Sam Broughton on Leadership and Legacy
Sam is mayor of the fast growing Selwyn District and is one of the youngest mayors in New Zealand. We talk about his childhood, the decision to pursue a political…
Are all businesses social enterprises? It’s a question of definition
What does it mean to be a social enterprise today? Is it about profit, purpose, or both? Steven Moe takes us through the various definitions.
Dorenda Britten on Design and Critical Thinking
Dorenda has studied and worked in Design for nearly all of her life and founded The Britten Institute. In this interview we discuss what application principles of design and design…
Michael Trengrove on Code Club Aotearoa
Michael co-founded Code Club Aotearoa and in this interview we talk about the work that organisation is doing with primary aged school children to teach them how to code. We…
Amy Marsden on Whānau, Children and Te Mapua
Amy Marsden is a co-founder of Te Mapua which translates as “the precious children” and works to provide camps and other activities for kids in need. In this interview we…
Whānau
Inspired by Amy Marsden. My dictionary is lacking this wordfor it means more to youthan it has to me.I thought it meant ‘family’Yet you describe a web of connectionsrunning deep…
Joanna Pidgeon on Women in the Law
Joanna is the President of the Auckland District Law Society. She is also the founder of Pidgeon Law in Auckland which is a boutique property and commercial law firm. She…
Jonathan Lee on Photography as Art
Jonathan Lee is a professional photographer who has traveled the world taking photos and through them telling amazing stories. In doing this he often supports social enterprises and other great…
Light Painting
Inspired by photographer Jonathan Lee. Your eye isthe camera. Your heart isthe lens. Your mind isthe focus. Look out for the lightthat sliver of time, that fragile crystalline momentthat will reveala…
Blastoff: what do New Zealand’s new space laws mean for other emergent technologies?
A key characteristic of so-called ‘exponential technologies’ is that they change what is possible extremely quickly – and it can be fascinating to observe how fast or slowly governments react.…
Ben Atkinson on finding your purpose and founding social enterprise ‘Fill Their Lunchbox’
Ben set up the social enterprise Fill Their Lunchbox and in this episode shares his journey. We learn about his childhood and hard times during high school, losing a friend…
Catherine Brown with a Funder’s perspective on social enterprises
Growing up in an international family that spanned the globe, working as a lawyer before starting to work for a variety of charities particularly in the health sector and then…
