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On a Tuesday evening at Multicultural Tauranga, a diverse group of six women answered my call from the last article to share their intersectionality. What began as a plan to…
In September last year, I independently published my first children’s book, Bumblebees Have Smelly Feet. I published Hello! Kia ora! Welcome new friend! in February, and a third book, Boo…
When you receive a breast cancer diagnosis, it helps to have an understanding employer supporting you. Here is a story of Michelle Smith and the support she received from PMG…
No matter how good you are at something, there are always those debilitating fears, anxieties and uncertainties that can literally build a wall between where you’re at now and where…
Apart from knowing the theme – Hunter Gatherer – and learning the event would be in Mount Maunganui, further details were only revealed an hour before our dining experience. Even…
Sharon Manssen was good at maths in school, as well as doing ok in art. She says, “when the career guidance counsellor suggested architecture, I thought, crikey! What if I…
‘Oh, in the right place at the right time’, ‘I just got lucky’, ‘I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for this and that’ – ever found yourself brushing off…
In this busy-busy world, we almost never spend enough time on analysing our emotions and how they might affect our decisions. When it comes to your career this lack of…
Mistakes are not failures – they teach us something new, make us stronger and smarter. But let’s be honest, when you’re only just making your first steps into the big…
Diversity and inclusion are two buzz words in any conversation about business, activism, politics, community work and plenty of other topics. They are themes for conferences and strategic plans for…
