Less is More

The Project Community Wellington brings you:

Two great speakers.

Data to Decisions
- Delivered by Rhedyn Law
What happens when you apply AI to one of New Zealand’s most complex regulatory challenges? This session explores how AI is being used to analyse planning rules across all 67 councils, generating insights that would be difficult and time-consuming to achieve manually. Learn about the technology, the findings, and the role AI can play in supporting planning reform and better public sector decision-making.

Reporting Through the Audit and Risk Lens
- Delivered by Meena Patel
What makes a report effective from an audit and assurance perspective? This session will explore the reporting practices that help leaders understand organisational performance, risk exposure, and project health. Meena will discuss how concise, focused reporting creates transparency, supports governance obligations, and enables informed oversight without unnecessary complexity.

Our speakers:
Rhedyn Law, Policy Manager at the Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions, and Transport Rhedyn Law | LinkedIn
Rhedyn Law leads a team of policy advisors and land use planners developing standard zones, overlays and other content to deliver the Government’s new planning system.
Rhedyn is familiar with the complexities of environment and urban policy and has experience in a broad range of policy areas, from comprehensive system reform to urban legislation. Prior to central government she worked as a planning consultant, delivering policy and regulatory planning services for district and regional councils, crown entities and private clients. Rhedyn has also worked in manufacturing, refining production processes to improve productivity. She has a background in engineering and is a Master of Urban Planning.

Meena Patel, Risk & Assurance, Deloitte Meena Patel | LinkedIn
Meena Patel is a Risk and Assurance leader at Deloitte New Zealand, partnering with boards and executives to strengthen governance, manage risk, and deliver assurance that drives better outcomes. Passionate about challenging the status quo, she brings practical insight and innovative thinking to complex transformation, public sector performance, and organisational resilience.

Agenda:
5:00pm - Pre-meeting drinks and finger food
5:20pm - 5 minutes - Welcomes and Introductions
5:25pm - 20 minutes - Presentation & Questions - Rhedyn Law
5:45pm - 20 minutes - Presentation & Questions - Meena Patel
6:05pm - 20 minutes – Small Group Discussions and report back
• What does ineffective steerco / exec reporting look like?
• What are the impacts?
• How to ensure reporting has the right focus?
6:25pm - 5 minutes - Signoff, Thanks and Next Meeting details
6:30pm - 20 minutes - Networking
7:00pm – Close