WIFT NZ Events

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga – NZ Film Commission

You are all aware of changes to the team and strategy at the NZ Film Commission.  Now it is time to hear the facts from the team itself. Annie Murray, Chief Executive Officer, and Ainsley Gardiner, Head of Funding, will take you through the new strategic direction for the Commission, telling you exactly who is doing what, who your contacts should be, changes to the funding model, and what plans are for the year ahead for the new team.

2025 will be upon us imminently!  Here's the perfect way to understand where the opportunities are, and who to deal with at Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga as we look forward to a new year.

Date: 8th October, 2024

Time:  4:30 PM –  7:00 PM - The workshop will start at 5:00 PM sharp.

Venue: Screen CanterburyNZ, BNZ Centre, Level 3, 101 Cashel Street

WIFT Members and Ngā Aho Whakaari Members are FREE.  

Non-members: $20. Students: $10.
Includes wine and nibbles!

RSVP HERE.

If you have any questions about the event, email us at office@wiftnz.org.nz

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga – NZ Film Commission

You are all aware of changes to the team and strategy at the NZ Film Commission.  Now it is time to hear the facts from the team itself. Annie Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Ainsley Gardiner, Head of Funding and members of the Leadership team, long-standing and new, will take you through the new strategic direction for the Commission, telling you exactly who is doing what, who your contacts should be, changes to the funding model, and what plans are for the year ahead for the new team.

2025 will be upon us imminently!  Here's the perfect way to understand where the opportunities are, and who to deal with at Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga as we look forward to a new year.

Date: 9th October, 2024

Time:  5:00 PM –  7:30 PM The workshop will start at 5:30 PM sharp.

Venue: 129 Park Rd. Miramar, Wellington

WIFT Members and Ngā Aho Whakaari Members are FREE.  Non-members: $20. Students: $10.
***Includes wine and nibbles!

RSVP HERE

If you have any questions about the event, email us at office@wiftnz.org.nz

Take Your Space, Value Your Worth, Getting a Yes: Negotiating the Pay and Conditions You Deserve

Been talked over in a meeting?

Struggled to negotiate your contract?

Feel undervalued?

Hate conflict?

In this hands-on workshop, Dr Jo Cribb will share practical negotiation and conflict resolution strategies as well as important insights on attitudes to money and pay gaps. You will leave with practical tips and tricks for tackling your next contract negotiations. Special guest contributor, the fantastic Theresa Healey will be present!

Date: 13th November
Time: 3 PM - 7 PM, includes late afternoon networking drinks.
Venue: TBC, Christchurch

The ticket price is $10 for WIFT Members. $25 for Non-Members. Includes networking drinks & nibbles. Spaces are limited. 

Jo is a consultant and professional director with a focus on gender and diversity. She was the previous Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women, and co-founder of the Mind the Gap campaign advocating for pay gap reporting. Recent assignments include evaluating Sport NZ's gender equity in governance policy, leading sessions at APEC 2023 on gender equality in customs and border agencies, working with the New Zealand Defence Force's leadership team on the gender diversity of the forces, and completing a gender analysis of immigration policy.

In 2020, she co-authored the book Take Your Space: Successful Women Share their Secrets; the aim of which is to support women and girls to advance themselves. All proceeds from the book will be donated to The Aunties and Otara Blue Light programme to support young women leaders. Jo has also extensively researched the future of work and the result was the 2018 and 2024 second edition co-authored book Don't Worry About the Robots: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work which provides an accessible synthesis of the trends in technology that are impacting on work and practical tools for future-proofing careers.

In 2016 she was a finalist in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards and in 2021 won the Women in Governance Community Award from Governance New Zealand.

Jo is the proud mother of two, owns a small vineyard in Martinborough and distills her own gin.

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Gracious thanks to Screenrights for supporting this workshop for us!