1. Pacific Water and Wastewater Association and
Water New Zealand
Collaborative Partnership Opportunities
2016

2. About us 7 operational staff Board of directors
12 Special interest groups
300+ corporate members
1500+ individual members
PWWA’s New Zealand’s sister organisation

3. Memorandum of Understanding
Link between websites
Event promotion
Collaborate on funding proposals to use NZ expertise to build capacity in the pacific
Promote and assist co-ordinating members for NZ, Pacific partnerships e.g. twinning
Co-ordinate members assistance in natural disasters
Complimentary conference registration
Participate in each others conferences
Share knowledge on governance
Use a common benchmarking platform
-existing MoU
-we act on some of the items in the MoU however there is scope for much more
-Im going to talk about some of thoose
-our next conference October, complimentary for PWWA, in Rotorua, the smelliest place in NZ we hope to see you there too.

4. Association operations Technical Publications
Further collaborative opportunities
Member management, constitution, journal, special interest group
Association operations
Special Interest Groups, Staff for twinning opportunities, Journal, Newsletter
Networks
Standards, Good Practice Guides, Software, Working Groups, Benchmarking
Technical Publications
Opus ETC – Scalable in-house capacity development programmes
Capacity Building
-from my managers and the brent
-why we want to work together

5. Association operations
Outsourcing Journal, policy submissions, events
Collaborative partnerships
Management models
Constitution, audits, financial systems
Governance processes
Accounts, membership database
Software platforms
-no experts, how we were at the same place as PWWA a few years ago
-but have a good experience learning from what has worked and what hasn’t that could be shared with PWWA
-contracts, and outsourcing models e.g. conference for example, very little management and returns lots of money
-governance, annual audits and budget setting processes to make sure were accountabl
Share Water New Zealand documents
Staff secondment to Water New Zealand

6. Special Interest Groups Communication channels
Networks
Modelling, Water efficiency, Digital Water, Stormwater, Backflow, Small Wastewater and Natural Systems
Special Interest Groups
Communication channels for twinning partners, contractor expertise, green pages, members database
Membership expertise
Fortnightly newsletter, journal, website, social media
Communication channels
-how the special interest groups work via teleconference
-if you are looking for work, come through water NZ – communications channels
Sign up for pipline newsletter (whats in there)
Join a Special Interest Group
Request partners through Water New Zealand
Promote events

7. Customise existing standards
Technical Publications
Advisory groups
Health and Safety, Wipes blockage reduction, Benchmarking
Good Practice Guides
Asbestos Cement Pipes, Inflow and Infiltration, Waterloss
Standards
Development, Drinking Water, Backflow prevention, Trade Waste Model Bylaw
-technical team
-how our advisory groups work
-what is on and how to get involved…. -
Join an Advisory Group
Download a Good Practice Guide (
Customise existing standards

8. Capacity Building Identify further Pacific partners
Fiji and New Zealand training
Water, wastewater operations Health and Safety (also aquatics and environment in NZ)
Expansion opportunities Asset Management training
Broader pacific trainees
Train the trainer
Train the trainer – provide support for staff to develop in house training capability
Identify further Pacific partners
Collaborate to obtain funding support