05/08/2026
The past six months have been busy and rewarding, particularly across research and teaching.
Work Highlights
It has been a privilege to support a number of events, engagements, and organisations over the past few months, including within the diplomatic community:
• Speakers Corner with Dr Madan Mohan Sethi, Consul General of India, discussing the newly signed New Zealand-India trade agreement and its future opportunities
• Speakers Corner with Dr Stephen Rainbow, Chief Human Rights Commissioner, on Human Rights in These Troubled Times
• Auckland Consular Corps 2026 Annual General Meeting, hosted at the British Consulate
• Technology and Innovation morning tea hosted by Mayor Wayne Brown at the Office of the Mayor of Auckland
• Speakers Corner with Ximena Astrid Valdivieso, Consul General of Colombia, celebrating Colombian culture, music, and dance at the United States Consul General’s residence
• Speakers Corner with newly appointed Honorary Consul Simon Cartwright (Sultanate of Oman), sharing his journey into the role of Honorary Consul
• Continuing to support the Brickworks Body Corporate Committee, including supporting the 2026 Annual General Meeting
July marked five years of Go to Girl. Over this time, I have been fortunate to work with a range of organisations, many who are long term or returning clients, including Oxfam Aotearoa, Oxfam Australia, Oxfam in the Pacific, Enable Me, Auckland Consular Corps, Irish Business Network of New Zealand, Chartered Governance Institute, Williams Engineering, St Paul’s College and Carter Electrical Limited.
University highlights
Semester One and Two have been equally busy and rewarding:
• Teaching the Human Resource Management paper across both semesters
• Marking for the papers Responsible Leadership and Learning & Development
• Teaching Assistant for the AUT Online Master of Business Administration paper Leading in a Complex World
• PhD interviews are now complete
• Continued Research Assistant work on Marsden-funded project Networks of Power: Gender, Race and Class in Workplace Violence.
Looking forward to some exciting projects and presentations at AUT, upcoming Speakers Corner events and Irish Business Network of New Zealand engagements.
Grateful for the people, collaborations, and opportunities that continue to support this work.
