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Top women share the secrets of their success 12 minutes to read Jane Phare is a senior business reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjane.phare@nzme.co.nz To mark International Women's Day, Jane Phare talks to six women about their experiences in business and in life, about building confidence, speaking out and battling with imposter syndrome. What struck me about these six high-achieving women was how candid they were, and how willing they were to pass on advice that might help and inspire younger generations of women coming through. Most admitted to hearing that inner voice ...

SUPPLIED 'After Tsunami Galu Afiʻ (2013) by Yuki Kihara. Kihara is New Zealand’s exhibitor for the upcoming Venice Biennale. Somewhere in Tāmaki Makaurau Yuki Kihara sits in a hotel room wrapped in a red shawl and takes a sip of tea. It’s yet another impromptu lockdown for the Auckland region, and the Wi-fi is struggling to co-operate with Zoom. Kihara is New Zealand’s representative at the 59th Venice Biennale, a prestigious event colloquially referred to as the Olympics of the art world. Kihara is the first Pacific, Asian, fa’afafine and transgender artist Aotearoa has selecte...

Press Release – Arts Access Aotearoa I want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector committed to including disability artistry in its annual programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off accessible performance, says Pelenakeke Brown, one of a dozen artists, … “I want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector committed to including disability artistry in its annual programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off accessible performance,” says Pelenakeke Brown, one of a dozen artists, practitioners and accessibility advocates profile...

Thursday, 11 February 2021, 1:22 pm “I want more than inclusion. I want equity and an arts sector committed to including disability artistry in its annual programme of works rather than a tick-box measure or one-off accessible performance,” says Pelenakeke Brown, one of a dozen artists, practitioners and accessibility advocates profiled in the recently published third edition of Ngā Toi mō te katoa: Arts For All. Arts For All is a practical guide providing information and tools to encourage arts and cultural organisations, venues, artists and producers to improve their accessibility. ...

“But they’re all just doing their own thing in their sheds or growing timber quietly, there’s not really this cohesion or celebration.” Graham had worked as a carpenter and builder, and now runs a sawmill and teaches traditional timber-framing courses. The couple co-own Tiny Lifestyle, a company which builds sustainable small homes using traditional techniques. Scott said her husband started talking about “how amazing it would be” to create a traditional wood fair that supported local people; a place where woodworkers, craftspeople and saw millers could showcase their work. Jo...