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CONCOVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES – 17 NOVEMBER 2021 
NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2021, TIME / DATE TBC  
 
WELCOME AND ADMIN  
ATTENDEES: 
Co-Chairs  
 
 
Phil Hokianga, Graham Burke  
Board Members  
Heather MacKay, Amos Kamo, Honor Columbus, Martin Carroll, David Fabish, 
Pamela Bell 
General Manager  
 
Bharti Raniga 
In Attendance   
 
Vanessa Nash (ConCOVE Executive Assistant) 
Apologies 
 
 
Honor Columbus left the meeting at approximately 10am.   
 
 
 
 
Craig West, Nick Clayton  
 
AGENDA: 
Whakatau and Karakia
  
Given by Phil.   
Administration 
Register of Interests 
 
No new interests.   
Minutes of last meeting 
Confirmed by David Fabish, seconded by Heather MacKay.    
Correspondence  
 
Nil 
Actions Table   
 
  
Risk Register 
 
 
Taken as read in Board pack.  No comments / additions. 
 
Board-Only Time 
 
Occurred    
Closing Karakia  
 
Given by Phil 
 
1.  Board Only Time  
Held 9.00am – 10.00am. 
 
2.  General Manager’s Monthly Report  
a. 
Finances 
 
included in report    
b. 
Activity 
 
included in report 
c. 
Recruitment  
included in report 
d. 
Projects 
 
included in report  
 
  October was challenging with extended lockdown.  Well-being related issues for staff.  Support was 
provided.  Managed to retain productivity.   
  Annual plan submitted 1 September.  TEC have had a debrief session with Bharti.  Calum was happy with 
the report.  Mentioned note around seeking conversation with potentially doing other topics e.g. Covid, or 
gaps in industry – Calum’s feedback was that this is within ConCOVE’s scope, however, additional funding 
is not available.   
  Financials – tracking very well, actual spend $849k vs budget of $2m.  Minimal event related expenditure 
and staff salaries.   
  Latest funding instalment received October 8.   
  Ethics approval process for projects is underway with MIT.   
  Staff resourcing very difficult.  Difficult to recruit right people with their salary expectations. 
  Bharti discussed interviews that have been held so far, and plan A/B/C for other options. Plan C would be 
temporary / short term solution only. Consultation with the team taken place.  
  Salary expectations in industry have increased in last 12 months.  There is budget for this.   
  Diversity project – Diversity Works are working on a project with Construction Accord which finishes in 
March/April next year.  A lot of overlap – opportunity to sit on it for a few months, contract Diversity 
Works to take over Diversity project?  Early in new year have a korero with them and see if we can have a 
partnership model?   Initiate contact for korero now.  Bharti to initiate now, prior to leaving. 
  It was noted that Bharti has resigned –ConCOVE will be recruiting for a new Director.   
 
 
 

3.  General Business  
Quality Management Plan –  
  Purpose - for our staff to identify improvement opportunities. 
  Taken as read in Board pack. 
  Need more understanding of expectations for team, how are we setting standards for them to deliver to,  
  Understand quality from point of protocols around research, missing quality around how we deliver to the 
purpose of ConCOVE.   
  How is it that we are succinct, balancing academia and industry, applicable to intended audience, 
balancing practicality with research content, how delivering into our purpose and end goal of connecting 
to WDC goals.   
  Piece in middle missing from this document. This is an academic / research focused Quality Management 
Plan – is this covered in the stakeholder engagement plan? What is our focus, lens, to make this document 
really useful?  Not a bigger, broader document, more focused, succinct, lens of its intended usefulness at 
the beginning.  
  Quality Management Plan was requested as projects have been offline a couple of times, such as at Lit 
Reviews, needed guidance that they are scoped properly, staying online, focusing on priority groups.   
  Advisory Group’s focus not in this – becoming sources of research.  Need multiple sources of lenses to 
look at work, not just academic.   
  Interested in more detail around panel, industry, academic – important that what we are coming up with 
feedback from Advisory Group’s, as well as lens of ‘is this meeting the purposes ConCOVE is set up for’.   
  At beginning of document – it says this is a detailed strategy, would be good to add in the above concepts 
in the abstract at the start to focus the staff on what we are trying to achieve.  The go to document rather 
than having a strategy somewhere else.  Few bullet points.   
  Martin and Pam to email points. 
  Bharti to send redrafted document out.   
 
Stakeholder Engagement Plan –  

  Written with team and their feedback. 
  Taken as read in Board pack. 
  Starting to take shape.  
   Ecosystem is still not hitting the mark.  Need to be clear about data in / research findings out.  Context 
diagram for RoVE is critical.   
  Stakeholder engagement should be front and centre on website.  Could do more to make ecosystem clear, 
check flow of arrows, add descriptions.  Pam to send email with questions.   
  Page 16 – a lot of monthly meetings, look at priorities.  More of a deep dive with subgroup identified.  
Who is critical or not critical, how we will keep them informed / alive / onboard.   
  Appendix - What is most efficient method of stakeholder engagement – CRM? More coordinated, 
efficient, digitally enabled way of being transparent.   
  Why wasn’t marketing and communications person in on this document?  Dom has been on leave.  Mani 
stepped in to help.   
  Career framework produced by BRANZ a few years ago should be mentioned.  Nothing in here that maps 
those careers / scope.  Organisation chart to map organisations across the sector, all industry associations, 
PTE’s, Polytecs in sector etc – all missing.   
  Advisory Group’s included in people we are looking to for research – in conflict to their purpose.   
  Stakeholder identification and assessment – mistakes, people with just first names, misclassified, wrong 
organisations.  Quite a bit of tidying up needs to be done.  RoVE map – arrows have been interchanged 
with data and outputs – needs improvement.   
  Stakeholder assessment map – good, but need to see other industry organisations so we can see the gaps 
of who we are missing.   
  SWOT analysis brief – extensive risk register that we could populate SWOT analysis with to inform why we 
are engagement, where, mitigate risks.   
  Missing cohesive approach to engagement / plan.  What is the purpose of engagement, how going to stop 
revolving door, an assault of brand awareness, sustainability, gender, upskilling etc – how does it join and 
position our engagement in a way that we are respectful of our industry partners.  Elements are there. 
  It’s not ConCOVE as a whole that engages with stakeholders, it’s the projects.  Different people need to 
talk to different people at different times.   

  Overall brand of ConCOVE is also attended to in a structured way.  There are two layers to this – project – 
most of actual mahi engagement takes place, then high level brand things, linked together.   
  All Project Leads are sitting together and coordinating meetings, designing communication in a way so it is 
coordinated.   
  No CRM in place.  Can investigate through MIT.  Sales Force or look at something bespoke for ConCOVE’s 
purposes?  (Action Register #150).   
  Feedback received via email –  
  On page 7, it notes that I'm doing a PhD on teaching sustainability for engineers in construction. 
This isn't the subject area of my study - could this please be removed. 
  Page 13 - 'Central Govt' and 'Academic Institutes': Would it be possible to have the govt 
institution/academic institute in brackets beside peoples names ? Would be good to get an 
understanding of where these contacts are from. For the academic institutes it looks like they are 
all from the North Island.  
  Do we have a contact with the National Association of Women in Construction [NAWIC]? Maybe 
one of our advisory group members? If not, this would be a valuable stakeholder to build a 
relationship with. 
 
Research Methodology Paper -  
  Put together by ConCOVE team.   
  Taken as read in Board pack. 
  Martin will send thoughts via email. 
  Timelines, 2.1 says would be completed by Feb 2022.  Achievable? Yes. Draft.   
  Support use of Board champions in this area.  
   Through client / customer lens – what is the problem this piece of work is trying to solve?  
  To create clarity amongst projects, when thinking of way to do interview, surveys, how are they going to 
support themselves in recommendation reports, best practices etc.   
  Sound strategies behind these with Martin.  Standardise thinking.   
  Before we go to our clients, we know we are doing it the right way.  This document is missing the 
translation of what is the problem we are solving, specific approach, how it will be focused.   
  Martin hasn’t met with all project teams yet, but with teams he has met with, usual desire to leap ahead, 
pleased to see they are looking to use a mix method approach so won’t leap at a problem from one angle 
only.  Still a way to go.  Explained to team do upfront work first before doing surveys, understand it first.  
Better than a few months ago. 
  Ensure definition well defined.  Sustainability – Amos has put Teresa in touch with Kaianga Ora contact – 
Alex.   
  Dave had a good meeting with Tony and Mahrukh about Entry.  Board champions have important role on 
keeping projects focused.  Listened to feedback eg Asian community, work models.   
  Entry – find it hard to see how Entry will have a report of all problems by May.   
  Concern Advisory Groups are being used as main source of research.    
  Concern rushing in, do we have a map of entry level programmes in the market?  How do we know which 
ones are providing good return on investment, students staying on etc.  Don’t see how will achieve it 
through individual interviews, concerned industry won’t take report seriously.  
   Unsure why have to come up with conclusion so soon, we have four years, get meaningful data.   
  Missing group – SME’s.   
  Stakeholder engagement plan mapping into this, associations mentioned through documents don’t 
appear in stakeholder engagement plan.   
  Anything coming out next year can’t be recommendations, should be a draft, tested with industry 
partners.   
  No analytical framework sitting behind – once we get data, how do we synthesise this, want to see this 
area beefed up.   
  Feedback via email -  
  Please correct Vertical Horizons – Horizonz throughout the research methodology paper and 
future documentation.  Also check Chart on page 28 - may need some adjustment.  
 
General –  

  Bharti to take feedback on Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Quality Management Plan and Research 
Methodologies paper to the team and come back to Board.  (Action Register #151).  
  Financials – columns / rows / headers didn’t make sense?  Relook at formatting issue.  Reformatting 
financial report at the moment, will be ready for December meeting.  (Action Register #149).  
  ConCOVE Members accepted - Rachel Evans, Geoff Kindred, Julie Purcell, Garry Ivill.  (Decision Register 
#44). 
  If Dom is not working – how do we get information to Dom re trade shows, key events etc.  Come through 
Bharti and Vanessa.  Bharti has frequent conversations with Dom and will keep him updated.  Board to 
send ideas for these to us.   
Recognition of Bharti’s resignation and contribution. 
Phil – Bharti, on behalf of board, thank you for all your efforts, everything you have contributed, feel for 
everyone in Auckland and the situation they are in.   
  Martin – tautoku this as well.  Noted receipt of resignation.  Martin and Bharti to work through detail, will 
then let people know.  Note that the Board is aware of the concerns and issues that Bharti wanted the 
Board to be aware of, the conversations have taken place.  Will talk in coming days about where to from 
here. 
  Bharti thanked the Board for this opportunity, and wished ConCOVE very well in the future.   
 
 
 

ConCOVE Board Action Register 
Item
Person 
Due Date
Status (In progress 
Responsible
or Closed)
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76 Offer roles for Project Leads.
Bharti
Ongoing
In progress
Update – Three project leads have started.  Still looking 
for Entry Project Lead and Diversity.  Job descriptions 
waiting to go out.
Update - recruitment for Career Progression and Diversity 
under way. Ads out in Seek, interviews have begun.    
77 Offer roles for Researchers.
Bharti
Ongoing 
In progress
Update – Four researchers have started.  Looking for 
Diversity.
Update - Diversity Researcher advertisement is out, 
interviews have commenced.  
88 Marketing person to work on grassroots level 
Dom 
30-Nov-21
In progress
engagement.
Update - stakeholder engagement plan draft has been 
reviewed with Board Members.  Bharti working on 
Version 2 now.  
103 Map out when we feed back into WDC's so we can 
Bharti
Ongoing
In progress
communicate how we plan to translate research into 
action (feedback loop / flow chart).  Stakeholder 
engagement piece - how and when.  
Update - will follow after Phil and Graham meet.  Update 
13/10 - have met.  Don’t see need to have WDC on our 
Board.  3 tiered understanding – Bharti doing a MoU.  Will 
need to run past TEC (funding condition was to have a 
WDC person on our Board).  Had meeting with DCE from 
Te Pukenga about how to engage – very positive.  Making 
progress.  
Update - Bharti has engaged with WDC CEO and Executive 
Team.  WDC and ConCOVE will now work in collaboration 
with projects.  Bharti and Phillip are setting out strategy 
for engagement.  Second meeting planned for early 
December to be organised by Phillip.  
109 Share research methodology with the Board.
Researchers
10-Nov-21
In progress
Update - Each project will have its own method.  Share 
good common practices, but method needs to be fit for 
objectives of the project.  Be good to understand balance 
between industry / academic and have consistency.  
Update - Research methodology has been reviewed with 
Martin, and will be shared with Board in November Board 
pack.  
112 Bharti to ask Kim Ulberg for list of TEC funded research.  
Bharti 
15-Dec-21
In progress
Update - have asked, waiting for reply.  Bharti to discuss 
with TEC at next meeting.  
115 Arrange for ConCOVE representation to be at upcoming 
Dom 
Ongoing
In progress
Trade Shows (touch base 3 - 4 months before they run)

121 Amos to connect Teresa with Ngai Tahu. 
Amos / Bharti / 
15-Dec-21
In progress
Update - introductions with Iwi are being done when 
Phil
personal connections, need a plan for connecting with Iwi, 
working with Maori Advisory Group.  Amos, Phil, Craig can 
come back to us on this to give advice and direction and 
come back to Bharti.  ConCOVE to write iwi engagement 
strategy and put together in a wider national plan.  
Update - Bharti to work with Phil to create Iwi 
engagement strategy.  Draft due 15 December 2021.  
122 Project leads to get closer with Board Member project 
Project Leads
17-Nov-21
In progress
champions regarding strategies and objectives with 
projects.
Update - broaden now, invite the Board to have a debrief 
on focus areas.  Bharti to come back and present the flow 
of how we intend to do this going forward. 
Update - Documents sent to Board October 2021.  Bharti 
to present at next Board meeting.
127 Create a criteria for decision making for ConCOVE 
Bharti
15-Nov-21 In progress
Members.  Bharti to contact other organisations about 
their criteria as a benchmark.
135 ConCOVE email address to external people?  Bring up at 
Dom / Vanessa
Ongoing
In progress
next meeting. Dom to give feedback.  Get something from 
MIT IT. 
Update - ConCOVE staff have concerns with this 
approach.  To be discussed.  
138 Meeting with Kim Ulberg re Covid project.  To be framed  Bharti, Phil, 
15-Dec-21
In progress
up and sent to Board prior.  
Graham
Update - request sent to TEC for meeting to discuss this 
topic.  
142 Bharti to provide Board with QA Paper .
Bharti 
15-Nov-21
In progress
Update - QA plan shared with Board Co-Chairs, document 
will be shared with Board at November meeting.  
148 Offer Cultural Competency Training to Board Members 
Bharti 
Ongoing
In progress
and Advisory Groups, if they wish to attend
149 Bharti to provide new financial reporting format.  Graham  Bharti, Graham,  10-Nov-21
In progress
and other Board Members to assist with creating new 
Phil
format.
Update - new format being worked on by finance, will be 
presented prior to next Board Meeting.
150 Investigate a CRM system for ConCOVE
Bharti 
17-Dec-21
In progress
Bharti to take feedback on Stakeholder Engagement Plan,  Bharti
15-Dec-21
In progress
Quality Management Plan and Research Methodologies 
paper to the team and come back to Board.  
151

ConCOVE Board Decision Register 
25 Charter document approved and passed
9-Apr-21
Board group email
26 Women's Advisory Group - 12 members selected, group formed
16-Apr-21
Board group email
27 ConCOVE Member accepted - Paul Merson 
16-Apr-21
Board group email
28 ConCOVE Member accepted - Doug Leef 
29-Apr-21
Board group email
29 ConCOVE Members accepted - Andrew Cowan, Jacqui Neilson, Bruce 
5-May-21
Board group email
Whittaker, Mike Grumball
30 Maori Advisory Group - 10 members selected, group formed
5-May-21
Board group email
31 Proverb agreed on - "The role of the skilled (pūkenga) wayfinder is to know the  5-May-21
Board group email
start, envision the destination and chart the journey."
32 ConCOVE Members accepted - Simon Carroll,  Harp Davenport, Isaac Liava'a, 
12-May-21
Board meeting
Kieren, Matthew Fiso, Sadegh Aliakbarlou, Teresa Poli
33 Pasifika Advisory Group - 7 members approved, yet to make a decision 
12-May-21
Board meeting
regarding Mark.
34 Mark Talanoa approved as a Pasifika Advisory Group Member
25-May-21
Board group email
35 ConCOVE Members accepted - Maurice Ridler, Wayne Kohi, Andrew Olsen, 
27-May-21
Board group email
Adrienne Miller, Ian Chamberlain, Ian Satherley, Megan Darby, Craven Wetere, 
TJ Daly
36 Change to diversity project description - "Identify and understand the barriers  1-Jun-21
Board group email
for the diverse range of people entering …"
37 ConCOVE Members accepted - Michelle Miranda, Pete Sleeman, Joanne Verry,  16-Jun-21
Board group email
Michael Braggins, Adrienne Miller, Joseph Rosendaal, Darren Stanton, Andrew 
Donohue, Stuart Hindley, David O'Connor, Jay Vaai, Manu Palelei, Mahrukh 
Khan, Mani Saini, Mark Talanoa, Graham Burke, Vanessa Veart-Smith, Vanessa 
Nash, Saia Finau Latu, Dennis Keys, Wendy Baker, Nigel Sun, Sue Brotherton, 
Theresa Rongonui, Pauline Sutton, Liz Watson, Claire Johnson, Minas 
Liarokapis, Wayne Maynard, Kingsley Hannah, Linda Aumua, Saba Shaffakat, 
Travis Timoko, Marion Nieuwland, Dave Watson, Terri-Ann Berry, Katherine 
Hall, Courtenay Hurt-Suwan, Sarah Toase, Tash Nansen, Terekino Vaireka, 
James MacKay
38 Change Disruption project title to 'Disruptive Technology' -  vote occurred, no  16-Jun-21
Board meeting
change. To remain as 'Disruption'.  
39 ‘Tuhura: Concove - The next generation of construction education.’ - Maori 
21-Jul-21
Board group email
name for ConCOVE approved by the Board.
40 ConCOVE Members accepted - Danny Reily, Robert de Roo, Carl Rankin, 
31-Aug-21
Board group email
Norman Kete, Craig Thorne, Robbie Paul, Liletina Vaka, Paul Hallahan, Ruth 
Berry, Andrew McNaught, Steve Kennedy, Dani Mao, Gary Whittaker, Zeno 
Park
41 Option B for ConCOVE Tuhura Logo voted in.
15-Sep-21
Board meeting
42 Final ConCOVE Tuhura logo approved.
13-Oct-21
Board meeting
43 Acceped resignation from Bharti Raniga, General Manager 
17-Nov-21
Board meeting
44 ConCOVE Members accepted - Rachel Evans, Geoff Kindred, Julie Purcell, Garry  17-Nov-21
Board meeting
Ivill

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Report:
ConCOVE Risk Register
Date:
17.11.21
Description of 
Risk Management 
Potential cause(s) of 
Level of Risk 
risk 
Consequence
Level of Risk 
Approach 
the risk 
Likelihood
Level of Risk
(post Risk 
Person 
Risk 
No.  ["Risk of … 
Risk Type
s
acceptable to 
[What is being done 
Timeframe 
Comments from Board Meeting
[What could cause the 
(Currently)
(Currently) 
Management 
Responsible
Status
resulting in …… 
(Currently)
Board
to manage the 
risk to occur?]
action)
"]
risk?]
Risk of 
Roles going out on 
inadequate 
seek, reaching out to 
industry contacts and 
Project Lead 
resource to 
Operational 
Delay in recruitment 
recruitment team.  
General 
13/10 - Still short two project leads - potentially 3 (Career Framework).  Keeping these two 
6
Moderate
Possible
Medium
High
Interim - tony doing 
Medium
28-Feb-21
Open
positions on hold under other 3 are bedded down?  Bharti doing Lit Review for Diversity to 
undertake 
Capability
process
Manager
entry.  Board and 
progress it and meet timelines.  Graham feels strongly we focus on current projects?  
required work 
Advisory Group to 
in March/April 
assist recommending 
people.  
2021
Risk of  
Reduce - a) Task 
stakeholders 
Board Members to 
engage with 
13/10 - While still recruiting and projects learning – converting interest into action in projects.  
not being 
Leave at high until people are firmly engaged.  Bharti - should be resolved in 3 months. Roles 
stakeholders, b) 
engaged, 
Poor awareness of 
Board Co-
going out on seek, reaching out to industry contacts and recruitment team.  Interim - Tony doing 
implement the Stkhldr 
resulting in 
ConCOVE in 
entry.  Board and Advisory Group to assist recommending people.  13/10 update - engagement 
Engmt/Comms Plan.  
chairs, 
with South Island, need to start adapting, great to have plans in place about how we will engage 
poor 
construction and 
Need descriptions of 
Board 
should the North continue to be disconnected.  Alternative engagement approaches needed. Pivot 
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participation in 
education sectors
projects, FAQ's, 
Members, 
to digital.  Stakeholder reporting - each month, who has Bharti been engaging with.  Overview.  
Doesn't just sit with Bharti - engagement around projects we have stood up, wider network that 
ConCOVE 
Low interest in 
talking points, how we 
General 
fit in with WDC etc 
needs to be engaged rather than just Advisory Groups.  Ensure those connections into projects 
projects and 
ConCOVE's mandate
Manager
are being fostered by Bharti or actively sought by Project Leads.  Need a decent stakeholder 
urgently.  After scope 
engagement plan / map.  Need overarching plan, and each project plan.  Join a CIC meeting?  
poor support of 
reset with Martin, 
Join with Vertical Horizons. 
ConCOVE in 
Bharti will advise plan 
general
to the Board.  

13/10 - Need to up game on online engagement.  Avoid being on radars for extension of timeframe due to Covid.  
Develop an action plan for how we are going to work through this.  Impacts on design of projects themselves, 
particularly diversity project - industries need to learn how to live / work under restrictions, will have an impact on 
priority groups.  Disruption project - should we be looking at urgently investigating how VE can pivot to meet 
needs of industry in Covid environment?  TEC purpose for CoVES - second point is 'how education is delivered' - 
perfect opportunity to do prototyping in this space?  As much as it relates to training, can't think of why this isn't 
in our scope.  Find a value adding niche.  Redesign projects to factor Covid in. A lot of engagements cancelled 
because people are too busy, training could be paused for some time.  A lot of work about digitial online learning - 
Risk of another 
Accept - remote 
could leverage off this.  If we can analyse whole ecosystem in NZ for online learning capability, look at collab at 
what was a silo'd industry into best practice.  Join the dots and make recommendations to industry ASAP, if 
COVID-19 
working, central 
acceptable to TEC and funding.  Covid is not going to go away.  On job learning may suffer due to businesses 
database.  
needing to do what they have to, to stay viable.  Focus 5 - 10 years out changing before our eyes.  Response to 
lockdown, 
Everyone working 
Covid - accelerate and challenge what we consider to be priorities, what is important for business at this time in 
resulting in 
really well 
the workstream.  Engagement piece will guide us.  Where are they hurting, what is it we can participate in? 
What is industry telling us they are going to do about this, how does ConCOVE partner and function as leaders 
difficulties for 
transitioning in and 
General 
in this disrupted space?  Action - change of focus in distruption project.  Comms with TEC if agree this is our 
the General 
Operational 
Community 
Almost 
out of office, working 
Manager
strategy, a strategic plan to focus on Covid and challenges currently facing.  Next step - small group of Board to 
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Managerate and Capability
transmission
Certain
from home.  Board 
Board Co-
sit with Te Pukenga and TEC, 5 projects originally designed, Covid is a disruption we need to pivot towards, can 
Meetings online.  We 
you work with us to redesign the projects to properly face this, without overlapping.  Forecast extension of time.  
Board to work 
Chairs
Action - Phil, Graham, Martin, Bharti to go to TEC in first instance.  Frame up better and share with Board 
haven’t been doing 
before going to TEC.  Quite a change of direction - how does it affect current work done in the distruption project 
together in-
national consultations 
to pivot towards Covid outcomes that will benefit industry? Current outcomes still relevant.  Instead of a 
person, and 
to date – this will test 
redeployment, make sure context and lens of Covid is brought into the project - visibly address it.  Relevance of 
Covid be present in all projects.  Building resilience into projects to deal with a changing environment.  All 
with the 
the way we work, and 
projects still have validity, align with view we should talk to clients about whether Covid itself creates a new and 
this risk.  
immediate project to be helpful in this space.  Already groups doing this - ConCOVE could help?  Strategically 
stakeholders.  
position ourselves as a resource for the sector that can pivot at short notice as needs require.  Action - Talk to 
TEC immediately, talk to key clients and go from there. Faciliatation and filling gaps.  May need to think about 
what projects we divest - budget was to be used on the 5 projects, if divert to doing something here and now, 
what other projects do we pair back or cut, drop or delay, or go to an external funding source - TEC? Funding 
agreement, section in there 'what other funding we have taken on' - we are able to go over and above what we 
have agreed to do with TEC, as long as we deliver what we have agreed to TEC.  Can't commercialise as we 
don't own IP.  Can be from government or private.We aren't on track with current 5 projects, can we deliver 
another one?
Reduce - Board, 
General Managerate, 
PM's and Advisory 
Groups being 
provided very clear 
verbal and written 
information on the 
Risk that scope 
Board not being 
scope of ConCOVE's 
of ConCOVE's 
clear on scope
mandate and each of 
Concern that we focus too closely on thing and miss bigger 
mandate 
General Managerate 
the projects 
Co-Chairs,
context.  Will take time to have confidence in.  Will be here 
creeps, 
not being clear on 
Schedule updates 
Operational 
with these groups to 
General 
for a year.  What is mandate creep?  As we have been 
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Medium
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Capability
remind them of the 
Manager, 
defining and redefining projects, trying to capture what we 
focussed work 
Project Managers not 
original scope to.  
MIT Host
need to.  Actually being effective, need to deliver tangible 
and 
being clear on scope
Minimise / correct 
products at end.  
compromised 
Advisory Groups not 
deviation.  Plan 
outcomes
being clear on scope
forward to do a six 
monthly scope check.  
Service vs project 
lead – mitigate with 
being transparent 
with Board.  Work 
with Martin to rescope 
it working well.  

Risk that 
Reduce - Ensure 
ConCOVE is 
Comms activity 
seen as being 
reinforces the 
'academic' 
organisation's 
Industry having a 
mandate and 
rather than 
pre-conceived idea 
emphasises Board and 
General 
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that this will be an 
staff industry 
Manager
focussed, 
academic exercise
credentials/ 
making 
experience
industry 
Our point of difference 
is our projects are 
engagement 
industry lead.  
more difficult
Risk that 
Reduce - Ensure 
ConCOVE is 
ConCOVE's office  
Comms activity 
perceived as 
being physically 
reinforces the 
organisation's 
being Auckland 
based in Auckland
nationwide mandate 
or Wellington-
ConCOVE General 
and schedule industry 
centric, 
Managerate staff 
activity across the 
General 
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resulting in 
being Auckland-
country.  Project leads 
Manager
difficulty 
based
being advertised 
across New Zealand.  
securing 
Alternate Board 
Bharti and Project 
nationwide 
meetings based in 
Leads moving into 
industry 
Auckland
South Island with 
engagement.
engagement
Risk of not 
being able to 
clearly identify 
potential  
Learners, 
Operational 
No existing database 
Reduce - seek active 
General 
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Medium
input from industry, 
Low
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making it 
Capability
available
Manager
schools, MBIE, MSD
difficult to 
include them in 
our Stakeholder 
engagement

Reduce - Work with 
MIT's data security 
policy and protocols
Risk of data 
Deliver strong training 
security being 
for all ConCOVE staff 
compromised 
Poor security 
who will be working 
and information 
protocols in place
with data.  Privacy 
General 
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Low
Low
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given on the 
Poor training of staff 
laws updated, need a 
Manager
condition of 
working with data
policy / systems / 
protocols in place 
anonymity is 
(items from MIT 
released
automatically).  Add 
password to database 
file. 
Reduce - Ensure 
ConCOVE's office 
Comms activity 
Board Co-
being physically 
reinforces the 
Risk of 
Chairs, 
based on an MIT 
organisation's 
ConCOVE being 
mandate and 
Board 
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Minor
Possible
Low
Medium
Low
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Open
seen as MIT-
independence.  MIT 
Members, 
MIT, MIT email 
hosting us is an 
centric
General 
addresses, MIT 
opportunity - risk still 
Manager
systems & resources
exists until ConCOVE 
is more visible.
Risk that 
Project milestones 
ConCOVE 
are missed
Reduce - Strong 
General 
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Moderate
Possible
Low
Medium
project management 
Low
Ongoing
Open
doesn't deliver 
Stakeholder comms 
Manager
and strong SE comms
the outcomes 
are not kept current
Reduce - Strong 
Not doing a full 
environmental scan at 
'environmental scan' 
the start of each 
Risk of 
prior to commencing 
project
Operational 
Still high as we are early in projects.  13/10 - on top of this.  Katherine Hall set up, keep on top of 
Strong SE with other 
General 
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project
Minor
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Low
High
Low
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it.  Opportunity to partner, rather than duplication.  Identify what other projects are being done. 
Capability
players around 
Manager
work of others
Not engaging with 
Central Government. Amos and Graham to discuss after.
possible co-design.  
other players in 
Diversity Worx project 
collaborative manner
an issue.  Meeting 
planned to discuss.  
Reduce - plan and 
Risk that 
deliver regular comms 
ConCOVE 
Poor SE comms 
to Members and 
Members don't 
provide opps for 
General 
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leading to low 
Moderate
Possible
Low
Medium
Low
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Open
feel they get 
input.  Need a plan 
Manager
engagement
keeping members 
'value' out of 
engaged from 
belonging
industry perspective.  
Poor understanding 
Risk that the 
and/or poor 
Advisory 
communication of 
Operational 
General 
25 Groups are 
the roles of the 
Moderate
Possible
Low
Medium
Low
1-Jun-21
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Capability
Manager
unclear on their 
groups by the 
mandate
General Manager or 
Board

Risk that we 
may not be 
seen as diverse 
Lack of female 
Have Teresa as a 
General 
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Possible
Low
Medium
Low
1-Jun-21
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Pam advised to leave this 
with all male 
applicants 
project lead now.
Manager
Project Leads to 
date.
Reputational 
risk exists for 
all ConCOVE 
Continually 
Board Co-
Staff, Board 
Poor behaviour and 
highlight at risk 
Chairs / 
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actions causing 
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Possible
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Low
Low
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behaviours to the 
General 
Members and 
disrepute.  
Board 
Manager
Advisory Group 
Members in 
their behaviour