
A Friend In High Places
I was growing tired of all these complete strangers coming to me in tears. It was January 2010, I was in Berchtesgaden, Germany, at a German Alpine Club conference. I was standing at a desk, in front of a placard with beautiful pictures of New Zealand emblazoned all over it. Stones and driftwood from our

Venturing into the unknown… together.
Three years ago, my sister Kelly and I were both in places in our careers where we decided we needed a change. Kelly had been contracting in the media and video production space for years, and I was a diligent public servant working policy and strategy roles. While my role had lots of good things

Making life choices unapologetically
“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.” Maya Angelou All over the world, the journey of a woman’s life is predetermined by the patriarchal society we live in – it’s not an opinion, but a fact. This restricted and claustrophobic journey is sadly amplified for