B3: Strength in Connectivity
Tracks
Track 3
| Monday, March 9, 2026 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Details
Supporting strong and resilient cities & regions
Speaker
Stephen Day
Kaiwhakahaere Whakapā | Communications Manager
Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa
Mapping trails for resilient connections
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Stephen reckons having good outdoor access across our motu is the crucial link between active transport and outdoor recreation. He looks after the Herenga ā Nuku communications and partnerships team, helps tell Herenga ā Nuku's stories, and ensures people have the information they need about outdoor access.
Matt Grose
Kaiwhakahaere Mahere Raraunga | GIS Manager
Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa
Co presenting: Mapping trails for resilient connections
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Matt is passionate about GIS and its possibilities for organisations. He reckons he knows enough to be dangerous. His core role is to enable his team to do the magic that creates, maintains, and improves our maps and data for the public good. He brings over twenty years of experience in GIS, both in NZ and the UK, to Herenga ā Nuku.
Amy Hobbs
Design Manager/Principal Project Manager
Wellington City Council
From quay to mile: building resilient streets through partnership and persistence
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
With over 20 years of experience in landscape architecture, urban design and project management, Amy is passionate about creating sustainable and liveable environments that enhance the quality of life for people and communities. As the Design Manager/Principal Project Manager within the Major Transport Projects team at Wellington City Council, Amy provides expert design and delivery advice and coordinates complex transport projects like Golden Mile and Thorndon Quay. One of her strengths is relationship management involving mana whenua, local government entities and key stakeholders like accessibility groups, residents’ associations, utility operators and business groups. Previously Amy was a Technical Advisory Group member to the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme of projects specialising in urban design advice.
Mr Stephen Carruthers
Principal Project Manager
NZ Transport Agency
Courtney McCrostie
Senior Transport Engineer
Stantec
Sustainable, climate resilient access for the long term
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Courtney is a Senior Transport Engineer at Stantec based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. In recent years she has found herself helping councils and communities grapple with the impacts of a changing climate, and what that means now and 50-100 years from now.
The resilience and recovery space is rapidly changing as are expectations around the speed of recovery work. Courtney's friendly and frank approach helps communities navigate their way through some very challenging situations to an outcome everyone can (mostly) live with.
Dr Hyun Chan Kim
Sr. Lecturer
Waikato Institute of Technology
Modelling the impact of micro-mobility on urban transport in New Zealand cities: Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Dr. Hyun Chan Kim is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Engineering and Industrial Design at Wintec, NZ. He holds a PhD in civil engineering from the University of Canterbury and specialises in transportation planning, sustainable urban mobility, and mode choice modelling. With over a decade of teaching and research experience across NZ, the U.S., and S. Korea, Dr. Kim has led projects on micro-mobility, demand-responsive transport, and freight mode choice. His recent work focuses on resilient transport solutions for ageing populations and rural communities, aiming to inform data-driven policy and infrastructure planning.
Mr Matthew Kim
Graduate Engineer
WSP NZ
Co presenting: Modelling the impact of micro-mobility on urban transport in New Zealand cities: Auckland, Hamilton, and Christchurch
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
To be provided.
Questions and answers
B3: Strength in Connectivity Q&A
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography