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Cook Islands Tourism Strategy 2005-2015
In August 2006 the Hon. Wilkie Rasmussen, the Minister of Tourism for the Cook Islands signed the National Geographic’s Geotourism Charter making the country the first in the Pacific and the fourth in the world to sign. This was seen by the author of the strategy, Peter Phillips, as a good way of adding value to promotions ...More>>
Kupe Waka Centre
The Kupe Waka Centre is intended to be the national waka centre for Aotearoa~New Zealand, a celebration of the waka building of Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Puhipi Busby, and an icon of the country’s visitor industry. Its mission is to share the knowledge and experience of ocean-going waka...More>>
Eastern Corridor Strategy Study: Phase 1
A motorway from the eastern suburbs to downtown Auckland was first planned in the 1950s but for various reasons has never been built. In 2001 a team comprising MWH, Zomac Planning, Boffa Miskell and Dialogue was commissioned to undertake the first stage of the Eastern Corridor Strategy Study...More>>
Dialogue undertakes a range of planning studies as well as contributing to a range of infrastructure projects seeking RMA approvals through consultation, communications and social impact assessments. These studies range in scope from national tourism strategies through city transport and development planning to assessments of business feasibility and development proposals, and monitoring and evaluation studies.
Energy Scenario Studies
Long term strategic planning has now gone out of fashion in a number of quarters, strangled by Adam Smith’s “invisible hand”. Murray Ellis and Peter Phillips played a major role in scenario planning in the 1980s and 1990s in the electricity industry using a sophisticated 31 sector input-output model of the New Zealand economy.
New Zealand Planning Institute Strategic Planning Workshop
A workshop was held with the NZPI Council in December 2008 to focus and structure strategy development for the NZPI. The outcome was structured using a Logical Framework Analysis. The logframe sets out the main elements of the strategy developed in the workshop to achieve a newly defined goal and set of purposes for the NZPI.
Franklin District Growth Strategy
The DGS is part of Franklin District Council’s commitment to sustainable development. It seeks to meet local aspirations, expressed through the Vision, Mission and Community Outcomes, within the context of national, regional and local responsibilities and agreements. As the precursor to future district plans...More>>
Mahi Taapoi - Dialogue’s specialist tourism division
Mahi Taapoi specialises in eco-cultural tourism development that is grounded in the nature, culture and people of particular places - what the National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations calls “geotourism”. We have practical experience of community-based tourism in Aotearoa-New Zealand and the Cook Islands dating back two decades. We have worked one-on-one with individual businesses, with regional clusters, with Councils, a national tourism organisation, and an international aid agency....More>>