8.00am - Registrations & Coffee | Rēhitatanga & kawhe

Session One: Democracy | Manapori

8.30am - Mihi Whakatau and PLNZ Waiata
Chair's opening remarks

9.00am - Guest Speaker | Kaikōrero manuhiri
Courtney Johnston, Tumu Whakarae Chief Executive, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, Tongarewa
Cultural Institutions as Democratic Spaces: In her address, Courtney will explore how and why museums have changed over the last 30 years in relation to the changing nature and needs of our society, and where our service as cultural institutions may grow in the future.

9.45am - Guest Speaker | Kaikōrero manuhiri
Professor Chris Gallavin, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, Eisenhower Fellow, Chair of NZCGS, Performance Poet
Hate speech vs. freedom of speech, and the role of public libraries in the debate.

10.30am - Networking & Refreshments | Tūhononga & paramanawa

Session Two: Diversity | Kanorau

11.00am - Guest Speaker | Kaikōrero manuhiri
Vanisa Dhiru, Commissioner, Library Information Advisory Commission (LIAC)
The Honour & Burden of Representation: Vanisa will share her parts of her personal journey reflecting on the honour and burden endured during her career as a young ethnic female leader. Her third culture kid story focuses on assimilation and integration challenges whilst growing up in the Manawatū. Through her story, you may reminder yourself why we all need to continuously step back and understand biases, remember to slow down our thinking, and question our assumptions.

11.45am - A personal account | Tōku Kōrero
Bernie Hawke, Dunedin City Libraries
In this session Bernie charts an exercise in community tolerance when responding to a request for an Inter-Faith space.

12.15pm - PLNZ Platform

12.30pm - Networking & Lunch

Session Three: Workshop: Historic Data Collection

1.30pm - Brilliant Data: National Data Collection
The value of historical data hinges on correct, reliable, and comparable data. This webinar will guide you through our new data collection tool in which you can correct your library statistics, view a year-by-year comparison of your library's stats and compare those to the national data. With this information, you will be able to tell your library's story and create strategies for these changing times.
Facilitators: PLNZ member, Tiffany Daubitz with Colin Read.

2.00 pm - Guest Speaker | Kaikōrero manuhiri
Amy Hughes, General Manager Communication, Experience and Conservation
The Zoo revolution: Green Zoo Green You
Wellington Zoo was the first Carbon Zero Zoo in the world. Amy shares the behind the scenes management of creating the Zoo's sustainability framework.

2.45pm - PLNZ Platform

3.00pm - Networking & Refreshments | Tūhononga & paramanawa

Library Tours | Haerenga whare pukapuka

3.30pm
Tour 1 - Waitohi, Johnsonville Hub & Arapaki on Manners
Tour 2 - He Matapihi, National Library pop-up & Te Awe on Brandon Street.
Curated by Jane Brooker, with Team Libraries and Community Spaces, Wellington City Libraries.

5.00pm - End of day one

6.00pm - Wheeler's Delegates Dinner | Hapa apārangi
with special guest speaker
Award winning investigative journalist, Paula Penfold
Copthorne Hotel Oriental Bay, more here