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On Wednesday the 13th of May, the New Zealand Business & Parliament Trust held its first Presidents Dinner of 2026 in the Ministerial Dining Room in the Beehive.
Hosted by Barbara Kuriger MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives with senior parliamentary guests Hon Dr Megan Woods, (Member for Wigram – Labour Party Spokesperson for Energy & Resources, Manufacturing & Industry and Associate Spokesperson Finance) and Hon Damien OConnor, Labour Party List MP and Spokesperson for Defense, Land Information, Regional Development, Trade & Export Growth.
Our corporate guests were Andrea Rickard ( Managing Director Beca), Lyall Hedges (Executive GM T&I South, Downer NZ Ltd), Matt Ritchie (GM Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs, Genesis), Bryce Davies (Executive Manager Corporate Relations, IAG), Steven McJorrow (CFO, Pāmu Landcorp Farming Limited, Landcorp), Julie Wagener (Lovell-Smith) (GM Communications, Government and Community Relations, Port of Auckland), Paul Blue (Chief Executive, PowerNet), Ben McLaren (Chief Executive Officer, Russell McVeagh), Ronald Mudaliar (Chief Underwriting Officer, Tower Insurance), Bernadette Kelly (Chief People and Corporate Officer, TVNZ), and Chris Blenkiron (Group Chief Executive, Vector Limited).