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Jo Brothers talks with Heather McRae Principal – Diocesan School for Girls. Dio is an all-girls independent school for Pre-School to Year 13 offering both day and boarding located in Epsom, Auckland. Educating Girls at the speed of Life. Prior to that Heather was Principal at Pakuranga College, a co-educational school with 2100 students. Before that, she was Principal and Director of Curriculum at the Western Academy of Beijing – a co-educational International Baccalaureate school of 1600 students from Kindergarten through to Year 12. Widely respected as one of New Zealand’s leading Principals, Heather is currently President of the Executive of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools (AHIS) and is Chairperson of the Executive Board of the Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ). ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo Brothers talks with Renee Graham the Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women in New Zealand. Renee was previously Policy Director at the Ministry of Education. Renee has a strong background in leading complex strategic policy development in both the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Development. ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Hung Huang a multi-media mogul holding the titles of publisher, author, blogger, podcast and TV presenter. Huang is known as the Oprah of China and is considered to have the same influence over fashion in China as Anna Wintour. Huang has a New Zealand connection partnering with Tourism New Zealand to promote destination New Zealand to the Chinese travel market and has visited New Zealand several times. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Gillian Eadie, Managing Director of Memory Foundation. Gillian's focus is encouraging brain fitness at all ages. She is currently with The University of Auckland and chaired their Human Participant Ethics Committee for two and a half years. Prior to that Gillian was an independent school principal (St Oran's College, Corran School, Samuel Marsden Collegiate Schools) who took delight in promoting thinking skills and using IT to promote learning. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Debbie Summers Executive Director IDNZ. With 20 years of cruise experience, Debbie works closely with the vast majority of the world’s cruise companies. She has a wealth of critically important industry connections at the very highest levels. Debbie is Executive Director of IDNZ (largest NZ Cruise Ground Handler) heading the Cruise Division, Chairman of the New Zealand Cruise Association and is also Vice Chair of The World’s Leading Ground Operators. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Jenene Crossan CEO & Founder of Flossie and NZ Girl, Director & Trustee of Simplicity KiwiSaver. Jenene Crossan (Winner of the 2016 Most Inspiring Individual at NZ Innovation Awards) is a digital entrepreneur, specialising in predicting, understanding and developing technologies to underpin the evolving consumer behaviour. Jenene courageously speaks about her recent blog post Sucksess - “How raising $5.5m, over 12 rounds of funding & five years nearly killed me” bit.ly/2JErKZX www.flossie.com/ Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Tui, Priscilla and Sulu from Mahuki - Innovation Lab of Te Papa. What's your story? For the planet. For the community. For culture. Turn your story into a business reality. Applications for Mahuki 2018 open 28 May 2018 and close 4 July 2018. Apply at www.mahuki.org Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

We are living in transformational times and while every one is busy talking about Business and Digital transformation, I believe the biggest transformation is us, as people, women and men, acknowledging that the world needs a more holistic, balanced approach for life, how we live, heal, work, create, invent and how we treat each other and the planet. Before we can get to that place many of us are facing challenges we need to rise to, taking the road less travelled by, processing pain, accepting our greatness and transforming. Read it on the Giant Sisters blog http://www.giantsisters.com/blog/i-be... ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Rebecca who is the co-founder and General Manager of Pomegranate Kitchen, a catering social enterprise which trains and employs cooks from a refugee background. Language barriers and the lack of local experience means it can be very difficult for former refugees to find the right training or job opportunities, so Pomegranate Kitchen provides a way for them to use their existing skills and enter the job market. Enabling them to share fresh and authentic food from their cultures is our way of recognising the rich contribution former refugees make to our society, and making sure our city is a welcoming new home. https://pomegranate.org.nz/ Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Incredible! Alexa for kids is releasing early May. The made for kids speaker is available in candy colours of blue, green and red and is described as ... Alexa is a kid-friendly DJ, comedian, and storyteller — and she’s always getting smarter. Just ask and Alexa will play music, answer questions, read stories, tell jokes, and more — all with younger ears in mind. ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Di who is not a Doctor, Nutritionist, Shrink or Wellness Coach, she has no qualifications in the Wellness Industry. However she has a Masters in experience and a bucket load of common sense. She has been diagnosed with cancer twice, over achieving the second time with a diagnosis of terminal secondary lung cancer and a life expectancy of 12 months. Di did something radical and listened to her own heart, followed her own path and healed. Seven years later, a wedding, a baby, a few thousand earthquakes, she's still here and feeling better than ever. http://fosterwellness.co.nz/ Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Rachel Paris, Founder of The Blockchain Boutique a legal practice specialising in blockchain and crypto which will launch in 2018. Rachel is a former partner at NZ law firm Bell Gully, with experience at leading London law firms Allen & Overy and Olswang. She has 15 years' experience advising blue-chip financial institutions, private equity funds, trustees and corporates on a range of lending and capital markets transactions. Rachel founded Bell Gully's FinTech team and has advised NZ's leading blockchain businesses on transactional and compliance-related matters. Ranked by legal directories, including Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 and The Legal 500, as a leading/recommended lawyer in both banking and finance and investment funds. You can email Rachel - Rachel@theblockchainboutique.io Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand.

Jo talks with Jessica Manins, CEO at MIXT and Director at Projectr. Jessica is helping to build New Zealand's innovative digital nation using interactive technology. She is exploring the magical world of virtual, augmented and mixed reality and have established a national centre that builds talent capability, showcases new products and develops cutting edge innovations. Jessica’s team at Mixt deliver interactive content specialising in 360°, VR and AR products at solutions that have a people first approach. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ Giant Sisters: www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Stacey Shortall, Partner, MinterEllisonRuddWatts Trustee of Whodidyouhelptoday Charitable Trust. Growing up on a sheep and beef farm in the Manawatu, Stacey has always been committed to excellence, service and family. A litigation partner at the MinterEllisonRuddWatts law firm, a passionate advocate for the wellbeing of women and children, and a mother of four, Stacey is the founder of the WHO DID YOU HELP TODAY™ social movement which seeks to encourage us all to help each other more. Stacey has been recognised as a Blake Leader, Women of Influence Award winner, Kiwibank Local Hero recipient and was Law Fuel's 2015 NZ Lawyer of the Year for her work with women and children. In New Zealand, this work has included the development of a weekly homework club programme that partners businesses or organisations with low decile primary schools. Known as “Homework Help Clubs”, the programme seeks to have more kiwi kids open doors to brighter futures.

Jo talks with Rachel Taulelei, CEO of Kono a vertically integrated, family-owned Maori food and beverage producer – an artisan producer and exporter of award-winning wine, cider, seafood, fruit and natural fruit bars. She is a former US Trade Commissioner, and founder of Yellow Brick Road Limited, a company that specialises in supplying quality seafood direct into restaurants throughout New Zealand. Rachel is a Board Trustee on the Sir Peter Blake Trust, Young Enterprise Trust and the Wellington Regional Stadium Trust. She is a Director of iwi-owned fishing company Moana NZ, New Zealand Wine Growers, and Aquaculture NZ. Rachel is a fierce advocate of New Zealand’s primary industry, and has spent 20 years propagating messages of Aotearoa being a world-class producer of food and beverages. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. ☆ GiantSisters www.giantsisters.com

Jo talks with Sharndre Kushor who's life passion is helping her generation discover their capabilities, confidence and leadership potential. As Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Crimson Education, Sharndre has helped turn a small start-up into a global education company reportedly valued at over USD $160M. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo has the tables turned on her as her mother, Jane Brothers asks her the questions on her stories and insights on life, career and opportunities. Jo is extremely digitally savvy and is passionate about creative communication and has a strong understanding of digital when it comes to the art and science of mixing people and technology. Jo is the founder of Giant Sisters and Jo Brothers Media. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Dame Wendy Pye DNZM MBE who is the CEO and owner of Wendy Pye Publishing Limited. The company is a long-established educational publisher with a focus on early literacy and reading in English and other languages. The leading brand is Sunshine Books which has sold more than 300 million copies. The publishing list of over 2,000 fiction and non-fiction titles is supported with a range of digital resources – audio, e-books and thousands of skill activities. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. http://www.sunshineonline.co.nz ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Vicki Taylor a leading New Zealand fashion entrepreneur, Creative Director at Taylor and The Shelter. Reach Vicki at vicki@taylorboutique.co.nz We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. https://www.taylorboutique.co.nz https://www.theshelteronline.com ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Jo talks with Tui Te Hau who leads Mahuki - Te Papa's culture based innovation accelerator as General Manager of Mahuki Innovation Hub of Te Papa. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. Tui Te Hau https://twitter.com/tuitehau ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com