17 December 2025
Here we are at the end of another year - and what a year it's been.
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11 November 2025
November already! This is our penultimate newsletter before we break for Christmas. Personally, I am stunned that it’s November. Never has a year been so fast, so long, and such a rollercoaster.
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10 November 2025
How AI is reshaping what it means to be hands-on and why that might open new doors in software engineering.
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14 October 2025
Each year, on the second Tuesday of October, we celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. Ada Lovelace is renowned as a pioneer in STEM and recognised as being the original computer programmer. But who is Ada Lovelace, what is her story and why do we celebrate her?
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16 September 2025
Spring has arrived with longer days and some glorious sunshine. It’s our most changeable season - beautiful one day, wild the next - and in a way that feels like life right now too.
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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 "Join the Digital Army as a Mentor today!"
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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 "Join the Digital Army as a Mentor today!"
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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 "Join the Digital Army as a Mentor today!"
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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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TechWomen are partnering with ITP to engage more women in their mentoring programmes in New Zealand schools. We need more mentors across the country for the Tahi Rua Toru Tech Challenge, based on a large uptake in schools. One of ITP and TechWomen's shared values is growing and engaging t
September 11, 2020
Techwomen presents at Techweek Monday 27th July 12pm TechWomen bring you a variety of perspectives on the challenges of finding great female talent in the New Zealand tech industry. Are you an organisation that is struggling to get female candidates to apply for roles? Do you feel frustrated tha
August 2, 2020
TechWomen’s Techweek2020 events are online, and they’re free. With the spotlight on digital transformation, our events this year focus on women as technology industry candidates, and building capability. Kicking off on Monday 27th, hear from companies and candidates about finding and reta
July 22, 2020
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