Get up to speed on the latest changes in the 5th Edition of the Government Procurement Rules, including simplified thresholds, the removal of sustainability rating requirements and the new economic benefit to New Zealand test. Explore the legal status of the rules, judicial review risks and practical conflict of interest management, all in one focused, practical session. A must attend!

Presenters

Amy Ryburn, Partner, Buddle Findlay
Amy specialises in commercial law. She advises on a range of commercial matters but has a particular focus on technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), outsourcing, public sector contracting and procurement, intellectual property, privacy and data protection, and consumer law matters. Amy has more than 20 years of experience working on complex technology projects in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Her team has worked on some of the most significant technology contracts in New Zealand in recent years (including a number of syndicated and framework agreements put in place for use by eligible Government agencies throughout New Zealand). Her expertise includes drafting, negotiating and providing strategic pragmatic advice on agreements for both customers and suppliers for cloud computing solutions, a full range of network and other telco services, and software development projects (using both agile and waterfall methodologies).

Bridie McKinnon, Partner, Buddle Findlay
Bridie has over 15 years' experience in a range of litigation matters in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Her experience includes contractual disputes, insolvency and credit recovery, securities enforcement, property disputes, regulatory investigations, judicial review and trust law issues. She has a particular interest in securities, insolvency and trust related matters. She is an author of the Practical Law digest on Farm Debt Mediation (Thomson Reuters) and is editor of Buddle Findlay's quarterly insolvency and restructuring newsletter.

Natasha Wilson, Partner, Buddle Findlay
Natasha is a partner in our public law team. She has extensive experience in advising public sector bodies on decision-making processes, legislative design, governance matters, funding arrangements, commissioning and procurement, and information obligations. Her clients include departments and ministries, Crown entities, local government, and SOEs, as well as private sector clients subject to regulation.

James Riddoch, Barrister, Canterbury Chambers
James is a specialist front-end construction lawyer with expertise in the procurement, contracting, and delivery of construction projects across a range of industries. He also provides probity advice on significant and sensitive public sector projects. James joined Canterbury Chambers as a commercial barrister in May 2025 and was previously a partner in the construction team of a national firm. Earlier in his career he spent over a decade working in London where he was recommended by the UK Legal 500 for his work in development in the social housing sector. James sits on the South Island Regional Committee of Property Council New Zealand, is the immediate past Chair of the South Island Region, and a past director on Property Council’s national board. Prior to his move to the bar he was ranked by Chambers and Partners for construction. James has acted on, and provided procurement, contracting and in-project advice for major projects and programmes for Government ministries and Crown agents, local authorities (and their subsidiaries), contractors, owner developers, and consultants. He has experience in a range of sectors including social infrastructure (particularly social housing in New Zealand and the United Kingdom), residential, industrial, commercial, retail, hospitality, education, and primary (particularly dairy).