delivered

 

Damiloju Adeyina, New Zealand Green Building Council

Nathan Edmondston, JTB Architects

Sam Brown, Arête Architects

Stephanie Spicer, Oceania

The value of embodied carbon analysis
International vs local manufacturing

 

Dyann Stewart, Technoform, DPS Consulting

Peacocke – a vibrant community for 20000 Hamiltonians

 

Mark Roberts, Hamilton City Council

Sonia Baker, Hamilton City Council

 

Afternoon session
   
Whenua and whare - our past, present and future housing projects

 

Lisa Davis, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust

Designing out costs

 

Ankit Sharma, Registered Master Builders Association 

Chris Litten, BRANZ

Iman Khajehzadeh, Kāinga Ora

Sam Archer, New Zealand Green Building Council

Sarah Elicker, Gracely

Putting the ESG into Build-to-Rent

Linda Trainer, Kiwi Property

Paula Bennett, Bayleys

Roy Thompson, New Ground Capital

Sam Stubbs, Simplicity New Zealand

An economic lens on a better housing future

 

Shamubeel Eaqub, Economist 

Chief executive closing remarks

 

Andrew Eagles, New Zealand Green Building Council

Bayleys Networking Cocktail Function

Enjoy drinks and nibbles whilst reflecting on the day with new connections

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Meet our speakers

Watch this space as we build out the programme of industry leaders...

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Chief Executive

New Zealand Green Building Council

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Bernard Hickey

Journalist and commentator

Cate Kearney (1)
Cate Kearney

Chief Executive

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust

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Francesca Muskovic

National Policy Director

Property Council of Australia

Israel MacDonald NZ Steel
Israel MacDonald

Sustainability & Market Development Manager

NZ Steel

Luke Menzel bw
Luke Menzel

Chief Executive

Energy Efficiency Council

Malcolm Fleming NZCB bw
Malcolm Fleming

Chief Executive

NZ Certified Builders Association 

Mark Todd bw
Mark Todd

Co-founder and Development Manager

Ockham Residential

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Matthew Cutler-Welsh

Business Development Manager - Residential

New Zealand Green Building Council

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Pamela Bell

Chief Everything Officer, New Zealand Institute of Building

Chair, NZ Construction Industry Council

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Paul Gilberd

Chief Executive

Community Housing Aotearoa

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Steve Moe

Chair, Community Finance 

Partner, ParryField Lawyers

Vicki White
Vicki White

Senior Research Scientist

BRANZ

Meet our sponsors

Keen to be involved? Contact us to find out more about our available sponsorship opportunities.

Gold sponsor
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Silver sponsor
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Coffee Cart sponsor

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get to the Housing Summit?

We fully encourage the use of public transport, so much so we will be giving away prizes for the best method of carbon zero transportation!

The Auckland Transport Journey Planner will help you plan public transport across bus, train and ferry in Auckland. 

I have a special request, how do I let you know?

Should you have a special request or question, please email us at events@nzgbc.org.nz.

Is there an accommodation provider?

We will be releasing more details on the accommodation details soon. 

What is the cancellation policy?

Full payment for registration fees must be received upon registration. If you have registered for an event and are no longer able to attend, a substitute delegate may take your place at the discretion of NZGBC.  

If you cannot transfer your booking, a full refund may be provided where our event manager receives notification (events@nzgbc.org.nz) at least 10 business days before the date of the event. If notice of cancellation is not provided or transfer arrangement made less than 10 days before the event, we are unable to provide a refund.  

Please note that for our Housing and Green Property Summits, this cancellation notice period is extended with refunds only available if we receive 20 business days’ notice.  

Refunds will not be given in any other circumstances except as required by law. 

Are there sponsorship opportunities?

If you are interested in being a sponsor for our Housing Summit, we would love to hear from you! Please email us for more information, at events@nzgbc.org.nz 

Who will be attending the Housing Summit?

  • Developers 

  • Community housing providers 

  • Government 

  • Agents 

  • Builders 

  • Engineers 

  • Architects 

  • Asset managers

  • Product and material suppliers 

Are there networking opportunities at the Housing Summit?

Yes, we will allow time during the breaks, and will be hosting a Networking Drinks immediately after the closing of the Summit.