When your first big-screen gig is playing shy, quiet Pauline Parker in Peter Jackson’s, Heavenly Creatures, you’d be sure that you’ve hit the big leagues in the acting industry. Widely acclaimed and referenced in universities and high schools, Heavenly Creatures is a cult-classic and brought a Kiwi actress into the spotlight. Now based in Los...
The support of an expert financial adviser can make a real difference to your financial health. Lifetime’s Emily Wheatley advises on the four most important questions you should ask yours. The decision to work with a financial adviser can be one of the most important decisions you make. Who you choose to work with can...
All of the latest news and pieces from the world of success and business. Print Power The stress of owning a small business can sometimes get overwhelming. With bills to pay, clients to impress, stock to get out and emails to send, you’ve barely got time to worry about anything else. The last thing you...
From a powerful selection of speeches from a life of leadership, Helen Clark shares with us this still relevant TEDx talk from 2013. AOTEA CENTRE, AUCKLAND – 3 AUGUST 2013 TED is anon-profit organisation famous for short, interesting and clever talks no longer than eighteen minutes that cover a broad spectrum of topics. Every year...
Having only one woman for every four men in Parliaments globally is a sure sign of how poorly societies are doing at harnessing the potential of a staggering 50 percent of the population. Sadly, this trend of the greater the seniority in leadership, the fewer women, also permeates both the private sector and academia and...
There are 352,700 working Kiwi mothers as of last year, making up 28.5 percent of all the working women according to the New Zealand Government. At our last Journey To Excellence forum, the panellists voiced the importance of letting parents have flexible work schedules. It allows parents, and especially mothers, who have been traditionally pushed...
Setting clear money goals as a couple can pay real ‘dividends’ for both your bank account and relationship. Lifetime financial adviser Chané Berghorst explains what you need to consider when drawing up a shared plan. It’s the ‘dirty’ word that can make or break your relationship. Money, although often tarred as a stressor, has the...
PICTURE PERFECT Standing out on LinkedIn can be hard and having a great profile pic can make all the difference. A professional photo shoot is not an option for everyone and so many of us turn to our humble phone to do the job, but with varying results. Enter the HUAWEI nova 3i. With it’s...
How Diane Foreman inspired a new generation of female entrepreneurs. As New Zealand’s original dairy queen, Diane Foreman knows just how challenging it is to be a woman in business. But after making her way to the top, the ice-cream entrepreneur is set to inspire a new generation of female business owners. From a struggling...
THE NEW ZEALAND MENTORING STARTUP THAT’S TAKEN THE WORLD BY STORM. For most of us, our early 20’s are a time of figuring out who we are and where we want to go – it can be a time of uncertainty, dodgy flatting situations and entering the workforce – but for Crimson Education’s Chief Operating...
Whether we want to admit it or not, we’ve probably all experienced a period in our lives when our finances were quite royally f*cked. Melissa Browne is an entrepreneur, accountant, financial advisor, author, speaker and self-confessed shoe addict who wants to share her financial wisdom with Gen X and Y women. Talking openly about our...
Five financial goals for women over 40 They’re smart, savvy and earning great salaries – so why are professional women, many in their most important earning decade, not reaching important financial milestones, asks Karen Essex- Mooney. OPINION: Your forties can be the most defining and lucrative decade – especially when it comes to finances. Taking...
