Creating Enduring Leadership

Fulbright New Zealand and Sir Peter Blake Trust present Creating Enduring Leadership

Fulbright New Zealand and Sir Peter Blake Trust are pleased to present the interactive event Creating Enduring Leadership hosted by Victoria University of Wellington on Wednesday 6 July.

Creating Enduring Leadership will explore the leadership journey of outstanding New Zealanders.

Victoria University Public and Community Leadership Professor Brad Jackson will discuss making meaningful connections and inspiring actions that have sustainable impact both here and around the world, with a panel of innovators:

• Sam Johnson, social entrepreneur, Student Volunteer Army founder, 2011 Blake Leader;

• Rachel Taulelei ONZM, (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Rarua), Kono Chief Executive, Yellow Brick Road Founder, Aotearoa Fisheries Director and Wellington City Market co-founder, 2012 Blake Leader;

• Mark Pennington ONZM, Lead Coach for the government-funded ‘Better By Design’ programme and head designer at Formway; and

• Maia Wikaira (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa), Kahui Legal lawyer, 2016 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award grantee.

Fulbright New Zealand opens doors for tomorrow’s leaders and thinkers. It is vital for New Zealand future leaders to have broad exposure to international thinking and trends, and bring their knowledge home to share.

“This partnership event is about creating enduring leadership and will explore the biggest challenges and opportunities for New Zealand leaders in a global context, including how we can connect and build scale from here,” says Fulbright New Zealand Executive Director Penelope Borland.

“Fulbright is proud to give New Zealand future leaders an enriching and life-changing exchange experience in the United States. We look forward to an interesting discussion at Creating Enduring Leadership.”

Sir Peter Blake Trust Chief Executive Shelley Campbell says, “Sir Peter showed us that with the will to succeed, the believe in achieving extraordinary things and the right team New Zealanders can achieve on a global scale. It’s important we talk about and celebrate great leadership and our place in the world to support and inspire the next generation of leaders.”

Creating Enduring Leadership takes place at Victoria University of Wellington on 6 July from 6.00pm to 8.30. Registration is free and open to the public. Questions for the panel will be taken throughout. Please click here to register.

About the panellists

• Professor Brad Jackson, Head of School of Government and Professor of Public and Community Leadership. He was formerly co-Director of the New Zealand Leadership Institute and vice-chair of the International Leadership Association.

• Rachel Taulelei (Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Rarua) founded sustainable seafood company Yellow Brick Road. She now leads Māori food and beverage enterprise Kono, owned by her iwi’s food and beverage producer and exporter Wakatū Incorporation. With an infectious passion for the primary sector, Rachel has created values-based business models focused on the sustainability of the country’s resource.

• Mark Pennington ONZM is Lead Coach for the government-funded ‘Better By Design’ programme, head designer at Formway. Mark used his 1988 Fulbright New Zealand scholarship to study major international philosophical changes occurring in product and environmental design in American cities such as New York. He went on to become Head of Design at Wellington Polytechnic and designed the Life Chair which sells more than 150,000 units worldwide every year with total sales in excess of US$1,000,000,000.

• Maia Wikaira (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa) is an Associate at Kahui Legal. A former Head Girl at Wellington Girls’ College, she graduated with an LLB (Hons) and BA from the University of Otago in 2011. Maia is the 2016 recipient of the Fulbright-Nga Pae o Te Māramatanga Graduate Award and later this year will commence a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy at Stanford University in California.

• Sam Johnson is a social entrepreneur focused on community building, volunteerism and resilience and regularly advises non-profits, corporate groups and government agencies on community mobilisation strategies. He’s most well-known for founding the Student Volunteer Army that over the past five years has shattered the stereotype typically attributed to younger people in New Zealand. Sam is an Adjunct Fellow in the School of Education and Leadership at the University of Canterbury.

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