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Passionate in ensuring systems are simple, and relationships are based on open communication, trust and mutual respect, I work to engage clients and students and to smooth their path to success. Focusing on personal development, my skills lie in career development, leadership, coaching, strategic planning, new ventures, and governance. I love learning, constantly adding new ideas and theories to my knowledge kete. A professional member of CDANZ, and a member of CATE, APCDA, NCDA, I teach on the Career Development programme at NMIT, and on the AUT Bachelor of Sport & Recreation programme.
What's New on My Blog ↓
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Monday, 19 October 2026
Six reflection tips
Often when working with new career practitioners on reflective practice, I get a flavour of the learner being intellectually curious, but r...
Friday, 16 October 2026
An update on Lorum ipsum
Some time ago ( here ) I briefly explored the origins of Lorum ipsum, the dummy filler text used in lay-ups to allow us to focus on design...
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Is Google search 'good' search?
I have written about Google recently ( here ), but this time I want to consider search in particular. Apparently around 80% of search is Goo...
Monday, 12 October 2026
Aotearoa Apprenticeships: the first century
I have been wondering about how apprenticeships began in Aotearoa, and was lucky enough to stumble over Masters from Victoria University det...
Friday, 9 October 2026
Houston, we have a problem
I have heard - and said - "Houston, we have a problem", and always assumed that this was the ACTUAL quote from the Apollo 13 team....
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
More asking, less doing to
There is a resource we can use to help us evaluate what policies political parties and local candidates are going to support to see if they...