Joanna Norris on ChristchurchNZ
Joanna is the CEO of ChristchurchNZ which promotes the city as both a tourism destination and a dynamic place for business to grow. In this interview we talk about her…
Lisa Mead on founding ‘Social Currency’
Lisa founded Social Currency an accounting firm with a difference that we discuss in the interview (hint: it gives back). We also talk about Lisa’s early life, a near death…
Kerri Bonner on changing perceptions of “Disability”
Kerri coordinates ‘Carabiner’ in Christchurch which helps provide mentoring opportunities for young people aged 18-25 with disabilities. In this interview we talk about her childhood, love of the outdoors, working…
E Wen Wong on being 16 and founding P.S. Our Beaches
E Wen Wong was 13 when she founded P.S. Our Beaches. Now aged 16 we talk about her love of poetry, founding an organisation to clean up our beaches, solving…
Steve Jukes on Pathway a social enterprise helping ex Prisoners
Steve is the Executive Director at Pathway which is a charity and social enterprise helping prisoners reintegrate back into society after they leave prison. It does that through a charitable…
Robert Read on Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Robert speaks about suicide from a place of sincerity and personal experience which is profound. In this episode we talk with him about his childhood, early life, guardian angels who…
Kathleen Gallagher on being a poet, staying attentive and slowing down
Some interviews are like little jewels that I’ve somehow uncovered while walking along the beach. Today is one of those as I speak with the poet Kathleen Gallagher. Kathleen has…
Finding Jewels
Inspired by poet Kathleen Gallagher Some conversations are like jewelsFound, unexpectedly, on a rocky beachA West Coast beach full of grey rockthat has been buffeted by wind, rain, wavesand over…
Doing business Japanese-style: What can Kiwis learn?
Pre-meeting meetings sound like bureaucracy gone mad to Westerners, but the Japanese method of decision-making means everyone is brought along together.
Sister Mary Scanlon on 70 years of service with Little Company of Mary
Sister Mary was born in 1929 and knew she wanted to be a nurse early in her life. In January 1949 she joined Little Company of Mary which is coming…
A Life of Service
Inspired by 90-year-old Sister Mary Scanlon. You describe being 16 and holding the handof an old man breathing his last.Your memory of that moment still,crystal clear though long in the…
Julie Chapman on co-founding KidsCan and child poverty in New Zealand
Julie co-founded charity KidsCan 13 years ago and is the CEO now. In this interview we talk about her childhood, her first jobs, the influence of her parents on her…
