Meet the 2025 Futurespace Award finalists
The ACE New Zealand Futurespace Award, sponsored by AECOM, recognises consultants who lead the charge in driving innovation and future-focused practices within their organisations and communities. Meet our 2025 finalists – Maria Mingallon (Mott MacDonald) and Tania Hyde (Beca).
Meet the 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Award finalists
The ACE New Zealand Diversity and Inclusion Award, sponsored by Stantec, celebrates consultants who exhibit outstanding leadership in their steadfast commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within their workspaces and communities. Meet our 2025 finalists – Aimee Matiu (Pattle Delamore Partners) and Kat Jackson (Mott MacDonald).
Meet the 2025 Emerging Leader Award finalists
The ACE New Zealand Emerging Leader Award, sponsored by Tonkin + Taylor, recognises consultants who show excellent leadership skills and a strong commitment to their own personal growth. Meet the 2025 finalists – Rasem Naji (Pacific Commissioning and Co-ordination), Sharon Parackal (Frequency) and Roanna Purcaru (GHD).
Five things that caught our attention in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025
This year marks 50 years of Māori Language Week and the theme ‘Ake ake ake – A Forever Language’ represents the resilience, adaptability and endurance of the language.
We wanted to share five things that caught our attention during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025.
NZTA’s new decision-led approach to projects
NZTA is making the way it plans and delivers state highway infrastructure projects more efficient and effective. Taking a decision-led approach to develop these projects is one of the ways it’s working to support faster, more cost-effective outcomes. This will drive the clear management of scope, budget and risk from the beginning of a project.
2025 ACE Awards raise the bar on consulting excellence
With judging completed for another year, 2025 ACE Awards Convenor David Bridges is full of praise for this year’s contenders citing collaboration, empowerment, engagement and capability building as featuring strongly. We asked David about the standout themes and why he’s especially excited about these awards.
Welcome to our new ACE Board members and Regional Chairs for 2025/26
Our Board members are responsible for the governance of ACE New Zealand and our Regional Chairs provide consulting leadership in their region aligned to our strategy. We’re excited to welcome new Board members and Regional Chairs into the ACE whanau.
Why business leaders must step back to move forward
Now more than ever, consulting business leaders need space to think beyond the immediate – to future-proof your business, strengthen leadership and stay ahead of change.
The work is coming – five things to do before you start hiring
Over the past few weeks, ACE New Zealand and Projectworks have sat around tables with engineering leaders from across the country. Regardless of region, size or speciality, the message we’ve heard from businesses is the same – the pipeline is starting to pick up.
NZTA removes insurance carve-out from SM030
ACE New Zealand’s strong advocacy and collaborative relationship with NZTA continues to deliver real results for our members. We’re pleased to share that NZTA has confirmed a negotiated position on liability requirements under the current version of its SMO30 contract.