Connected Leadership event in Auckland

Connected Leadership opens 2026 with a conversation about leadership entering a new era of transformation — when an organisation is strengthening foundations, improving services for tenants, and lifting the quality and performance of housing delivery across Aotearoa.

Join Tracey Taylor (Chief Executive, Kāinga Ora) and Caroline McDowall (General Manager Housing Delivery) as they share how they are leading Kāinga Ora into this new era.

You’ll gain insights into:

• How leaders play a role in setting the direction for the transformation work – delivering a simpler, more effective organisation
• Establishing early steps for transformation
• Strengthening culture, capability and performance
• Building partnerships across a complex system
• Staying grounded in people and purpose during change
• Taking a customer centric approach to provide clarity and alignment 
• Leading people and culture into a new era
• Why partnership, accountability and purpose matter most now