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Waitangi Summit 2025: Ko Wai Au, Ko Wai Koe, Ko Wai Tatou 

The first Champions for Change summit of 2025 kicked off at Waitangi Treaty Grounds last week, bringing together more than 50 CEOs and business...

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Te Ōhanga Māori 2023 Report Reveals Significant Growth for Māori Economy

Champions for Change welcomes the release of “Te Ōhanga Māori 2023,” the...

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Champion Organisations Recognised at 2025 NZ HR Awards

Congratulations to Champion organisations Fonterra Co-operative Group, New...

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PwC and Global Women celebrate International Women’s Day with #LeadersLegendsLuminaries panel event

Champion organisation PwC New Zealand are tonight, in collaboration with Global...

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Transpower Welcomes in James Kilty as New Chief Executive

Congratulations to Champion for Change and former Powerco Chief Executive James Kilty, who was welcomed in to his new role as Chief Executive Officer...

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Alison Andrew Joins Honorary Champions for Change List

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Andrew as an Honorary...

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Celebrating our Champions for Change Honoured at 2024 Deloitte Top 200 Awards 

We are delighted to celebrate our Champions and Champion organisations that...

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Beyond Inclusion: Highlights from the Belonging Experience 

The Belonging Experience event, hosted by Champion organisations PwC New...

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Voluntary Gender Pay Gap Calculator Toolkit Launched at Champion Summit

The Government’s new gender pay gap calculation tool was launched at yesterday’s Champions for Change summit by Minister for Women Nicola Grigg....

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Seven Years of Progress: Champions for Change Release Aotearoa’s Most Extensive DE&I Report to Date

Champions for Change has today released our seven-year progress report, the...

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Charting Port of Auckland’s Commitment to Strengthening its Pasifika Community

Through the embodiment of its guiding values for collective conduct, Global...

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Empowering Whānau and Community: Unveiling the Economic Power of Māori Women

Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women and Business and Economic Research Ltd...

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Champions Creating Cultures of Care

During our Champions for Change summit held in April, Roger Gray (CEO Port of Auckland) and Peter Reidy (CEO KiwiRail) shared with us the invaluable...

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Leading for Future Generations: Whakatāne Welcomes in our Women in Leadership Series 2024

“Grow great people around you” and “be present wherever you are” were...

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Celebrating PwC and Global Women – Our Thank You to Mark Averill

Last month, we had the opportunity to honour Mark Averill, who retired from his...

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Global Women Announce New Partnership with JBWere New Zealand

We are delighted to announce Global Women’s new partnership with JBWere New...

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International Women’s Day #InspireInclusion – Full Video

Missed our International Women’s Day event? Not to worry, we have a recording for your viewing. We hope you enjoy the kōrero among our...

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World-First Research Highlights Need to Support Mothers in Leadership

With the motherhood penalty continuing to be a leading cause of gender inequity...

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Enacting Inclusivity: Highlights from our International Women’s Day 2024 Event

For our International Women’s Day panel event, hosted in partnership with...

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Theresa Gattung is on a Mission to Revitalise Mid-Life Dating in the Digital Age

In response to Aotearoa’s rising population of people living alone, Global...

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#EightPercentMatters: Kiwi women effectively working for free from 2:38pm today

#EightPercentMatters Today we are calling on all New Zealanders to reflect on the role they can play in closing the gender pay gap with our “Eight...

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Pip Greenwood begins as Chair of A2 Milk

Global Women member Pip Greenwood adds an incredible new feather to her cap:...

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Watch: Kiwi women say menopause negatively affects their work, 1news.co.nz

¼ women feel like their work capacity was halved during menopause. On the...

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Menopause and the workplace: Theresa Gattung and Michelle Russell’s interview with NZHerald.co.nz

As part of our advocacy to get transparent about Menopause, our Chair, Theresa...

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Is Australia moving one step closer to a menopause policy?

The current Australian Government has backed a motion for a Senate inquiry into the effects on menopause.  More specifically—yet also,...

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Transporting women’s leadership skills to new level

Thank you to Global Women partners, KiwiRail, for sharing these stories with...

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“Sometimes courage is saying I’ll try again tomorrow” — Inside our Rotorua Women in Leadership Series

 It was a full house in Rotorua for the last of 2023’s Women in Leadership...

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It’s time to normalise menopause in the New Zealand workplace.

Me aro ki te hā o Hineahuone “Pay heed to the dignity of women” Change is...

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Champions for Change and Global Women Members are officially on Aotearoa’s first 15 squad

With awards season’s full bloom coming to a close, we’re thrilled to see some of our community spotlighted for their skills as CEOs.  This time,...

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Champions for Change Summit: Pioneering Inclusive AI in Aotearoa

  The recent Champions for Change Summit brought together leading minds...

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Walking with wāhine Māori in the arts

With New Zealand Fashion Week’s triumphant return to our nation in August...

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The talent crisis Kiwi businesses are sleepwalking into

Our Champions for Change’s findings have made one thing clear: it’s time...

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Theresa Gattung on the $32b gender investment gap

One of Aotearoa’s most prolific angel investors—not to mention, our Global Women Chair—Theresa Gattung is shining a light on the lack of...

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Top CEOs warn: Businesses need to take DE&I seriously now – or be left behind

Mā mua ka kite a muri, mā muri ka ora a mua   Champions for Change, a...

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The new Aotearoa: Champions for Change on the New New Zealand demographic

Did you know that by 2043, New Zealand’s then six million-strong population...

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Inside our Women in Leadership Series Whakatāne

  What piece of wisdom would you write on a postcard, for a young woman...

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New Zealand’s First Parental Leave Register is Officially Live

New Zealand’s first ever Parental Leave Register is live as of Tuesday 20 May. To say hit the ground running would simply be an understatement....

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What can Australia’s pay gap publishing bill mean for Aotearoa?

Australia has officially passed a bill through parliament that will help ensure...

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Why are senior-level women calling it quits?

Decades of honing their craft and climbing the career ladder is leaving little...

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Noise and silence — the hate is gagging our women.

Amanda Millar is the founder of communications company amandamillar&co and...

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Aotearoa New Zealand’s Turning Point

How does the Treaty of Waitangi, managing emissions and embracing equity work together to create a prosperous Aotearoa?  A new report by Global...

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Craigs Investment Partners on becoming a Global Women Partner

  If there’s anyone who understands the importance of — quite...

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Waitangi Day: Looking back and moving forward

It’s said that history never repeats. Through the power of reflection, we can...

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Inside Fletcher Building’s Future-focused Parental Leave Policy

Fletcher Building’s new Parental Leave Policy isn’t just a shake up of...

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Gender pay gap reduces when salary information is publicly available

There’s a brand new piece of research dedicated to showing the power of salary transparency. Pay transparency has been the subject of a number of...

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Is it time Āotearoa embraced a parental leave registry?

It’s no secret that we believe that transparency is a key driver of change. ...

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Champions for Change — working together to achieve inclusive prosperity for Aotearoa

In the final Champions for Change Summit for 2022, a panel comprising Jolie...

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Dame Patsy Reddy elected as New Zealand Rugby chair

It’s with great pride that we share that one of our members has made history...

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Riana Manuel: the gap between Māori and non-Māori life expectancy should be falling within five years

A seven-year gap between Māori and non-Māori life expectancy should be falling within five years, shares Global Women Member and chief executive of...

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We’re ‘downing tools’ to raise awareness of gender pay gap this #NoPayDay

  Today, on Monday 28th November, we’re calling on the community to...

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