Awards, Honours, and Presentations
Awards & Honours
- 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
My ORCID: 0000-0002-0139-975X
2026
- Sovereignty and control - Who owns and governs Indigenous identity data? Panel - Embassy of Ireland Kōrero Comhrá 2026 -Sovereignty Beyond Territory
- Community, Culture and Wellbeing MC - NZ Tech Rally
- Open for the Next Generation - NetTalks Te Whanganui-a-Tara
- 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