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Unscripted TV Trailblazer - Dame Julie Christie

We sat down with the inimitable Dame Julie Christie and talked the highs and lows of success - what fires her entrepreneurial engine and her top tips for emerging entrepreneurs. You're welcome!

Best Advice For Courageous Living

Entrepreneurial epics, Theresa Gattung and Cecilia Robinson give you their tips for living courageously.

Building a Dynasty the Kiwi Way - Cilla Hegarty

Cilla Hegarty made the momentous decision to start not one but several businesses while her firstborn was still a child. Here she shares how and why she made that eyebrow-raising life choice, and the incredible advantages that came from it.

The Road Well Travelled - Carmel Fisher

Carmel Fisher founded the iconic investment company Fisher Funds with her husband Hugh. She tells her entrepreneurial story from the point of start-up to the eventual sale and exit from the business.

The Advisor: Claire Day

Claire Day is the founder of CultureWise, and a highly experienced human resources and communications professional. She shines a light on staff engagement and company culture, why this is important for us and what to consider.

The Business of Fashion - Anna-Lise Sharma

Anna-Lise Sharma (of RUBY) has combined chutzpah and intelligence with a dash of strategy and a healthy dose of confidence to take her down a career path that seamlessly blends her commercial nous with a passion for fashion.

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A Message to Women - Rebecca McLeod and Julia Matthews

Rebecca McLeod, the founder of Made4Baby and Julia Matthews, founder of Two Islands, share their experience and wisdom to other women moving forward on their success journey.

important message and epic tool from our founder for you

Season's greetings from the Co.OfWomen team. Tara's message to everyone as we welcome a new year.

The Role Model series ft. Jessie Jarvie and Debbie Sutton

Jessie Jarvie, founder of The Baby Bag and Debbie Sutton, founder of WineFriend share who their role models are, and how these role models have helped them as they have traversed their success journey.

The Proud Series ft. Julia Matthews and Megan May

Julia Matthews, founder of Two Islands, and Megan May, founder of Little Bird Organics, celebrate their accomplishments with the Sisterhood and share their milestones that they are most proud of along their success journey.

A Message To Women ft. Anna Kydd & Sarah Bruce

Founder of the Tea Curator, Anna Kydd, and owner of Edible Blooms, Sarah Bruce, share a brief message of love to their fellow women. Encouraging women from all walks of life to stand in their unique female power.

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Co.W Talks ft. Christina Wood

Christina Wood, Co-founder of Liberty Brewing, shares her story of taking her brand from the garage to the world one beer at a time.

Co.W Talks - Dame Pieter Stewart

New Zealand Fashion industry legend, Dame Pieter Stewart earnestly weighs in on what made her success possible, her inspirations, and her challenges (and her love of them).

Co.W Talks - Anna Kydd

Anna Kydd (The Tea Curator) brings buckets of charm to her chat with Tara. She gets into her start-up journey and how she's found the strength to build a gorgeous, inventive company while dealing with serious challenges.

Co.W Talks - Rebecca Mcleod

Lawyer turned skincare expert (and founder of gorgeous natural skincare brand Made4Baby) Rebecca McLeod talks to Tara about her entrepreneurial journey, staying on track and dealing with stress.

Co.W Talks - Kiri Nathan

Kiri Nathan is a Kiwi icon and here she offers her incredibly wise and unique take on all kinds of topics, including intuition, self sabotage, the joy of ageing and being the captain of your own ship.

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Webinar ft. Kaz Staples

Inducted into the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the food industry in 2019, the passionate, driven, resilient and utterly charismatic Kaz Staples has had an incredible success journey. In this Webinar, Kaz talks us through how Pure Delish turned from a home-based hobby brand to a household brand name, with twists and turns that seem more dramatic than most.

Webinar ft. Brianne West

It's got to be said that Ms Brianne West could be just a little bit unicorn, such has been the epic rise of her awesome solid bar cosmetics business, Ethique. In this live Zoom interview this incredible member shares about that rise and the actual journey!

Confidence Masterclass

In this video we'll get you very well acquainted with the all important success tool CONFIDENCE. Learn how to move through the world with assurance and achieve whatever the heck you want to. Hell yes.

Webinar ft. Jenene Crossan

Jenene, Jenene, Jenene - our Lady of Resilience. Watch her tell the brilliant story of where she's come from, how she got to where she is and what kept her going through the whole thing. A savvy businesswoman with sass, intellect and a knack for surviving in style.

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Building a Dynasty the Kiwi Way - Cilla Hegarty

Blazing a trail from the land into the future

Mavis Mullins lets us in on her remarkable backstory, how she ended up where she is, and the unmatched importance of family in her journey.

Growing up blonde and Māori

Sara Orme shares a personal story of life experience based on the distinctive hardships associated with being both white and Māori.

The Business of Fashion - Anna-Lise Sharma

To be the best (Ranjna Patel, Tāmaki Health)

Ranjna Patel and her husband Dr Kantilal Patel have changed the face of Auckland’s healthcare, transcending barriers and using a simple philosophy: Here to serve.

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Using Her Voice For Innovation

Rhonda Kite ONZM has many accomplishments under her belt. She shares her story here about taking control of her destiny and starting a tech revolution.

We've Got This! - Annette Presley

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) and queen of confidence, Annette Presley reveals how she grew to become so confident and how she gets through challenging moments.

Restoring her reo

Kim Muriwai’s journey with te reo has been long and unexpected. Here, she tells the story of how the language seed got planted and how it’s grown in unexpected ways.

The Advisor: Claire Day

Ones to watch - Cherie Metcalfe

In this fresh instalment of our regular series featuring early-stage companies, we spoke with Cherie Metcalfe of foodie biz Pepper & Me about what she's doing and why.

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The LegUP series - resilience

A masterclass on the scientific and practical theory behind resilience. Get comfy and listen to Tara outline just what resilience is and how our brains can be trained with specific tools to maintain a more consistent level of calm and happiness and ready ourselves for anything.

Case Study: Debbie Sutton (podcast)

Hear Debbie speak about what she’s hoping to achieve with her business, how important her team members are and how she dealt with an almost-disaster with her marketing plan. All this and a raft of fantastic advice too.

LegUP series - leader tips

Hear Tara speak about three things you can do to refocus and replenish your energies, take back control of your time and feel amazing (and amazingly productive).

LegUP - Who's Feeding The Leader?

Hear Tara speak of cultivating a relatively simple habit that will not only change the way you think, but will enhance your confidence in your decision-making and enable you to produce your absolute best work.

LegUP - The Success Tips series

Tara shares a hugely useful way to evaluate your year and feed that forward into the next decade (YES, next year is also a new decade!).

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Mavis' kupu whakatenatena (words of encouragement & advice)

Mavis Mullins MNZM, shares some words of encouragement and advice to other women pursuing their success journey.

Audette Exel's Top Tips for Success

Audette Exel, the founder of the Adara Group, shares her top tips and tricks to women working on their personal success journey.

Top lessons learned during Cherie's success journey

As a chef by trade, Cherie Metcalfe launched her business Pepper & Me to make people’s lives a little easier, and a lot more delicious with awesome spice rubs, salt blends, sauces, crumbs and cooking pastes. As part of our series interviewing early-stage companies, she revealed the top 5 lessons learned from her journey to date.