Emerging Director Finalist 2025, Institute of Directors Wellington Branch
Leadership Network 2025 Cohort, Asia New Zealand Foundation
Mahi Tahi Finalist 2025, Ngā Tohu o Catalyst
Local Hero Medalist for the 2025 Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year Award Te Pou Toko o te Tau, Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards
Rangatiratanga Tipu Winner 2024, Matihiko Awards
Young Achiever Award Finalist 2024, New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards
Y25 List 2024 Judge, YWCA Aotearoa
NGO delegate with New Zealand Government delegation for CSW68, Ministry for Women
Inclusion Impact Award Semi-Finalist 2023, NZ Impact Awards
Emerging Icon Finalist 2023, Matihiko Awards
Y25 List 2023 Judge, YWCA Aotearoa
Local Impact Award Finalist 2022, NZ Impact Awards
Club Administrator of the Year 2020, Netball Wellington Centre
Sportsperson of the Year Finalist 2020, Victoria University Netball Club
Y25 List 2020, YWCA Aotearoa
Faculty Club of the Year 2019, Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria Plus Award 2019, Victoria University of Wellington
Blues Award for Sports Administration 2019, Victoria University of Wellington
Senior Player of the Year Finalist 2019, Victoria University Netball Club
Sportsperson of the Year Finalist 2019, Victoria University Netball Club
Team Vic Excellence Award 2019, Victoria University Netball Club
Volunteer of the Year Nominee 2018, Netball Wellington Centre
Huawei Seeds for the Future Scholar 2018, Huawei Technologies
WellyTech Walked the Talk Award Finalist 2018, Access Granted & WellyTech
Sportsperson of the Year Finalist 2018, Victoria University Netball Club
Team Vic Excellence Award 2018, Victoria University Netball Club
Blues Award for Sports Administration 2018, Victoria University of Wellington
Club President of the Year 2018, Victoria University of Wellington
Young Achiever Award Finalist 2017, New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards
Open Source Contributer Finalist 2016, New Zealand Open Source Awards
Catalyst Open Source Scholarship 2016, Catalyst IT
Victoria Achiever Scholarship 2016, Victoria University of Wellington
Datacom Prize for Excellence in Digital Technologies 2015, Datacom
IITP Cup for Excellence in Digital Technologies 2015, Institute of IT Professionals
Presentations & Speaking
2026
Governance Panel - Gen-Z Aotearoa National Youth Organisations Hui
Society, Systems & Software - IAASysters NZ 2026
Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls. Panel - United Nations Women Aotearoa New Zealand International Women's Day 2026 Parliamentary Reception
Speaker Panel - Genesia Girls Createathon 2026
What does open source mean - and why should I care? - Catalyst Open Source Academy 2026
2025
Day 3 Host & MC - KohaCon25
From Koha to Digital Kaitiakitanga: Indigenous Values, Data Sovereignty and Library Systems - PARBICA21 2025
Reimagining the IT guy - Te Ara Poutama nā Rehua
Mātauranga Session 21: How Innovation Drives Representation - Te Hapori Matihiko
He Pūnaha Ora: Digital Collections as Living Ecosystems - LIANZA Conference 2025
From Koha to Digital Kaitiakitanga: Indigenous Values, Data Sovereignty and Library Systems - International Indigenous Librarians' Forum 2025
Care for your Collections: Māori Values, Data Sovereignty and Library Systems - National Digital Forum 2025
Navigating the Industry as a Woman - IAASysters NZ 2025
How to Contribute to the Gender Equal Movement - Chapman Tripp for International Women's Day 2025
Koha – not your average library system - Everything Open 2025
2024
Koha – not your average library system - KohaCon24
Journeys through Koha panel - KohaCon24
He kupu mō ngā pūkenga whatunga (some words for network engineers) - APNIC58
APNIC Pre-Conference Student Panel - Tūhura Tech
Community, rage, and advocacy - Rebels & Cheerleaders
Toitū te Tiriti panel - Festival for the Future
Communities in code - VALA 2024 Reiterated - Getting IT back to grass roots
Uncovering New Zealand's tech secrets - Tech Week
Unitec presents - Indigenous Data Sovereignty - Tech Week
Unitec presents - Digital Safety - Tech Week
Fighting for feminism panel - The Guilty Feminist podcast live show in Wellington
Report back on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women - Graduate Women Wellington Branch Meeting
Stories of an NZ NGO rep in New York - BPW Aotearoa Networking Session
Report back on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women - NCWNZ Influence and Decision Making Action Hub Meeting
Report back on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women - International Women's Caucus Meeting
Closing pay gaps: intersectionality, drivers, policy and actionable next steps - NGO CSW68 Forum
2023
Overcoming bias and discrimination in the tech industry - DIA Women's Network & DIAsians
Reimagining the IT guy - Zonta Club of Wellington Meeting
Communities in code - NZ Tech Rally
Reimagining the IT guy - Rotary Club of Port Nicholson
Ka mua, ka muri - LIANZA Conference 2023
Unlocking open source - Wāhine Fuelled Tech
Director Q&A - Ms. Information screening at Petone Lighthouse Cinema
Indigenous data sovereignty in libraries - International Indigenous Librarians' Forum 2023
2022
Women in Association Leadership panel - Australasian Society of Association Executives ACE 2022 Conference & Exhibition
An Indigenous perspective of diversity and inclusion in Aotearoa New Zealand - Japan Women's Innovation Network (J-WIN)
Saving Kittens and Supporting Koha - KohaCon22
Women in Tech panel - Parliament Staff Women's Network
Koha for a cataloguing agency: considerations and challenges for a system implementation during COVID lockdown - VALA2022
Open source library software: the gift that keeps on giving back - VALA2022
Reimagining the IT guy - Ko Māui Hangarau
Futureproofing Aotearoa, Navigating Digital Skills in the New Economy panel - NZRise