30 July 2025
Over 1,200 secondary school girls across Aotearoa are experiencing what it’s like to work in one of New Zealand’s most dynamic and fastest-growing industries – tech.
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11 July 2025
Kia ora, We’re already over halfway through 2025. I would love to say we are gliding effortlessly and gently into mid-winter hibernation mode, ready to resurface in October for Spring. … Continue reading "Millennials – Women Across Generations"
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03 June 2025
The "Women in Data & AI" event, a collaboration between TechWomen, Deloitte and Databricks during Techweek25, brought together three accomplished professionals to share their journeys into data and AI careers.
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15 May 2025
We’re offering girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech and explore tech career pathways. We’re showcasing real roles, because we know there’s a tech job to suit everyone. Matched with local tech companies, students will gain hands-on experiences to imagine their future career.
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15 May 2025
TechWomen Co-Chair, Samar Alrayyes, was honoured to be invited and participate in APEC 2025 SOM2 at Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, last week. This is a very important activity as TechWomen aims to help form a better future with women having a seat at the table and empowered to have an equitable career and participation.
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17 March 2025
New Zealand’s economy took a major hit in 2024, experiencing the largest GDP contraction among developed countries, according to HSBC. This downturn was largely driven by interest rate hikes aimed … Continue reading "Millennials – Women Across Generations"
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11 December 2024
As we close out 2024, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude for the incredible strides we have made together. This year has been a testament to our collective dedication to empowering wāhine in the New Zealand technology sector.
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10 December 2024
The TechWomen community now has nearly 800 members, up 25% and still growing, with a wider network of over 3,000 subscribers to our newsletter and LinkedIn group.
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05 December 2024
We’re delighted to announce the return of ShadowTech Day in August 2025.
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02 October 2024
Kia ora, On September 12, TechWomen, supported by the AI Forum and the Asia New Zealand Foundation, hosted a special event featuring Vicky Nyamsuren. Born into a nomadic life in … Continue reading "Millennials – Women Across Generations"
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07 August 2024
Here at TechWomen we are seeing a similar trend with record-breaking participation in two of our key programmes this year, Mentoring Circles and ShadowTech.
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10 June 2024
As a foundation partner of TechWomen, Westpac's support not only helps us create programs that bridge the gender gap but also inspires young girls to explore tech careers through ShadowTech and helps develop policies that boost diversity in the tech workforce.
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31 May 2024
AWS Community Day Aotearoa is an annual one-day, user-run single-day AWS technical conference that is planned, organised, and delivered by the AWS user group community leaders.
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29 May 2024
We hope you had the chance to participate in the broad range of events during last week’s TechWeek, designed to showcase the value and impact of technology on the lives of New Zealanders. It was a roaring success and you can check out some of the highlights here.
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23 May 2024
As part of our TechWeek24 Women Across Generations series, Meg Ryan shares a look at the evolving office dress code in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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In celebration of TechWeek24, we’re excited to share the next stories in our Women Across Generations series with our Millennials, Vanessa Leite and Esther Wafula. Vanessa Leite, Executive Council Member TechWomenNZ and Principal Strategy & Consulting at CyberCX Vanessa is a Senior
May 21, 2024
In celebration of TechWeek24, discover the career journeys of women from Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z through our Women Across Generations Series. Featuring interviews with Yvonne Daymond, Amanda Watson, Esther Wafula, Vanessa Leite, Meg Ryan, and Amanda Veldman, we explore how they relate to the
May 20, 2024
Kia ora Experience a tech career with ShadowTech Day 2024. We’re offering girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech and explore tech career pathways. We’re showcasing real roles, because we know there’s a tech job to suit everyone. Matched with local tech companie
May 14, 2024
TechWomen are delighted to announce Tuatahi First Fibre as a new associate partner. As a leader in Aotearoa’s ultrafast broadband revolution, Tuatahi First Fibre’s role is to meticulously plan and install a sprawling network of fibre optic cables across our country. This network, extending over
May 13, 2024
TechWomen are delighted to announce CyberCX as a new associate partner. CyberCX are a leading independent trans-Tasman provider of cyber security services and are committed to progressing gender equality and diversity in the workplace and the cyber security industry.They will be hosting our Christc
May 9, 2024
Kia ora, We’re delighted to announce the return of ShadowTech Day and we are now accepting registrations for both host organisations and schools. Our ShadowTech Day programme offers girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech, spark their curiosity and explore ca
May 1, 2024
Kia ora, The year is now in full swing and I hope you have all had a lovely Easter break. We will be announcing dates for our key programmes, Mentoring Circles and ShadowTech soon, keep an eye out for dedicated communications about those. We have also been beavering away on a major new initiativ
April 4, 2024
TechWomen is delighted to announce the appointment of Jyothi Madanial to the Executive Council. With a career spanning two countries and twenty years, Jyothi has extensive experience in software and product design, development, and delivery. She is an enthusiastic problem solver dedicated to addres
April 2, 2024
Kia ora, We hope you had a fantastic summer break and a wonderful start to 2024! Did you know that only 29% of the New Zealand Digital IT workforce comprises females?* Our goal is to increase this number to 40% by 2040, but we can't do it alone. That's where you come in! As we g
February 16, 2024