Conversations With Wāhine

Harita and Eleanora interview Belinda Brown, CEO of Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand. Belinda's journey with IBD, began at the age of 26 when she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Despite the challenges this diagnosis presented, Belinda has turned her personal experience into a lifelong commitment to supporting others facing similar battles.

Maxine Scheckter specialised in patisserie at Ferrandi L’ecole du Gastronomie, and worked in Michelin starred restaurants, including Heston Blumenthals restaurant The Fat Duck before opening Sugar Flour in 2018, at age 22. 

Laura and Aisling have fun chatting to Katy who runs My Walk in Wardrobe, a social enterprise that runs sustainable fashion markets in Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki & Manawatu regions of NZ. 

Aisling talks to Kate Tomsett a clinical educator who works with the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia to deliver “PPEP Talks” (Period, Pain, and Endometriosis Program). The Foundation works to provide awareness, education, clinical management and research around issues such as endometriosis. 

Laura and Harita interview Susie Robertson, CEO of Kaibosh Food Rescue. Susie's passions are people and planet with a strong focus on fairness – which is why she loves Kaibosh.

Aisling interview Dr Ellen Joan Ford who spent ten years in the NZ Army leading soldiers on operations in NZ and overseas before completing her MBA and PhD to focus on the experiences and well-being of women leaders in the NZ Army. 

Laura and Harita interview local tattoo artist Maria Carroll also known as Miss Crude Tattoo. 

Laura and Viola speak with Anita Edwards & Hana Jensen from the Wellington Women's Health Collective. 

Harita and Jenna talk to Frankie McPhail, founder of Southward Gin and Whisky Distillery. 

Aisling and Harita talk to author Anke Richter about Decult, New Zealand's first cult conference that will gather cult survivors, academic experts, advocates and activists – in person and live-streamed.

Harita and Aisling chat with  singer songwriter Grace Petrie about all things comedy, singing and touring ahead of her New Zealand shows.

Harita, Hayley and Katherine interview Jess Hong, New Zealand actress best known for her recent role as Jin Cheng in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem. 

Aisling, Hayley and Harita meet with Dr Claire Achmad the Chief Children's Commissioner for Mana Mokopuna. 

This is a special live recording of the recent panel event: Women at the Table for Climate Change hosted by the Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women. The panel featured:  Chloe Swarbrick, Co-Leader of the Green Party. Jacqui Ruesga, Manager of the International Carbon Markets team at the Ministry for the Environment. Gill Greer, Former President of the National Council of Women of Ne...

Harita, Hayley and Aisling speak with Isabella Harrison who has recently left high control group Gloriavale Christian Community. 

Harita and Haley interview Maria Belén Bogado. She has been Ambassador of the Argentine Republic in New Zealand since February 2021. She also served from 2006 to 2015 at the Argentine Embassy to the Kingdom of Spain.

Aisling interviews Kate Spencer (Creatif Kate), a Wellington-based producer, comedian, poet and preacher responsible for spicing up the capital with events like Femmes and Thems Comedy and her solo show Squirt. 

Harita and Laura interview Dr Daphne Rickson about Music Therapy NZ and the upcoming 50th Anniversary Conference. 

Harita speaks with Abby and Alia from Heartbreaker Productions about their upcoming play at Bats theatre- Midnight Confessions. A show that explores everything that happens at teenage sleepovers, from fantasies and the age-old questions of cutting a fringe, to jealousy and playing pretend with your best friend for the last time and more.

Aisling speaks to Charity Norman about her upcoming new novel 'Home Truths' which was released on 30th July. 

Aisling interviews Jessica Maddox, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media at the University of Alabama, where she studies content creators, influencers, social media platforms, and the tech industry. She is the author of "The Internet Is For Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives".

Harita and Haley talk to Deva Mahal, pōneke-based soul and R&B singer. 

Harita is joined with Wellington based comedians Indie Vine & Katy Borrows! They talked all about breaking into the comedy scene, their mental health journey's and the 2024 Raw Comedy Quest competition.  

Viola and Aisling are joined with Tas, a Wellington businesswoman with over 20 years of experience in business development, sales and marketing who is passionate about all things sexual wellness. In 2019, she began working as the business and product development manager at Wholesale Solutions, an Australasian B2B adult and sexual wellness distribution company. The following year, she founded Share...

Aisling and Harita are joined Mathilde who is in Wellington on a 6 month student internship with the National Council of Women New Zealand.