Global leaders championing climate action

Michelle Barry - Marlborough Environmental Guardian

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we recorded this podcast, it was International Women's Day, Friday 8th March 2024 and we giggled over how we had both spent our day... working. A...

Marjolein Brasz - CEO Foodvalley

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The ‘Stories of Dutch Ingenuity’ podcast series connects with diverse leaders, change makers and environmental guardians in The Netherlands. Foodv...

Tim van Hattum - NL2120, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have the knowledge, we have the money, we have the solutions. Now we just need to implement them collectively to support in solving the climate cha...

Karel van der Velden - Nijsen Company

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Karel grew up on a small regional farm in the Netherlands producing food for their local community, and in this podcast you will discover some of the ...

Lior Steinberg - Co Founder and Urban planner at Humankind

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lior is committed to creating cities that make people smile and inspire people for a better urban future. As we know, we are living in challenging tim...

Rio Pals - Wageningen University and Research, Student challenge manager

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rio is someone who values equality and interpersonal connections, and has a deep respect for nature. She believes that only through working together, ...

Wouter Bakker - School for change and Comm’on Business, Stories of Dutch Ingenuity

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wouter is a social entrepreneur, visionary and change maker who recognises the importance of doing the inner work, reflection and exploration of self ...

Wendy Sullivan - NZ Landcare Trust

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy is a true environmental guardian from our wonderful Marlborough, New Zealand community activating, championing and sharing her knowledge on the ...

Andree Piddington - Yealands Estate Winery

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast series has been celebrating Environmental Guardians from all over Marlborough who are championing climate action, embedding bio- diversit...

Dr. Kate Averill - founder Inclusive Sustainable Development & Climate Action Marlborough Committee

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Kate Averill is an environmental guardian leading our community of Marlborough with a deep sense of values through her work at Inclusive Sustainab...

Sophia Bristow - Eurotech Design

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast series we unpack Sophia’s world as an entrepreneur through the lense of the heroines journey to connect to who she is, the things th...

Ailie Suzuki - GM at Envirohub Marlborough

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast series we are celebrating female environmental guardians from across Marlborough who are working in diverse roles, on diverse projects...

Girls who Grow - a story of the Future

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aimee Blake, co founder Girls who Grow and Future Farmers NZ shares a beautifully crafted story for the future. Aimee has a true gift with words as a ...

Penny Wardle - Forest & Bird Marlborough, Te Hoiere Project

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Penny wears many a hat but in this podcast we explore the role that she plays in the community of Marlborough New Zealand as an environmental guardian...

Melanie Lynn - co-founder WellNow, Holistic Success Series

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mel grew up in Seattle and always dreamt of being a business woman but was living much more of a hippy lifestyle but wondered how she could blend both...

Rebekah Anderson - Sanford New Zealand

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Born and raised in a small coastal village in South Africa, Bex has grown up as a lover of the outdoors and is rotating adventures in the mountains to...

Bev Doole - Marlborough Environment Awards Co- Ordinator

07 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bev Doole is leading our new series of podcast celebrating environmental guardians in our Marlborough, New Zealand community.  As a former journalist...

Latesha Randell - CoFounder, Raglan Food Co.

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Latesha spent her life being home schooled which gave her a lot of time to spend reading and read many great books about global entrepreneurs and thei...

Rebecca (Bex) Bell - Remix Coaching

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring the concept of holistic success and how we can transform societies thinking of what true success is and how we can show up as better version...

Michelle Bradley - MB Style

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle is a beautiful woman with a gift that she packages up as a parcel, gifting it to all the people that she works with.  Michelle has been ...

Marije Dijkstra - Founder, Tahuna Skin

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With an unwavering love for sauna, nurturing a long distance relationship and sparking creative ideas to plant her seeds in NZ, Marije moved to NZ wit...

Tanya Pouwhare - NZ Ethical Employers

21 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Creating a life fuelled by holistic success is an art and a craft to master but how we can start to change societies perception and culture that surro...

Helen Blom - Mills Bay Mussels and Southland Dairy Farmer

30 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The evolution of holistic success through the lens of diverse, interesting and thought provoking women from Marlborough, New Zealand.

Kylie Matthews - AWWA Period Care

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Through this series of podcasts we explore the concept of creating a life filled by holistic success. Many of us grew up with the idea that success co...

Cassandra Slumskie - founder, Trinity Employment

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cassandra is an authentic, brave and courageous leader shining as a beacon of light in the world for her 4 daughters and team of young women at Trinit...

Kate David, founder - Marlborough Employment Solutions

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Holistic Success Series through the lens of diverse, authentic, creative, brave and courageous women from across Marlborough, New Zealand.

Martina Suliemen - Co- Founder SkinHub Marlborough

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martina shares the evolution of how the idea of success has changed and evolved for her over the years, to now as a doctor, mother, wife and business ...

Aimee Pickles - Co Owner, F45 Blenheim

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast we explore the journey of life and how our views of success change over the decades in working towards creating a holistically success...

Finn Ross - Lake Hawea Station

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Finn describes himself as an adventurer (first and foremost) and a deep nature frother who has spent a big part of his life chasing epic adventures. W...

Becks Smith - The Whole Story

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Becks Smith is a passionate life long learner and is always looking for new opportunities to grow. Becks launched The Whole Story during lockdown in 2...

Maegan Blom - Mills Bay Mussels

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a proud New Zealander (with deep Dutch roots), Maegan Blom is a savvy, authentic and aspiring young leader.  Hailing from an entrepreneurial famil...

Eve McCallum - University student and young political activist

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eve is a young, educated, passionate leader who describes herself as unapologetically loud and opinionated, curiously acquiring knowledge and discover...

Krista Coningham - owner, Caci Blenheim

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast series, we explore the idea of holistic success through the lens of womens lives from all over New Zealand and how this notion has cha...

Dr. Libby Weaver - author, entrepreneur and speaker

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Libby is a world renowned author, entrepreneur and speaker armed with abundant knowledge, scientific research and a true desire to help others reco...

Helen Townsend - Co founder, EcoSplat Reusable Water Balloons

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With an overhanging guilt of single use everything, the world has woken up to realise that through our changes of behaviours we can all contribute to ...

Kim Clarke - Executive Enterprise, MYOB

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kim feels privileged with the work that she does at MYOB, one of the fastest growing businesses, a business that shapes a big part of who she is. Know...

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29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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Bridgette Jackson - Founder, Equal Exes

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As an entrepreneur, Bridgette is driven and determined to change the stigma in New Zealand about divorce and separation, and has founded Equal Exes to...

Vicki Angland - founder iWalkWaiheke

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the naughty bright kid at school, Vicki always knew that a traditional life path wasn't going to be for her and was prompted by someone sharing tha...

Sarah Vickers - Holistic Health Practitioner

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Vickers is a spiritual being, a registered nurse and holistic health practitioner... what a wonderful and diverse mix.  Sarah is focused on...

Sarah Wilson - author, entrepreneur, change maker and climate activist.

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Wilson is an author, entrepreneur, change maker and most importantly a climate activist.  When describing who she is the first word that ap...

Lani Evans - Vodafone Foundation & Thank you Payroll

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lani is an adventurer at heart with a strong desire to see an equitable society and is forever exploring whats possible. She admits that one of her bi...

Lisa Pagotto - Founder, Crooked Compass

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa is an adventurer, a boundary pusher, challenging the status quo who founded an adventure travel company - Crooked Compass to share the world with...

Andy Hamilton, Co Founder - Manaaki

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a lover and supporter of small businesses, after many years at The Icehouse, Andy fell into building a platform during 2020 lockdown that would sup...

Caroleen Moise - Filmmaker

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Caroleen Moise was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and grew up fascinated by the creativity of writing poetry, watching films and acting to grow i...

Sebastian Terry - founder 100 thing

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

12 years ago, Sebastian Terry lost a great friend, had started a business, had begun navigating a university degree and decided to throw it all in and...

Julie Demsey - Hypnotherapist & Transformation Mindset Coach

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Julie Demsey is a recovering people pleaser, living life on her own terms, ex Silicon Valley, life long learning woman who landed in Australia on a mi...

Phoebe Garland - Garland & Garland Fashion

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Phoebe jokes that her and her husband have been given the life sentence of being immersed into the world of fashion, knowing that there have been incr...

Andi Lew - Author & Wellness Expert Presenter

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andi Lew is a best selling author & wellness expert presenter and has recently published a book, "Connected - a paradigm shift in how we view heal...

Jo Burston - entrepreneur, Inspiring Rare Birds, Job Capital and startup.business

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Burston describes herself as an accidental entrepreneur after waking up at 27 to realise that she needed a serious career as she had some audacious...

Lisa Booth - founder Kete Kai

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a mother, an entrepreneur and a big vision thinker, Lisa describes herself as creative, crazy and often a powerful explosion of energy. Through her...

Lillian Grace - founder Figure Group & Huatau

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lillian describes her life as a curly path of adventures, with her most recent focused on founding Figure Group and Huatau. When Lillian and founder o...

Marina Passalaris - founder, Beautiful Minds

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marina spent her early career as a booking agent at a modelling agency and soon recognised that beyond the beauty of the models there were also intern...

Cristina Casares - Ray White Auckland

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cristina spent most of her life as a film producer and creator, however with the great passion for this life role, it was taking away much needed time...

Ranjna Patel - founder Tamaki Healthcare Group & The Gandhi Nivas family violence prevention programme in New Zealand

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjna Patel is the founder of Takami Healthcare Group and The Gandhi Nivas family violence prevention programme, who provide healthcare services to t...

Deborah Crowe - Co founder, Usedfully

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a powerful opening to the connection with Deborah, she shared her Pepeha (a way of introducing yourself in Maori) that aligns her mountain, her riv...

Tory Archbold - Founder of Powerful Steps and TORSTAR

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tory Archbold founded TORSTAR in her 20's, and without giving away her age, many years later and after an incredible career, accolades and global reco...

Roxy Lehmann - founder, Dress for a Night

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Roxy is the founder of Dress for a Night, a dress rental business that was created after a realisation of not wanting to spend a fortune on a dress yo...

Lauren Branson - CEO, Your Food Collective

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the CEO of Your Food Collective and mother to 5 small humans, Lauren knows the value of time and space, to create and activate change. Lauren is dr...

Nikki Hind - Founder, Blind Gtit

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nikki Hind is Australia's first blind fashion designer, a mother and a gentle disruptor activating change through her work at Blind Grit. With a stron...

Becky Cashman - founder, Goodbye

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Becky Cashman is recreating who she is each day, but with a thread of commonality with her life being devoted to the divine and a strong sense of beli...

Dianna Somerville- Bridge Hub and Regional Pitch Fest Australia

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dianna Somerville left her home town of Wagga Wagga, Australia to drive war ships in the Navy thinking she would never return to regional Australia.&n...

Helen Lea - Chief Employee Experience Officer, MYOB

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a former organisational psychologist, Helen is a leader of diverse functions within the frame of MYOB.  Knowing that MYOB is a very different ...

Dr. Michelle Dickinson - founder, Nano Girl Labs

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Michele Dickinson spent a long time as one of the only female engineers in a male dominated world and often felt quite lonely, had to work three t...

Elle Bell - Space to Co.

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To enable Elle to get over her fear of rejection through connecting with people, she joined an Improv Theatre group, after realising that part of bein...

Candice Pardy - Founder, Jobloads

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The notion of nurturing the seed and it will blossom is something that Candice attributes to her Maori heritage and that has been engrained in her thr...

Rosie De Malmanche - Our Closet

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rosie defines herself as someone that is passionate about empowering women and supporting them to optimise on under-utilised assets.  Rosie has l...

Nicki Douglas - Te Awara Lakes Trust

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nikki Douglas has always held a strong constitution to the planet, knowing that we are all part of the earth and the wondrous ecosystem that it is.&nb...

Hilary Walton - Chief Information Security Officer of Kordia and sharer of Digital Culture Ideas

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hilary Walton is a strong advocate to the next generation that you don’t just grow up to be one thing and that you can never pick the way you go as ...

Kaarin Gaukrodger - UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand Board Member

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kaarin is taking the lead this year on the UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand and global campaign -16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. &nbsp...

Ingrid Cronin- Knight - Country manager, MYOB

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ingrid is a contemporary leader who is constantly evolving and analysing what kind of leader she wants to be, and has adopted a much more collaborativ...

Anita Vaafusuaga - DNA 1st Solutions

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anita dropped out of school at 13 and spent many years working with the team at Nutrimetics.  When the 3rd party contractor was no longer able to...

Christina Bellis - CEO, Thank you Payroll

22 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a socially minded, environmental advocate and change maker, Christina encourages us all to adopt practices of the past to enable us to go forward.&...

Nada Piatek - co founder, Again Again

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With a strong call for action focused on creating a positive impact to ensure that millions of non recyclable coffee cups don’t end up in landfill, ...

Anne - Marie Brook - Human Rights Measurement Initiative

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a great lover of learning, Anne - Marie has always been a big picture thinker with a more recent calling to Human Rights. After working in both the...

Christine Liggins - Co Founder, Debtfix

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last 16 years, Christine has been passionate about teaching and sharing her knowledge on financial literacy and began to dig deeper beyond an...

Ziena Jalil - Independent Director, Strategic Consultant and Diversity and Inclusion Advocate

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ziena Jalil has had a career of diverse roles where over time she was able to develop her own voice driven by a deep sense of purpose and passion (whi...

Julie Trell - Country Lead, SheEO Australia

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the Country Lead for SheEO Australia, Julie believed in the mission and the changing landscape of capital flow change and how female entrepreneurs ...

Holly Carrington - DVfree and Policy Advisor, Shine

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Starting out on the volunteer help line at Shine some 20 years ago, Holly always felt passionate about the cause and delved deep into the details and ...

Annie Newton - Jones, Tearfund New Zealand

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a Corporate Advocacy Specialist at Tearfund New Zealand, Annie is passionate, creative and full of spirit working to create a movement of positive ...

Heather Harrison, ASPECT Skincare and Advanced Skin Technology

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Heather is a woman who is all about human connection but firstly through connecting to who she is, by allowing space and time to think and reflect. Af...

Becks Smith - Founder, The Whole Story

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a passionate mother of two, a vet, a farmer and founder of The Whole Story, her journey is a culmination of life experiences all coming together to...

Rachel Petero - Rise2025 Global

31 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a Maori Indigenous Woman, Rachel is an advocate for gender equality with a strong focus on empowering indigenous women, an innate characteristic th...

Chrissie Cowan - Chief Executive at Kapo Maori Aotearoa New Zealand

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After working for 10 years in the Public Service, Chrissie had the curiosity to combine and bridge her Western Learnings & Maori Learnings from he...

Nikki Connors - founder Propellor Properties

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a successful, savvy and influential woman of the world, Nikki has lived through layers of trials and tribulations, learnings and experiences to get...

Camia Young - Founder of Ohu and Collett’s Corner Project

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Camia is an architect at heart with the soul of an entrepreneur. With 2 masters under her belt, she always had a passion for the evolution of cities a...

Eva Pemper - founder and winemaker EP Wines

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eva Pemper founded the brand EP Wines with a desire to continue her family legacy in the wine industry from the 80's in Croatia. With courage and brav...

Brooke Roberts - Co Founder, Sharesies

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Founding Sharsies alongside 6 other diverse mindsets, Brooke and the team at Sharsies are on a mission to create a Financially Empowered Generation to...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Mandy Lacy, MQ meeting intelligence

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mandy was fortunate to grow up in a rural upbringing which she feels has had an earthing impact on her to be able to support the work that she does to...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Jennifer Mills, Jennifer Mills & Associates

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Mills is the founder of Jennifer Mills & Associates and has often been described as taking the more difficult route, bucking the system and o...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose, Tracy Ahern- founder Au Natural Skin Food

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With a passion for the skin being part of Tracy’s DNA, she is on a mission to create fearlessly healthy faces by using less and just what the skin n...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Niamh Buchanan, fiftyfive5

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Niamh has always had a passion for people and through her work in research and insights has used this passion to uncover new opportunities which have ...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Niamh Given

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When our founder Catherine first met Niamh she was nesting in Hong Kong empowering innovators and entrepreneurs to connect and collaborate. Now perche...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose, Vicki Saunders - Founder SheEO Global

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a solutions oriented, creative woman, Vicki Saunders has been an entrepreneur for over 30 years with a strong focus on doing good and making money....

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Lisa King, Eat my Lunch

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the founder of Eat my Lunch, Lisa began this journey with strong foundations of purpose and that was that in a country fuelled by fairness (New Zea...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Lauren Parsons, Lauren Parsons Wellbeing

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the owner of Lauren Parsons Wellbeing, founder of the Snack on Exercise movement and Thrive TV show, Lauren has certainly crafted a life for hersel...

Entrepreneurial MAN with Purpose - Greig Brebner, founder Blunt Umbrella’s

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a product design engineer, Greig spent much of his early career working to invent a product, to really create something extraordinary.  It was...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Olivia Reid, Pulse Yoga and The Honour Festival

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Olivia has been engaged in the active practice of yoga, the philosophies and the lifestyle for many decades and launched Pulse off the back of her gre...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Teresa Tepania - Ashton, Maori Women’s Development Inc

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As the CEO of the Maori Women’s Development Trust in New Zealand, Teresa is navigating, pivoting and adapting their organisation just as quickly as ...

Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Karen Walker, Karen Walker the Brand

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Walker enabled her early signs of creativity when she was able to dig through a box of old fabric and jump on her mothers 1960's Bermina sewing ...