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 Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Vicky shared insights about her upbringing, and her journey to becoming a leading female influencer in tech. She spoke passionately about her … Continue reading "The New Normal"
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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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By Amanda Watson, Business Account Manager at Enterprise IT, Single Working Mum of a daughter and needy cat. Well, I’m not going to lie to you, the first week of lockdown was very weird! Listening to our PM’s speech was an emotional experience shared by my other friends who had been working
April 9, 2020
Kia ora March 2020 is proving to be challenging so far, as we navigate the fight against Covid-19 in New Zealand. This is a quick note to say that we are with you all the way. While we are not hosting any in-person events for the foreseeable future, we encourage everyone to stay connecte
March 26, 2020
Tēnā koe I hope you all enjoyed celebrating International Women’s Day 2020 last week. I was proud to be a part of a number of community events in Wellington and gave my keynote at Microsoft on Friday on the importance of men in the change required in our workplaces and organisations. We ne
March 11, 2020
An interview with Theresa Corballis, Regional Ambassador of Technovation New Zealand Q: So tell me a little bit about your career journey? A: My career journey began in a very unexpected way. While I was about to complete my Masters in International Affairs and Spanish Litera
January 8, 2020
In our previous article, we said the Growing Greatness Programmes were imminent. Now they are here, and just in time for you to up-level yourself and your career aspirations for 2020. This is what you need to know: Programmes are being offered in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and TaurangaTh
December 6, 2019
Tēnā koe readers, It's about time. It's about time for more women in workplaces. It's about time for women in tech. And it's absolutely time for you to be proud of the work you have accomplished this year. Step by step, we are working to move the dial on the tech gender gap and parity across w
November 6, 2019
It starts with our stories. If anyone’s been watching Netflix’s The Mind, Explained, Memory episode, you will know that the easiest way for humans to remember something is through storytelling and narratives. This year TechWomen aimed to share more stories of women in tech.&nbs
October 2, 2019
Introducing Annabel Heywood I’m a Management Consultant in the Technology, Strategy and Transformation service area at Deloitte. I hold degrees in Psychology and Information Technology and am also currently studying part-time towards a degree in Carbon Innovation. My main areas of int
September 30, 2019
Tēnā koe Readers In 2017 TechWomen in partnership with MBIE, Ministry for Women, the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women, and NZRise ran a pilot programme called “Return to IT”. The programme’s focus was on assisting women who have taken a career break to return to wo
August 29, 2019