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 "Tech Women Profile"
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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 "Tech Women Profile"
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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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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
We know there are some very particular challenges for mid-career women in tech. Mid-career is the limbo land between what you thought you wanted and the reality of working life. It’s the point at which you’re no longer sure if you are on the right path, or indeed any path. When you look at more
August 28, 2019
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 work in the digital tech
August 28, 2019
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