 No mai, hari mai, a welcome to this session of virtual regional business orientation. I've got Annie's just jumping in the room actually, that's great. So today we are going to be exploring Auckland City and we're going to have Fiona that's going to take us through the presentation, but in this session you'll hopefully see the general demographic statistics of the region, what sectors the region sees as opportunities and the resources that it wants to build on, and hear about case studies or projects that are current in the region, and then we can have a bit of Q&A at the end. So Fiona, I'll just hand it over to you and we'll go from there. Thank you Michelle. I am going to start immediately by sharing my screen, but hello to everybody who's here and as I'll say throughout, don't hesitate to get in touch if you've got questions, we'd love to make contact with you all. Let's make sure we get this correct. No, not that it's gone, that how it did the very first time Fiona. How's that? Perfect. Okay, great. Inga mana, inga mana fena o Tamaki Makaurau, inga hawa e tha o Tamaki Makaurau, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. No wa katoa hau ko Fiona toko inga. Greetings to acknowledge all of the voices, all of the iwi of Tamaki Makaurau, all of you who have arrived or will be arriving from the directions of the four winds. Greetings to you all and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you all today. I'm Fiona Haiko. I work for Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Tataaki Auckland Unlimited, which is Auckland's economic and cultural development agency. I am delighted to be here. EHF has been a long-standing partner of Auckland Unlimited. We are thrilled to be able to work with the EHF and to support fellows who are coming into Auckland. My job is to help that process, to create networks to help smooth your landing and to accelerate your connection to the Auckland ecosystem. Hopefully, this presentation gives you a bit of an idea of who we are, how we operate, some of the challenges and opportunities for Auckland at the moment, how we think that you can help us, and how you can connect with us so that we can help you as you arrive and settle. First of all, for a bit of context, in terms of Auckland Unlimited, we're called a council-controlled organisation. So, we're part of the wider Auckland Council network. We're a local government agency. We sit slightly outside of the council proper, so we don't deal with rubbish collection or rates or things like that, but our focus is to help the economic and cultural development of the city. So, we are creating a more desirable place to live, work, invest and do business. And that involves working with people like yourselves arriving in Auckland. Our name, we've recently been gifted Tātaki to add to our Auckland Unlimited. So, Tātaki, if you know of the Haka, there's a person who stands out the front and leads, and it's that vision and the leadership that sets pace and drives performance. So, our agency is tasked with being, leading by example, being culturally exclusive, creative and a very bold agency setting. That ambition and drive for the city to really reach its potential. We are set up, we're a very large agency. We have a very broad remit. We're set up in Rōpū and teams, and our core focus in all that we do is Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. So, we work in collaboration with partners to support businesses and key industries to attract foreign direct investment, to support events and to build a vibrant culture. So, the four areas that we have are investment and industry, which is very much the economic development focus, and potentially is where a lot of you will have interaction with us. We have Māori outcomes, Rōpū, who are focused on ensuring that we are delivering outcomes for Māori in Auckland. And then, we have the Arts and Entertainment, Arts and Entertainment and Events Team and the Cultural Organisations Team. So, there's a lot of programming, and this is the cultural side of our agency and what we do. So, we have all sorts of institutions under our wing, the zoo, the Maritime Museum. We have the Civic, which is one of our large theatres. The Auckland Art Gallery, I mentioned. So, it's quite a broad-ranging group of organisations. Some of the other things that fit across both the cultural and the economic side of things, we run and are very involved in things like the America's Cup, which you can imagine really drive the vibrancy of the city. And one that we're very excited about next year is the FIFA Women's World Cup, which will be hosted in both Australia and New Zealand. So, that will be big on the radar for us. In terms of how we operate, we align with a lot of Auckland Council strategies. Auckland is one of the largest local government body in the southern hemisphere. It came together over 10 years ago from a group of cities and we've combined to be one supercity. So, it's a very large geographic area, one of the largest cities geographically speaking, and I'll get to some of the population data a little later. So, there are a few things that we align with and just in terms of how some of your initiatives or how you understand what we do, these sorts of things may be important. So, there's an Auckland plan for development, which has a specific focus on the south and west of Auckland. So, there's been quite a lot of analysis done in terms of the uneven, particularly economic development throughout the city. So, a lot of our programmes and our focus pinpoints those areas to ensure that we're closing some of those gaps. There is Kia ora Tamaki Makoto, which is our Māori outcomes measurement framework and Tataaki Auckland Unlimited is the lead agency for part of that initiative. So, that looks to develop resilient and regenerative Māori economy by supporting economic opportunities for Māori businesses and iwi throughout our region. Tataaki Atawhi is Auckland's climate action plan. Auckland has declared climate emergency and this is a plan in terms of how the city is going to reduce emissions through the reduction target of 50% by 2030. You'll see later on that a lot of the work we do builds into these frameworks. And then the economic development action plan is where we are setting some of the plans in a three-year strategy about how we operate. So, I think compared to some other jurisdictions in the world, we are less bureaucratic. There are only two levels of government that we're dealing with. There's the national level and local government, which has some constraints for us but also allows us to operate a bit differently. And I would also say in terms of Auckland being a council-controlled organisation, we take much more of a commercial view and are looking to accelerate things as quickly as we can than I think a traditional council may. An example of how we work, and this is in the industry 4.0 space, we collaborate and facilitate connections. So, it's a large region. There are a number of players. We have a national innovation as a New Zealand national agency. The charge with innovation. We've got universities. We've got employers and manufacturers associations, businesses themselves. And we take a lead in some of those areas to ensure that we're getting that cross-integration of all of those stakeholders to ensure that we're minimising crossover, creating efficiencies and helping things go as quickly as they can. So, why Auckland? A lot of the stats come into play. We currently have a population of about 1.7 million people, which is just over a third of New Zealand's population. We're in the northern and on an isthmus in the North Island. So, it's the gateway to most... to two New Zealand foremost arrivals, pre-pandemic, and probably even more so at the moment, 10% of the people who do arrive in New Zealand come through Auckland. Our challenge is to help them stay here rather than just to carry on to somewhere else. Even though it's 34% of the population living here, we have a slightly higher share of GDP. So it's about towards 40% of New Zealand's GDP is generated in Auckland. We attract about half of the foreign direct investment that comes to New Zealand here. Auckland Unlimited is very involved in that work. And then it is the headquarters for many of the either New Zealand's top 200 companies or the multi-nationals well over 100 that are based here. We tend to see that multi-nationals who are looking at the Australasian region will look Sydney, Melbourne and then when they look to open a third office, is it Auckland or is it Perth? So we fall into that consideration set with Australia relatively often. One of the quotes that you'll hear from Auckland quite a lot is a tamaki heranga waka, tamaki heranga tangata, tamaki makoto. So Auckland the place where the canoes gather, Auckland the place where people gather and Auckland the place desired by many. We see this, I guess embodied in some of the recognition that we've received recently. The global livability index we consistently perform well in 2021. We were number one. I do have to sort of say I think COVID and our ability to remain open played a large part of that. And ironically this year, 2022, the lonely planet has called Auckland the number one city to visit. So we look forward to welcoming you all when you do arrive. We are. I think one of the benefits of where we are in the supplies to all of New Zealand is the time zone piece. Working with the West Coast US is it works very well from New Zealand. And then in terms of Europe, we can be working during the day and turn around work for the next day in Europe. We have two large ports, as I said, some business. So we've got we've got we're surrounded by water. We've got West Coast and East Coast beaches and ports on both sides. And we have strong infrastructure in terms of connectivity. This is has recently been, I guess, recognised with Amazon Web Services announcing a data centre here, which is going to facilitate some of those connections even further and allow really great high speed connectivity for businesses here. In terms of skills. We have we are shifting gradually towards a higher skill base with more people in high more highly skilled jobs. And we have seen due to the due to COVID, we've had a slowdown in migration in terms of work visas where in a couple of days that will reopen and we will be attracting more skilled workers into the area as well. The population has is forecast to reach two million in only about 10 years. This has slowed down a little bit because our population was pre COVID fuelled a lot. A lot of the growth was fueled by migration. We will still see an increase, but potentially slightly slower than what is shown here. But as a growing city and I guess we're at that sweet spot of between 1.5 million and 2 million people. We're certainly seeing interest from multinationals now that are seeing Auckland as as a big enough for them to consider, whereas previously we were too small. We are a very, very culturally diverse city. And we have over 180 nationalities. It's not just that people come from all over that, but we have a number, you know, 40 over 40% are born overseas and then an even higher percentage of people are born outside of Auckland. So it's somewhat rare to find an Aucklander who's been born and bred here, which really contributes to the diversity of the city. A number of the companies we've worked with comment that it's a great city for a test bed because of the diversity because we as New Zealanders are very quick to adopt to new technologies. So we certainly see that as an opportunity for the city. A number of our Auckland population speak more than two languages. We have a large Maori population and growing, and we are the largest, probably the largest Polynesian city in the world. So over 250,000 Pacific peoples from majority from the Polynesian part of Pacific, but a really broad representation and a heritage that we are very proud of as well. So as I mentioned before, a growing Māori and Pacifica population. This slide shows that over time, the proportion of this group is going to be as growing and is going to become more and more important to us. That's something we're really proud of and something that we certainly see in our creative industries and our tech industries that the different thinking and the vibrancy and diversity brought by our Māori and Pacifica will really build into our future identity and our future opportunity for our population and for our companies. Over COVID, New Zealand performed comparatively well. We have had a very good globally recognised COVID response. So there have been some real challenges and Auckland has been disproportionately affected by some of those challenges. So we've held three events to address these with business, youth, key stakeholders from various areas of the region to discuss what we need to do to help Auckland and Aucklanders thrive as we move into the future. We see the pause as an opportunity to really consider what we want Auckland to be and what we want to pursue for Auckland and Aucklanders in future. So the themes of these three events that have been held in 2020, 2021 and most recently last month are listed here. So there's a really strong belief that Auckland has a role as New Zealand's global city. And for New Zealand to thrive, Auckland has to be thriving. For that to happen, we need to be reconnecting with the world and that is not just Auckland or Auckland businesses going outwards, but to really understand the networks we have here and the connections from the population we have living in the city. So engaging with your fellows or with other migrants who are arriving, understanding how you want to help and what you want to be involved in and what skills you would like to be contributing. It's very important to us because we know that talent is here. So part of the job of Tataaki Okundan Limisi is to make those connections and help connect and accelerate that work. It's very important, as is being seen all over the world, that we are attracting and retaining talent here. We have a very mobile population, so it is a tradition for New Zealanders to travel overseas and work and hopefully come back. We welcome with open arms that experience and talent that is coming back, but again, how are we making sure that those connections are being made and that people feel welcome and embedded here to ensure that the vibrancy that those experiences and that knowledge brings is building into the city and to our economy. We have a desire to build genuine youth participation and engagement in some of these future problems and future challenges and future opportunities. And I think the next slide will show some of the thinking that we're doing in behind that in the intergenerational space as well. Auckland City Centre has like many around the world really suffered. And so some of the work that Auckland is focusing on now is how we can build that city centre back and potentially take a different view to what it was before. So looking at that social and creative experience. We have a very unique culture here with our Māori and Pasifika peoples and we really want to boost that culture and heritage and to ensure that we are telling those stories and that those people are enabled to do that. We have a program and a responsibility around Māori business and economy. These businesses resonate internationally and have some really great stories. So we want to really help to amplify that work and to supercharge that throughout the world. In March 22, earlier this year, reimagining Tama Kimakoda harnessing the region's potential was released by Koi2, which is a think tank based at the University of Auckland. This report, Genesis, was from Auckland's future now in previous years and it sets out a view or some provocations to generations out. How do we want the city to be? What is the potential of the city? How could we make this happen? It's not a plan, but it's a challenge to people to think about how we can view the city. Auckland Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is taking forward two of these, has adopted two of these recommendations or these proposals. Number two, a region of creativity and culture and number four, an innovative region. So as we work through some of our priorities, we're taking those two provocations and really thinking about what we want to achieve and how we can potentially get there. And that will include a lot of interaction with stakeholders, new ideas and challenges to ways things are currently done. So I'd really invite you to have a look at this work. It's quite a big piece of work and to think about whether there are areas that you can see yourself being involved in and if there are to get in touch with us because we'd really like to have those discussions with you. One of the areas of our economy that has been really hard hit and again, this is not limited to Auckland alone, but tourism and the visitor economy. Conferences and events and international students has always been one of the biggest parts of the economy in Auckland. And as you can see here when our borders closed, it really suffered. This will build back and as our borders reopen and the end of July is a very exciting time for us. As they reopen, we will see this industry come back. But again, in sort of referring to the last slide, how we want to rebuild that economy, how we support those businesses and given the climate considerations of New Zealand being a far away country, how we can look at some of the challenges around the visitor economy as we support this industry to rebuild are some of the key considerations that we're looking at at the moment. So I guess that's an overview of some of the work we're involved in. And what I would like to do is to focus on four, I believe, of the areas of focus for Auckland Unlimited and particularly the investment in industry team. So they are the Māori economy and business, the tech space, the creative space, and then our climate connect initiative. So these are the four areas that we are putting most of our effort in. And the final one I will touch on towards the end of the presentation will be our investment team who work across those areas. Te Ohanga Māori is Auckland's Māori economy. And in addition to the population figures I spoke about before, it's about 9% of Auckland's GDP. So it's a growing area. There are a number of over 16,000 businesses and many of these businesses are very small. So SMEs, a lot of self-employment and Auckland Unlimited is considering how we can support and grow this economy. Key sectors here are construction, healthcare and logistics, but as well as strong representation in the arts. Past recessions and as well COVID Māori businesses have tended to suffer disproportionately. I noted before that the south and west Auckland there's a gap in terms of the economic development and many of these businesses are based in those areas. So we have a Māori business team who are focused on facilitating and supporting Māori entrepreneurship to promote economic opportunity. We also have, we will have in the next month or so an investment specialist who will be working with Māori businesses to attract foreign direct investment into startups and Māori businesses who are ready for that next level. We have a Māori outcomes plan for Auckland Unlimited and this is wide-ranging and reflects the broad range of activities we're involved in. So it from Māori language in terms of bilingual signage at a number of our venues and events to ensuring that the culture and identity and values are reflected. Right through to youth and career development and ensuring that Māori youth are for example being represented in tech or some of those diversity issues are being addressed and particularly ensuring outcomes for our Māori population. As a council controlled organization and part of Auckland Council, the local government body, we have obligations to Te Tiritiki. So we're making sure that we're doing this and building that resilience and opportunity for our Māori businesses, artists and communities. We workforce and skills development is something that's very important to ensuring our economy thrives. One of our examples is micro-conditioning for particularly Pacifica people and this is to help as technology evolves to ensure that some of these people are being trained in areas of jobs that are potentially at risk. So that they are able to move into higher-paid jobs or better employment so that in future as their jobs shift they are ready for that shift and change. So we work with employers to support delivery and development of some of this skills development work. At the other end of the scale we also work to attract talent into the city because we are aware that again and for example tech there is a gap at the senior end of the market that we really want to close as quickly as possible which includes training and development but also attracting talent and helping to retain talent here. So we play in both ends of that spectrum. Looking at the numbers in terms of tech, we have a large number of tech firms in Auckland. We are the hub for tech here. Our GDP for the region is $13.5 billion and that accounts for over 55% of New Zealand's tech sector GDP. You'll see as well in the creative space we represent a lot of the GDP for the country. I think if you consider that New Zealand's GDP is often quite primary sector focused and Auckland doesn't have a very large primary sector that tech and creative and some of those really weightless exports become really important in this city. We have 119 of the top 200 firms. 70,000 people are employed in tech which is a considerable proportion when our population is only 1.5 billion. And there's strong ties so revenue from outside New Zealand. There's a strong sense of global connection in this area. As I mentioned before, we are seeing New Zealand and Auckland are on the radar of some of the large tech companies around the world with data centres being positioned here. I guess in terms of regional importance that is considerable for us. So our tech firms are strongly export oriented with the key markets tending to be the US with about 30% exporting to the US. Australia obviously being close, about 20% to Australia and then another 15% or so to Europe. In terms of our tech and innovation communities. We have quite a large ecosystem of spaces and places that we can connect you into. So, in addition to these, which we run and manage, we are very well integrated into the academic institutions into incubators and are very happy to facilitate introductions for you there. These co-working spaces at Grid Auckland, so the top two in the bottom right corner. So Grid Auckland has a, so Lysat building on the top left is for the very new stage start-ups. And there's a lot of support offered to companies there. The next one in the middle at the top, which is Grid Auckland again, tends to be for companies who are starting to scale a bit more. So that is still in the same precinct down in what we call Wyniad Quarter. In the same building we have Grid Auckland Futures, which is a space that allows for free thinking and workshops and we're able to help you to provide space to work with people there. Click Studios is relatively new on the bottom left there. It's a co-working space in West Auckland where there's a large concentration of tech and creative businesses. So it's targeting entrepreneurs, creatives, artists, game developers, programmers and filmmakers. And it's set up with the technology that some of those businesses need, but may not be able to access of their own accord. Outset Benches is a deep tech space in Parnell, which is right in the central city. Again, enabling businesses to access some of the gear that they need to explore as they grow. Grid Monaco is similar to Grid Auckland in that it's a co-working space with support and programs for start-ups. It's based in South Auckland, so it's not in the city centre and it's part of our initiative to support the communities in those areas. We are currently working through a tech and innovation strategy for Auckland and that will be released very soon. I think once that is released, it'll be a great platform to engage with you on. We're looking at how we build the ecosystem and I think a number of people who come through the EHF programme have very strong connections, networks, knowledge, deep knowledge and experience in that ability to advance and accelerate that ecosystem development. Our ask of you is we're looking for talent. We would like to build networks and to get to know you, to connect with you and to help build that Auckland ecosystem in the tech space. Our ultimate outcome is to create jobs, attract and sustain talent and to eventually, with a strong industry, attract investment into Auckland-based tech companies. There's some great ideas coming from here and we hope to share those with the world. The next sector I'm going to talk to you about is our creative industries. This is film, screen, music. All of the aspects around film including post-production. This is something that Auckland is very strong at. I think Wellington likes to claim, but we like to demonstrate the numbers and show that we have 46% of New Zealand's creative industries here. Sorry, creative businesses here. Other 50% of the creative workforce is based in Auckland and 51% of the creative GDP is attributed to Auckland. We're a UNESCO City of Music and I think it's not a particularly well-known fact, but the vibrancy of the creative ecosystem in Auckland is something that makes living here a real pleasure. I think to delve into screen a little more, probably in the next month or so we'll see the rings. We've had a lot of the rings, but the TV show is about to be launched and that was all filmed here, majority once over COVID. So we're very excited to have that taken to the screens, but the production and post-production piece in Auckland is very strong. We have film studios here and I think where a lot of New Zealand companies pay apart is in that post-production space. So a lot of the post-production for productions out of the US or Europe is done in Auckland as well. So that's something that we're looking to continue to build. The first launch recently is our long-term roadmap for the creative industry in Auckland. Its intention is to grow the creative economy here and it's an acknowledgement of the role that the creative economy plays in our regional identity and wellbeing. So it's not just the economic piece, but that identity and wellbeing being vital to who we are. Equally, there is an economic transformation piece so ensuring that this industry is given real opportunity to be as strong as it can and to be as connected as it can internationally. What I will do with this one is because there is a whole strategy that backs this up as I'll send the link when we send this presentation so that anyone who has an interest in the creative sector can read through the documentation there. We also invite you to connect with us. My colleague Michael Brock's details are on the slide in terms of he is leading on that work. So if there are people who are interested in this area and contributing or finding out more, we would welcome that engagement. Some of the opportunities that will be considered through this work are noted here. I think particularly for some of our creatives working out how to approach new markets, how to attract investment, how to ensure that there is a process for building and retaining talent are all things that are being considered to develop the sector. This is a standalone program that I wanted to raise with you in case people are interested in circular economy. Auckland, Tataaki Auckland Unlimited has run and supported X Labs. So it's a circular economy lab for existing companies to work through a process to work out how they can improve their processes and become more circular. The companies who have participated so far are listed below and it's a really broad bunch of companies. We've got construction, groceries, building, but also children's shoemaker. So this has been a very successful program. It will be run again. I know that they are running some online labs at the moment and they will be in person in a few months time. So if you are interested in the circular economy or have an interest there, we would like to connect to understand what you're looking to achieve and very happy to share what is already happening in the city here. Climate Connect Aotearoa is our new climate innovation hub. So in line with Auckland's climate objectives, this is some work that has been developed. It's going to be a physical space and an online presence. It's funded both by Auckland Council and I guess the operation of it is run by Tataaki Auckland Unlimited. And we want to develop, demonstrate and scale climate solutions. So it's not, I think there's often a view that government or local government is good at talking about things. This initiative is about doing and scaling and helping to actually create an impact. So our team have put together this slide, which gives us a bit of an overview of what we hope to do. We are looking to deliver against the plan to deliver a resilient low carbon economy, guided by our Kaitiaki values that will support Aucklanders to thrive. This has not yet been launched. It starts, it will be launched in August. And our team are very keen to engage and to understand how they can be working with the likes of EHF fellows to deliver some of these initiatives. In fact, they've given me this slide, which looks at the areas that they're looking to focus in and how the potential they see for collaboration with fellows. So what are the, what networks do you think we should be connecting with? And how can you, how can you connect into that initial work? What do you see as some of the challenges that need to transmit for informational solutions and do you have solutions that you think can help? How can we share knowledge and information in a meaningful way? There's something you can tell us to help develop the system-wide knowledge and capacity, that capacity building piece. And then do you want to remain engaged with us? So these, Climate Connect Aotearoa has been modelled of Climate Kick in the EU in Australia and Lacey out of LA. So it's a bold move and we're looking forward to seeing the impacts that can be made. And I know as a new team and a new initiative, we're very eager to engage and to take some of those best practice learnings where possible. To give you an idea of some of the work that will be going in initially, they are going to run some climate challenges. So around built environment and energy. I understand there will be a couple more of those. There will be a process of ecosystem mapping as well. So for people new to the area and to understanding the work that's going on, this piece will be incredibly valuable. This will be done in conjunction with AUT University and the University of Auckland, our two biggest academic institutions in the city. And I guess it talks to the closeness of how we interact with stakeholders around the region as well. So we certainly invite you to engage. I know that many fellows are interested in solutions or ways of supporting sustainability and climate change solutions. So let us know if you would like to engage on this one. In next pieces is our invested team. So the purpose of this team is to attract investment to Auckland. And that's not just capital investment and it's not just with corporate investors. Our team's role is to help people and to accelerate their settlement or their business ambitions here. So that includes my role and my team in terms of helping investor migrants and yet your fellows and returning Kiwis to integrate into Auckland quickly and effectively and to help you achieve what you are setting out to do. So we do have a team of investment specialists who work in a sector area and we also have a team of market specialists who help people to understand various markets and Auckland's engagement internationally. I guess some of the value we bring is that we help you navigate the Auckland Council ecosystem, which can be confusing at times. We're able to do that from within so hopefully we can reduce some of the time taken to do that. We have a really strong research team who are able to do market analysis or to give you an overview of some of the demographics of Auckland if you're considering an investment here or a new solution here. So the way the team works is it's at the moment very bespoke and if you have a challenge or an interest or an idea, we invite you to approach us and we can let you know just how we can help. It's usually in the form of introductions, information and insights. We work very closely with New Zealand government agencies like New Zealand Trade and Enterprise or Immigration New Zealand. So I'm very happy to facilitate what we can at the regional level. In terms of some of the areas of opportunity for investment in Auckland, most of them relate back to some of the challenges that we're currently facing. So the infrastructure in Auckland is just facing real growth. As I've said, where population is growing fast, there's been under-investment in Auckland's infrastructure in the past and there are some really large numbers being vested in some of the core infrastructure for the city. So it's housing. We're currently having the central rail link finished, which means underground rail for a small section of Auckland, which is novel for us. There will be light rail to the airport. There's a second harbour crossing, which is still under discussion. There's a significant transport project, so there's a lot happening in that core infrastructure space. The opportunity here is not just the capital investment, but we're looking for skills and new technologies and ideas of ways of doing this. So our team help to facilitate some of those introductions. In terms of housing, it's similar, but the 320,000 dwellings will be required. We're seeing huge development in the south of Auckland and in the northwest of Auckland. Again, the traditional model of housing in Auckland and much of New Zealand has been a single dwelling on a large-ish piece of land, which has resulted in a huge geographical spread of the city. We now acknowledge that that can't go on. The city can't continue to spread, so rates of intensification, how we build up rather than out, and different ways of building are now being considered. So new construction methods, prefabrication, potentially 3D modelling, not sorry, 3D printing. How can we bring new and different ways to solve some of the challenges that are being faced in the construction industry and to enable this large number of houses to be built in a relatively short time? I touched on the fact that the south is undergoing a large development. This talks to that further. There's essentially a new city going in to the north of the Waikato and the very southern part of Auckland that will have over 60,000 residents, over 22,000 homes. And currently there's a lot of work going on about what's the job footprint look like there, what sorts of industries will be going in. So that is all coming on stream now. So Auckland, it's dynamic and it's changing very quickly. And as the Economic Development Agency, we see the real opportunity to help create opportunity, particularly in some of those new sectors. In addition to these three areas, we work, the investment team work in the food and beverage space and not just your traditional food and beverage, but nutraceuticals, plant proteins and vertical farming as some of the areas are focused at the moment. And tourism is another area. So tourism infrastructure, but also tourism, as we start to think about it differently, what sorts of innovation can we support and what sorts of investment might be possible in those areas. When we consider locations and the impacts of the investment that is coming into the city, we are always cognizant of the south and west focus, but also of how we are helping our populations engage and benefit from this investment. One thing that I would like to flag with you is the 2035 Oceania Summit, which EHF is involved in and very integrally involved in. Auckland Unlimited is a major supporter of this initiative. It's in October this year and is shaping up to be a really engaging summit with a number of significant events in the margins. And I would invite you all to have a look at that and to consider attending if your interests are in that every food tech space because the speakers, the panellists and the surrounding activity really is looking promising. So from our investment team, as I mentioned before, the information introductions and insights are what we can support you with. And the sorts of things, property solutions or labour market and talent analysis are the types of things we provide free of charge to all of our clients. So if you're considering opportunities here, you're starting a new business where you're going to be employing people, we can help to facilitate some of those introductions for you. I'm going to share my final slide, which has my contact details, and I will stop sharing soon. But what I invite you to do is to contact me if you are interested in any of these opportunities, if you're interested in connecting with us. We will be developing a programme for fellows and other of us as other stakeholders, particularly investor migrants and returning Kiwis to ensure that we are engaging with you frequently. And there's an opportunity in the different sectors that there's an opportunity for you to learn more about the Auckland ecosystem and to learn about who we are and how we can help you. In early August, we'll be hosting an Auckland Orientation Day or a Welcome Day, and we would love to, at the invitation of the EHS, so thank you. And we would love to see you all to meet you in person to hopefully get you out and about and to experience some of those organisations or partners that we can introduce you to and actually take you and see some things. So welcome, congratulations, and we really invite you to connect. In the first instance, it's likely to be with me, but the best thing for me then to do is to connect you into our specialists and those people who have that really deep knowledge in the areas that you're interested in. So we look forward to working with you and wish you all a smooth transition to New Zealand. Thank you. Thank you, Fiona. That was absolutely amazing. I loved it. Thank you very much. And that date that Fiona's talking about is the 3rd of August, so that date's already been set, so that's the 3rd of August. If you're going to be in Auckland, we'd love to have you there. It's going to be great. So I will open up to Q&A, but I will just stop this recording and thank you, Fiona, it's been fabulous, and we will be sharing the presentation and this recording with you all. So look out for it in your own boxes. Thank you.