Keynote Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKER ONE - MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 9.15am
HON. STEVE MAHAREY
Member for Palmerston North 
Steve Maharey is the Member of Parliament for Palmerston North. Until recently he was Minister of Education, Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Minister for Crown Research Institutes and Minister responsible for the Education Review Office.
Steve has announced his intention to retire from politics to allow him to take up the position of Vice-Chancellor of Massey University later this year.
Steve has been the Labour Member of Parliament for Palmerston North since 1990. In the last Labour-Progressive government he held the portfolios of Social Development and Employment, Housing, Broadcasting, Research, Science and Technology (from December 2004), Crown Research Institutes (from December 2004) and Youth Affairs (from December 2004). He also served as Associate Education Minister (Tertiary Education) until December 2004. In the Labour-Alliance Government (1999-2002) he held the Social Services and Employment, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) and Community and Voluntary Sector portfolios.
In Opposition (1990-1999) Steve was variously the Opposition spokesperson for social welfare, employment, tertiary education, broadcasting, communications and labour relations. He has served on the social services, education and science, commerce, justice and law reform, and broadcasting Parliamentary select committees.
Steve has a B.A. and an M.A. (Hons) in sociology. He was a senior lecturer in sociology at Massey University before entering Parliament. He has published widely in his specialist areas of interest: media and cultural studies and social change. Earlier in his academic career Steve also taught business administration.
Between 1986 and 1989 Steve served as a member of the Palmerston North City Council. He was also the chairperson of the Palmerston North Labour Electorate Committee and a member of the party's Policy Council.
Steve lists cycling, music, cooking, social and political theory, travel and spectator sports among his interests.
ABSTRACTInvesting for Success: The Creation of Public Value in Tertiary Education
The tertiary education environment throughout the world is changing. Governments are asking to see tangible evidence of a return on the investment of public funds.
In New Zealand, tertiary institutions are required to submit an investment plan to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) prior to receiving government funding. The plan must show how the institution will contribute to the outcomes expected from the tertiary sector.
The notion of a return on investment has usually been associated with the private sector. So what does investment mean when applied to the public sector? Professor Mark Moore of Harvard University coined the term “public value” in an attempt to answer this question.
Public value refers to the benefits that accrue to the people and groups a public institution serves. In the private sector the drive to increase shareholder value usually means a strong focus on customer needs. In contrast, the creation of public value, while acknowledging consumer needs, means focusing on relationships with partners and stakeholders.
For public sector managers the concept of public value requires more than making the best use of their resources within the organization. They need to have clearly defined the purpose of their organization and have gained the authorization and support of stakeholders for the services they provide.
The implications of creating public value for tertiary sector managers are significant and need to be understood if their institutions are to thrive in the new environment.
Steve Maharey was the Associate Minister of Education responsible for tertiary education from 1999 until 2005. In this opening session, he will discuss how the concept of public value relates to the investment strategies of tertiary institutions.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER TWO - MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2.00pm
PROF JONATHAN BOSTON
Professor of Public Policy and Acting Director
Institute of Policy Studies - Victoria University of Wellington 
Jonathan Boston is Professor of Public Policy and Deputy Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. He was a member of the New Zealand Political Change Project from 1995-2002, which explored the behavioural, institutional and policy implications of MMP. During 2000-01, he served as a member of the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission, and later helped to design, implement and evaluate the Performance-Based Research Fund in the tertiary education sector. He has published widely on public management, social policy, tertiary education, comparative government and New Zealand politics. In recent years he has been actively involved in the policy issues surrounding climate change.
ABSTRACT
"Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change: The Responsibilities of Tertiary Institutions"
The international community has been grapplingfor over two decades to find a comprehensive and effective solution to the problem of human-induced climate change. Progress thus far has been slow and halting. This is not surprising. Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges ever to have faced humanity. If global greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced significantly, changes of an unprecedented scope and scale – behavioural, technological and institutional – will be required. Yet if the risks are as great as recent scientific evidence suggests and if the lags in the response times of major planetary systems are as long as is widely claimed, then concerted action will be needed sooner rather than later – and certainly within the next decade. Otherwise the environmental, economic and social costs of climate change are likely to be severe, not merely putting at risk the survival of countless species but also making the planet much less agreeable for human life.
Tertiary education institutions have a critical role to playinaddressingthe global challengesposed byclimate change. As research organizations, they have a responsibility to help lead the quest for appropriate technical and policy responses. As educational organizations, they have a responsibility to inform their students about the challenges that lie ahead and equip them with the knowledge and skills so that they can contribute to finding solutions. As major employers and energy users, they have a responsibility to provide leadership in reducing their carbon emissions.
In his keynote address, Professor Boston will outline the nature and magnitude of the task of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrationsin the atmosphere and discuss the important and distinctive role that tertiaryinstitutions should be playing in the global mitigation effort.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER THREE - TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 9.20am
NGAHIHI O TE RA BIDOIS
“Ancient Wisdom and Modern Solutions” 
Ngahihi o te ra Bidois is a Professional Speaker, VIP Host and Business, Maori and Education Consultant. Ngahi o te ra has a Business degree, a Teachers qualification and is currently completing a Masters in Education. He has been a secondary School teacher (HOD Maori), a Teachers Training College Lecturer, an Academic Adviser, a Kura Kaupapa Maori teacher and more recently a senior manager at Waiariki Institute of Technology, where he lead the School of Maori Studies, Journalism, Fashion, Art and Design. His Tribal affiliations are Te Arawa, Tuwharetoa and Mataatua of the Bay of Plenty and Taupo regions.
Ngahihi o te ra is currently a partner of Kauri Consultants, a business he has developed with his business partner, life partner and wife, Carolyn. One of their business strands is Professional Speaking as seen on their website at www.ngahibidois.com
Ngahihi o te ra is a gifted speaker. He recently received the Bright Star Speaker award 2007 and the MC of the year 2007 from the National Speakers Association in Auckland. His speaking tagline is ‘Ancient wisdom : Modern Solutions’ and he speaks authoritatively on Leadership in Education and Business and applies ancient wisdom from his indigenous culture to help people in their personal and professional lives.
Ngahi says “I am looking forward to speaking at the Tertiary Education Managers Conference. Tertiary Education is extremely important in the development of future generations and leaders. I look forward to helping people invest in Tertiary education.”
ABSTRACT
Licorice Allsorts for leaders
Ngahihi o te ra will provide you with keys to increase your leadership influence and therefore increase your investment in your tertiary institute.
Leadership determines the level of investment in a tertiary institute, but who invests in the leaders?
This keynote speech will outline several ways that you can increase your influence. An increase in your influence will naturally increase your investment into the tertiary sector and hopefully enable you to work smarter rather then harder.
In doing so, Ngahi will also outline at least one aspect of Ancient wisdom from his Maori culture which can be applied as a modern Leadership solution. For example, one concept is the development and importance of people. “He aha te mea nui? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.”
Speaking from personal experience Ngahi knows that Tertiary managers are leaders who require a range of Leadership skills. Prior to becoming a partner of Kauri consultants Ngahihi o te ra was a senior manager at Waiariki Institute of Education where he lead the school of Maori Studies, Journalism, Fashion, Arts and Design.
Ngahihi o te ra is a unique and gifted speaker. He is the recipient of the MC of the year 2007 and Bright Star Speaker award 2007 from the National Speakers Association in Auckland.
One of his listeners remarked that “Ngahi is proud of his Maori traditions, and links those traditions with the present day in a personal and unique manner, making him a speaker of note. His passion is inspiring and his message appeals to, and is appropriate to, all groups.”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOUR - TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 11.30am
DR STUART MIDDLETON
PhD, MA, AIEd(Lond.), DipEd, DipSLT, DipTchg
Executive Director
External Relations and Student Affairs
Manukau Institute of Technology
Dr Stuart Middleton taught English in several Manukau City secondary schools before becoming a teacher educator at the then Auckland College of Education. In 1990 he became Principal of Aorere College, a large multicultural secondary school in Manukau. During this time he was a member of the Minister’s Lead Group for qualifications reform. He returned to the Auckland College of Education to undertake a variety of roles before taking up his present position as Executive Director, External Relations and Student Affairs at Manukau Institute of Technology in 2002.
Stuart Middleton has been awarded a Commonwealth Relations Trust Fellowship to the University of London, several QANTAS Media Awards as New Zealand’s best social issues columnist. He has written a weekly column in NZ Education Review for the past ten years. In 2007 he won a Fulbright New Century Scholars Award and joined an international group of scholars studying equity and access in higher education. In September to December 2007 he will undertake a period as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California: Berkeley.
He is a Life Member of the NZ Assn for the Teaching of English and active in a variety of community organisations in Manukau including the City of Manukau Education Trust which he chairs, the Counties Manukau Regional Sports Trust and the Otara Economic Development Trust. He has recently been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of Manukau Leisure Services Ltd, a council controlled organisation that provides all leisure facilities and services throughout the city.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER FIVE - WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 8.30am
PROF LIZ HARMAN
Professor Harman is Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University, a position she has held since 2003 having come to the role with over 20 years experience in government, industry, and education. Her professional expertise is in politics and public policy for which she has been awarded a national Fellowship of the Institute of Public Administration. Professor Harman is a contributor to national developments in higher education as a Member of the Boards of Universities Australia and Business-Higher Education Roundtable and has previously held responsibilities as the Chair of the Universities Australia Deputy and Pro Vice-Chancellors (Academic); as a Board Member of the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association; and as an Auditor for the Australian Universities Quality Agency. She is also currently a member of the National Diploma Supplement Advisory Committee, an Advisory Board member of the L H Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, and a foundation Board member of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER SIX - WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 3.00pm
JOE BENNETT 
Joe Bennett is English by birth and was raised in Brighton - a town once described as looking as if it was helping the police with their enquiries. Joe went to Cambridge University and then, for want of any better ideas, taught English in Spain, France, Canada and, from 1987, New Zealand.
In 1998, Joe ran from the classroom to become a newspaper columnist. He has twice been voted columnist of the year at Qantas Media Awards.
Joe blasts every topic with the limpid comic prose which has led to his columns being syndicated throughout New Zealand and induced international publishers Simon and Schuster to publish a collection of his columns throughout the rest of the English-speaking world. Now a freelance writer, he appears with regular irregularity on television and National Radio.
Joe has had five books published in NZ by Hazard Press, and three worldwide by Simon and Schuster. Titles include 'Just Walking the Dogs', 'Sleeping Dogs and Other Lies' and 'So Help Me Dog'. Joe lives with a dog and three chickens on the shady side of Lyttelton.
