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D&I workshop: How culturally intelligent are we?

Written by Global Women, 30.07.15

How culturally intelligent are we? On Tuesday 8 September 9-10am, our Global Women team and our partners EY are hosting a panel with Mihingarangi Forbes, Bo Li, Monique Faleafa and Liz Te Amo, on cross-cultural communications and cultural intelligence. New Zealand – specifically Auckland –...

ANZ to top up KiwiSaver for staff on parental leave

Written by Global Women, 30.07.15

Global Women partner ANZ is helping close the gender gap in retirement savings by announcing yesterday it will top up KiwiSaver contributions for staff on parental leave. This is a first for New Zealand and a move ANZ hopes will inspire other organisations to...

Written by Philippa Reed, 30.07.15

This week Philippa Reed from Auckland Council joins us as a guest blogger. Continuing the theme of celebrating Matariki and Te Wiki o Te Māori, our chief executive at Auckland Council, Stephen Town, issued encouragement and a challenge in his weekly newsletter for us all...

How to integrate Maori and Western values in the business world - Parekawhia McLean

Welcoming in Māori language week, we're talking about weaving Māoridom and Western values in a business context, which is less complicated than you may think – in fact, many of our Māori business leaders within Global Women integrate tikanga Māori...

New Zealand used to be about equal opportunities. Not anymore - Shamubeel Eaqub

Written by Global Women, 21.07.15

Principal economist for the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Shamubeel Eaqub, wrote a book because he saw pain and loss of hope in different parts of New Zealand beyond Auckland and Wellington. He wrote, “If we rank our regions internationally, Auckland and Wellington are...