‘New Zealand the Lucky Country’

Leadership New Zealand Celebrates ‘New Zealand the Lucky Country’


(Auckland, New Zealand)--- In celebration of Leadership Week 2010, Leadership New Zealand is hosting its fourth annual black tie dinner themed ‘New Zealand the Lucky Country – Opportunities for Our Future’ on Friday 2 July 2010 at 6.30 pm at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Find out why New Zealand is such a lucky country with guest speakers Sir Stephen Tindall, Founder The Warehouse and Jan Dawson, KPMG Chair with Carol Hirschfeld, Maori Television Head of Programming as MC. Special performances will also be given by local singing sensations Aorere Choir and a themed poem by Selina Marsh (2010 LNZ Participant) performed to live, original music by Karam Meuli (2009 LNZ Alumni).

In 2006, Leadership New Zealand joined together with the Sir Peter Blake Trust , Exelerator and the New Zealand Institute of Management to initiate Leadership Week. By working together, they aim to raise awareness of the importance and impact of leadership and to profile the work that’s being done to develop leadership capability in New Zealand.

“As New Zealanders we need to celebrate our successes and be grateful that we are a country of individuals able to come together and be part of and give back to the greater New Zealand community,” explains Leadership New Zealand Executive Director Megan Barclay. “So this year’s theme is about capitalising on what makes New Zealand a lucky country and how we can turn those into opportunities for future growth. We are extremely lucky to have Sir Stephen Tindall and Jan Dawson speak about their leadership journey and what opportunities they envision for our future. It will be an unforgettable evening of celebrating leadership with fine wine and cuisine, inspirational stories, music, poetry and conversation.”

Single tickets are $140 Forum Member/$150 Non-Forum Member and Tables of 10 $1,200 Forum Member/$1,400 Non-Forum Member. Please RSVP by purchasing your tickets online by 25 June 2010 at www.leadershipnz.co.nz by clicking on ‘WebStore.’ For further information please contact 09 309 3749 or info@leadershipnz.co.nz.

A special thank you to our generous sponsors PGG Wrightson, New Zealand Post, ACC, Foodstuffs, Production Associates and Fletcher Building.

Speakers

Sir Stephen Tindall: Sir Stephen Tindall, KNZM is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse and the Tindall Foundation. Tindall founded The Warehouse in 1982 and in 2009 the Warehouse Group had 86 retail stores in New Zealand with sales of NZ$1.72 billion. In 1995 he and his wife set up the Tindall Foundation, to provide a hand up to New Zealanders in need and has granted over $50m to date to assist New Zealand communities. Tindall has also invested over $100M Seed and Venture capital into high export potential businesses and was a founding member of the think tank the New Zealand Institute.

Jan Dawson: Jan Dawson is the CEO and Chairperson of KPMG New Zealand. Dawson began her tenure with KPMG in Canada in 1981 and she’s been with the company ever since. One of the ambitions of her tenure at KPMG is to leave it a better place than when she took it on - both financially and culturally. The KPMG Foundation supports employee volunteering and fundraising efforts and includes the 'Project Out There' and 'Our Communities' programmes and provides opportunities for staff to apply their professional skills on a KPMG Pro Bono basis.


MC

Carol Hirschfeld: Carol Hirschfeld has more than 20 years experience in the television industry working as a news reporter, presenter, director, producer and executive producer. She joined Maori Television in August 2009 as Head of Programming for the Maori Television channel following 11 years at TV3 where she co-presented 3 News and, for her final four years, was executive producer of Campbell Live. Her producing experience includes news, current affairs and magazine format programmes. Carol has also worked with Frontline and Assignment, Fair Go, Crimewatch, Home Truths and A Queen’s Tour.

Entertainment

The Sweet Sixteen Choir: The Aorere College Sweet Sixteen Choir continues a tradition of excellence in choral singing directed by HOD Music Douglas Nyce. The choir has won many awards including the “highly commendable” award at NZCF 2009 Auckland regionals, NZCF Maori Performance award in 2008, Silver in the New Zealand Choral Federation Nationals in 2007 and 2008 and the NZCF Youth Ambassadors Trophy. The choir has also been featured on the 60 Minutes programme and in 2007 sang as backup choir for the Evermore Band in their Auckland concert.

Selina Marsh: Selina is a current participant in the 2010 Leadership Programme. She is a lecturer at the University of Auckland specialising in Pacific Literature, post-colonial literature and creative writing. Of Samoan, Tuvalu, English and French descent, she was the first Pacific Islander to graduate with a PhD from the English Department (2005) and her book “Fast Talking PI” made the NZ Best Seller’s List in 2009. She is passionate about widening educational opportunities for Pacific peoples everywhere and often speaks and performs her poetry at schools, both primary and secondary.

Karam Meuli: Karam is a multi-talented Alumnus from our Leadership Programme 2009. His talents include being an accomplished painter, sculptor and musician who plays guitar, writes and performs his own songs. In his working life Karam has worked in the health and social sectors for the past 18 years. He was part of the team that started peer education programme “Team Extreme” teaching life skills in Intermediate and High Schools in Taranaki. He has worked with youth at risk as a residential social worker and has led a number of youth initiatives and projects in the community.

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