Off The Ledger

In the third episode of Off the Ledger, we turn the tables! We sit down with our co-host, Akshay, to dive deep into his fascinating and completely unplanned journey from India to New Zealand. Akshay, a recent Master’s graduate in Applied Data Science from the University of Canterbury , shares the incredible story of how a spontaneous urge to attend a study fair led him to the other side of the wor...

In this podcast episode, we dive deep into the journey of Ashwin, an AI Research Engineer/Scientist at Intel who has successfully established a high-achieving career and life in the Netherlands! Ashwin shares how he moved from India to the Netherlands to pursue his Master's degree, ultimately landing a highly coveted role at a world-leading tech company and even becoming a homeowner at just 28...

Join us for a conversation with Sue Pham as she shares her inspiring personal journey and experience  transitioning from Vietnam to New Zealand . Having arrived in 2018, Sue offers candid  cultural insights  and observations on adapting to a new environment. Our host found it particularly  striking  how similar Southeast Asian and South Asian cultures are, and how those traditions often differ  st...

Cairo Akehurst was just 17 years old and in high school when he was awarded the New Zealand Prime Minister's Space Prize. He is currently the founder of Cattle Credit, his startup, and a strong proponent of why New Zealand must embrace the startup culture. In this podcast, he recounts his experience receiving his award, his reasons for starting the journey of a startup, his meeting with the CEO of...