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International Women’s Day

IWD2023: Sue Sullivan on team resilience and the value of mentors 10th March 2023 /

IWD2023: Sue Sullivan on team resilience and the value of mentors

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles this week from women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: Zealandia’s Danielle Shanahan on leading a not-for-profit’s ‘500-year’ journey 10th March 2023 /

IWD2023: Zealandia’s Danielle Shanahan on leading a not-for-profit’s ‘500-year’ journey

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles this week from women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: Wendy van Lieshout on being challenged, authenticity, and top leadership tips 9th March 2023 /

IWD2023: Wendy van Lieshout on being challenged, authenticity, and top leadership tips

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles this week from women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: Eve Lawrence on being direct, prioritising wellbeing, and the value of patience 9th March 2023 /

IWD2023: Eve Lawrence on being direct, prioritising wellbeing, and the value of patience

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles from women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: Jolanda Cave on the value of “whānau-first” leadership 8th March 2023 /

IWD2023: Jolanda Cave on the value of “whānau-first” leadership

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles from women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: IDNZ’s Debbie Summers on lifelong learning, teamwork and a big fear 8th March 2023 /

IWD2023: IDNZ’s Debbie Summers on lifelong learning, teamwork and a big fear

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles from women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: Air NZ’s Kiri Hannifin on leadership v management 7th March 2023 /

IWD2023: Air NZ’s Kiri Hannifin on leadership v management

To mark International Women’s Day this week, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles on women leaders in tourism.


IWD2023: KiwiRail’s Tracey Goodall on her journey to leadership 6th March 2023 /

IWD2023: KiwiRail’s Tracey Goodall on her journey to leadership

To mark International Women’s Day this week, the Ticker is publishing a series of articles from women leaders in tourism and will look at the state of equality in the sector.


Pandemic hurts women’s careers short-term, may hold silver lining 8th March 2021

Pandemic hurts women’s careers short-term, may hold silver lining

How has the pandemic affected women at the top of New Zealand’s tourism industry?


IWD2020: TECNZ CEO Lynda Keene on leadership and being bold 11th March 2020

IWD2020: TECNZ CEO Lynda Keene on leadership and being bold

Tourism Export Council’s new CEO, Lynda Keene, on the importance of profiling women in leadership, being bold and backing yourself.


IWD2020: CINZ’s Lisa Hopkins on self belief and supporting other women 10th March 2020 /

IWD2020: CINZ’s Lisa Hopkins on self belief and supporting other women

Conventions & Incentives New Zealand’s new CEO talks to us about her impressive career thus far, the importance of self belief and what it means to support other women so they can become role models. 


IWD2020: Tourism NZ’s Brodie Reid on leadership and role models 9th March 2020 /

IWD2020: Tourism NZ’s Brodie Reid on leadership and role models

The agency’s director of marketing on leadership, and how role models, a supportive environment and hard work create success.


IWD2020: Te Papa CEO Courtney Johnston on landing “ultimate job” 6th March 2020

IWD2020: Te Papa CEO Courtney Johnston on landing “ultimate job”

To mark Sunday’s International Women’s Day, we publish a series of interviews with some of the sector’s newly appointed women leaders.


NZ has an abysmally low number of women in senior business positions 8th March 2018 /

NZ has an abysmally low number of women in senior business positions

NZ is among the worst performers in the world for women in senior leadership positions at companies but how do the country’s top tourism companies fare?


Q&A with Black Label Experience’s Tania Stoyanof 22nd March 2017

Q&A with Black Label Experience’s Tania Stoyanof

Tania Stoyanof’s relatively new business, Black Label Experience, is offering bespoke, unique New Zealand experiences for the global elite.


Q&A with White Island Tours’ Jenny Tait 21st March 2017

Q&A with White Island Tours’ Jenny Tait

Jenny Tait and her husband Peter started tours to White Island in 1990 with a single boat ferrying six passengers at a time from Whakatane. Today, their business operates four vessels taking up to 350 people a day to the volcanic island.


Q&A with Dive Tatapouri’s Chris Savage 20th March 2017

Q&A with Dive Tatapouri’s Chris Savage

Chris Savage started in tourism in the late 1980s at Rainbow & Fairy Springs, went travelling and then returned to a desk job in insurance. But the lure of adventure proved too strong and, along with her husband Dean, started a unique boat tour that offers swimming with stingrays.


Q&A with Naturally NZ Holidays’ Trish Abrahamson 17th March 2017 /

Q&A with Naturally NZ Holidays’ Trish Abrahamson

After starting her business in 1997, Trish Abrahamson has turned Naturally NZ Holidays into one of the best respected ITOs in the country.


Q&A with Dolphin Encounter Kaikoura’s Lynette Buurman 16th March 2017 /

Q&A with Dolphin Encounter Kaikoura’s Lynette Buurman

An experienced traveller and buisnesswoman, Buurman is using all of her skills and knowledge to guide her business through the recovery following the Kaikoura earthquake.


Q&A with TIME Unlimited Tours’ Ceillhe Sperath 15th March 2017 / /

Q&A with TIME Unlimited Tours’ Ceillhe Sperath

Ceillhe Sperath’s award winning TIME Unlimited Tours offers excursions around Auckland – and further afield – as well as Māori cultural tours.


Q&A with Cardrona Alpine Resort’s Bridget Legnavsky 14th March 2017 /

Q&A with Cardrona Alpine Resort’s Bridget Legnavsky

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Q&A with NZ Fine Touring’s Kerry Kettle 13th March 2017

Q&A with NZ Fine Touring’s Kerry Kettle

Wanaka-based Kerry Kettle is the co-founder and owner of New Zealand Fine Touring Group which specialises in customized self-drive and coach tours.


Q&A with JUCY’s Kat Van Dijk 10th March 2017

Q&A with JUCY’s Kat Van Dijk

Kat Van Dijk entered tourism relatively recently when she joined JUCY just over four years ago. She is GM Southern Lakes at what was originally a car rental company but has expanded into campervans, cruise and hotels.


Q&A with AJ Hackett Bungy’s Tash Lawrence 9th March 2017

Q&A with AJ Hackett Bungy’s Tash Lawrence

Tash Lawrence has worked for AJ Hackett New Zealand since she was majoring in tourism at AUT 11 years ago. She was the pioneering tourism company’s first female jump-master in Auckland and has been Auckland sales manager for coming up four years.


Attitudes have changed but the pay gap remains 8th March 2017

Attitudes have changed but the pay gap remains

Attitudes towards females have “come along way” since hotel management trail-blazer Penny Clark became the first female GM in New Zealand.


The reason for the gender pay gap 8th March 2017

The reason for the gender pay gap

The Minister for Women, also the Minister of Tourism, Paula Bennett’s full address yesterday to the Human Resources Institute calling for action to close the gender pay gap.


United Nations: Planet 50-50 by 2030 8th March 2017

United Nations: Planet 50-50 by 2030

Across the world, too many women and girls spend too many hours on household responsibilities — typically more than double the time spent by men and boys, says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.


International Women’s Day: Women on tourism’s frontline 8th March 2017

International Women’s Day: Women on tourism’s frontline

To mark International Women’s Day, the Ticker talks to ten women operators who are making their mark on New Zealand’s tourism industry.