27 June 2019
As the shortest day of the year ticks over and New Zealand celebrates Matariki, the Māori New Year, it is a great time for reflection, renewal and planning for the year ahead. I have enjoyed travelling the country the past few weeks meeting some amazing people doing absolutely fantastic work in the Diversity and Inclusion … Continue reading "Close the gap and everyone’s a winner"
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Tēnā koe Readers We have all heard of the gender pay gap. But have you heard of the awards gender gap? Yes it’s real. In this newsletter we share a number of awards happening not only in New Zealand, but globally. Yet we don’t see enough entries from women. I get it, we are often
July 25, 2019
As the shortest day of the year ticks over and New Zealand celebrates Matariki, the Māori New Year, it is a great time for reflection, renewal and planning for the year ahead. I have enjoyed travelling the country the past few weeks meeting some amazing people doing absolutely fantastic w
June 27, 2019
The New Zealand Technology Industry Association, which became known as NZTech, began in 2008 with the aim of promoting and nurturing New Zealand’s tech industry through a membership model. [1] By 2019, many, if not all, of New Zealand’s tech-related companies were a part of NZTech. TechWomen
June 24, 2019
Today, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is top of mind for most boards and executives. Many businesses have policies and initiatives in place to look at how they can improve D&I within their organisations. Unfortunately, a lot of these programmes are run by women for women and have been focus
May 31, 2019
Young New Zealand female students have the opportunity to be mentored by high profile Kiwi tech companies at ShadowTech Days around the country next month. The first ShadowTech Day for 2019 will be held in Auckland next Friday (June 7) with well over 200 schoolgirls taking part around the city.
May 28, 2019
Kia ora Readers, I hope everyone is getting out and making the most of TechWeek. I was able to attend the launch event in Auckland and hear from some amazing speakers and panellists on the New Zealand CleanTech and CreativeTech scene. There was some great conversation around diversity and inclus
May 24, 2019
Help inspire the next tech-generation TechWomen want you to help inspire more girls to consider careers in the technology sector by becoming a mentor for ShadowTech 2019. ShadowTech provides girls in years 9 -11 with an opportunity to experience what working in the tech sector is like, encouragi
April 11, 2019
Hi Readers, As New Zealand mourns for those whose lives were taken in Christchurch and we all try to process how this inconceivable act of violence could occur on our shores, I like many others have been reflecting what I can do to help ensure this never happens again. How can our organisation a
April 9, 2019
Hi readers, You can help TechWomen raise funds for free! All it takes is two minutes to officially join TechWomen and if you work for one of the 800 NZTech Alliance companies, NZTech will move $99 from your corporate membership into the TechWomen fund. We encourage as many people as possibl
March 6, 2019