New Zealand’s premier residential development forum will return to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on Thursday 27 March 2025, as leaders from the residential development sector gathered for one day of education and engagement, plus a bonus day of pre-summit site tours.
Early bird pricing closes
24 December!
The Residential Development Summit is a bespoke educational event that brings together the best of Aotearoa New Zealand’s residential development, investment, and broader property community to share knowledge and think big.
With economic insights, jaw-dropping case studies and a host of industry leaders, this event promises to leave you better connected, informed and inspired.
We look forward to seeing you on 27 March 2025.
After the success of our site tours in 2024, we’ve got even more opportunities to check out the latest projects.
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Do you have a topic, speaker or project you’d like to see grace the Residential Development Summit stage in future – contact the events team today!
Have a look at the 2024 highlights!
Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier event for residential property development professionals.
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Meet our 2025 speaker lineup!
Lucinda Hartley is an award-winning urban designer, a cofounder of world-leading social analytics company Neighbourlytics, and a globally recognised expert in smart cities and social change.
Named as one of Australia’s 100 Most Influential Women by the Australian Financial Review, Lucinda is a technology leader who offers inspiration and practical advice on the future of living, the future of work and how technology can be a force for good in turbulent times.
Lucinda is an ‘urban futurist’ who has spent the past decade pioneering innovative solutions for improving cities and neighbourhoods, now adopted globally. She helped create the UN Sustainable Development Goals for cities (Goal 11), has delivered more than 100 neighbourhood improvement projects across Australia through her social enterprise CoDesign Studio and is now spearheading world leading technology for measuring neighbourhood lifestyle and wellbeing using digital data, as Founding Director of Neighbourlytics.
Lucinda’s passion for cities and neighbourhoods began in childhood, growing up in Kenya, Zimbabwe and a host of other countries where she saw first-hand how your postcode is as likely to affect your life expectancy as your genetic code. From this point she built a career seeking new ways to live.
Watch this space…
Minister of Housing, Minister for Infrastructure and Minister Responsible for RMA Reform
Chris Bishop is the Minister of Housing, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, Minister for Sport and Recreation, Leader of the House, and Associate Minister of Finance. He is the MP for Hutt South.
Chris was born and raised in Lower Hutt where he lives with his wife and young son. He has a first-class Honours degree in Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington, and was the 2006 Young Wellingtonian of the Year.
Before serving as an MP, Chris worked as a researcher for the National Party in Opposition and was later an advisor to Ministers in the John Key-led Government.
Chris was the National Party Campaign Chair for the 2023 General Election.
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Award winning journalist, Miriama Kamo, is the presenter and a reporter for TVNZ’s flagship current affairs programme, Sunday and a presenter on TVNZ’s bilingual Maori and English current affairs show, Marae.
Miriama has worked across most of TVNZ’s stable of news and current affairs programmes, including 20/20 and 1 News at Six.
As a newsreader, Miriama has been at the forefront of many major New Zealand events, including the Pike River Explosion, the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary, and the Christchurch earthquakes.
A writer, Miriama’s work is regularly featured on news sites, online publications and in magazines and in early 2018 Miriama had her first children’s book published.
Sharon grew up on a farm near Methven, and holds a Master of Commerce from the University of Canterbury. She started her career at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 1998, and has also worked at the central bank of Norway. She moved to the New Zealand banking sector in 2006. She joined the ANZ economics team in 2010 and became Chief Economist in late 2017. Sharon manages a team of six around New Zealand.
Outside of work, Sharon enjoys parenting, tramping, learning languages and singing.
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One of the most experienced development consultants in New Zealand, Nigel McKenna is renowned for his attention to detail and his ability to achieve quality results within commercial budgets and programmes. Nigel’s enthusiasm for innovation and his ability to identify opportunities others would consider too complex, or simply unattainable, has identified him as a leading light at the forefront of better management and urban planning.
With a first class honours degree in Construction Economics, construction engineering and building management qualifications, and a globe-spanning 25-year career, Nigel has a reputation for managing diverse teams and specialised projects. His work is known for its focus on design, ensuring the finished product is both functional and viable.
Amongst many other projects, Nigel was responsible for the management of the master planning process for the Viaduct, and was the development manager for Metropolis and the DFS Customhouse Galleria. As a senior developer Nigel’s contribution has been recognised by a range of industry awards and accolades, including for Dockside and Shed 5 in Wellington, Beaumont Quarter, North & Stratis at Lighter Quay and The Quadrant Hotel.
The legendary Nigel McKenna welcomes up to the 2025 Residential Development Summit in style.
Rachel has over 12 years of experience as an urban planner working in all aspects of the profession, including strategic planning, policy development, and consenting, in both the public and private sectors.
Rachel’s experience includes district plan reviews, structure planning, strategic planning in greenfields and brownfields areas, and consenting for large-scale developments throughout New Zealand. Rachel has experience in all aspects of consultation and engagement, as well as presenting planning evidence at hearings.
Watch this space…