Tag: CEO Update

Leonie Freeman: Mid-year whip around

I got a shock late last week when our Leadership Team sat down to confirm our closing dates for Christmas. I believe my exact response was “I can’t believe you’re […]

Budget 2022 delivers an extension of BAU

Today, Finance Minister Grant Robertson released the Government’s annual spending plans for the coming year. Going into Budget Day, we’d already been fed a few breadcrumbs; the Apprenticeship Boost scheme […]

Leonie Freeman: Recharge and reset

Somehow it feels like the Easter break couldn’t have come at a better time. With most of New Zealand still in the grips of peak-omicron outbreak, people are busy, juggling […]

Leonie Freeman: He waka hono tangata

He waka hono tangata A canoe that unites the people Our central role as Property Council New Zealand is to hono, to connect. We connect the industry with policy makers, […]

Leonie Freeman: Setting the agenda

Last week, Property Council’s National Board finalised our advocacy priorities for the coming year, setting the agenda for our workstreams for the months ahead. While the past couple of years […]

Leonie Freeman: The Art of Advocacy

In late 2021, Property Council’s advocacy team circulated a survey to members asking them to rank the top local and national priorities for us to work on in 2022. The […]

Leonie Freeman: Meri Kirihimete

What. A. Year. I’m not sure what happened to the rest of 2021, but here we are, on the short downward slope towards Christmas and a summer break that looks […]