Champion Organisations

Air New Zealand is a proud advocate of diversity and is committed to creating an environment where all of its 12,000 employees can thrive. Developing an inclusive culture, which draws on people’s unique backgrounds, qualities and contributions is key to Air New Zealand’s sustained success and the airline has a robust diversity and inclusion framework to track progress in this space.
Championed by its Executive and Board, Air New Zealand has clear development pipelines to incubate emerging talent, and in the past two years has created five internal networks to support its female, young professional, Maori and Pasifika, Asian and Pride communities.
As an international airline, Air New Zealand recognises wide talent pools and thinking will ensure it continues to exceed the expectations of the diverse communities it serves.

In one way or another, ANZ New Zealand touches the lives of almost every New Zealander.

Through some of New Zealand’s best known financial brands, including ANZ, OnePath, ANZ Investments, UDC Finance, Bonus Bonds and ANZ Securities, we enjoy remarkable scale, diversity, resources and influence. We also have global reach as a member of the ANZ group of companies.

ANZ is currently one of New Zealand’s largest companies based on profit and assets. With that scale comes responsibility, and we take that responsibility seriously.

Artemis Communications is a female-founded, independent communications agency focused on building long-term value for businesses through work that drives connection, inspires action, impacts culture and creates meaningful change.

www.artemiscomms.co.nz

We believe accelerating women’s advancement is not just a fairness argument; it’s also an economic imperative that creates higher growth, increased prosperity and stronger communities.

Women remain under-represented on boards of directors and in the C-suite, despite evidence that companies with women directors have better business outcomes. We’re accelerating the conversation about how – and why – to get more women into leadership roles.

To accelerate growth, we’ll need to harness the potential of women entrepreneurs worldwide. Our programmes empower women entrepreneurs to think bigger, gain access to capital, learn from their peers and find seasoned advisors. These connections help their companies scale, increasing employment and prosperity.

Find out about our Fast Forward campaign and join the conversation at #Womenfastforward

FCB is focused on delivering progressive change for our clients through influencing human attitudes and behaviour.

As a full service integrated agency our clients enjoy the benefit of open and active collaboration across multiple disciplines to deliver better communications solutions. We have experts in a broad spectrum of fields including communication strategy, media, data strategy and analytics, creative ideation, production and more.

FCB Aotearoa is one of the country’s top marketing and communications agencies, and is part of the FCB Worldwide network. With offices in Auckland and Wellington the agency has an extensive list of clients in the automotive, retail, government, media and FMCG sectors.

You can follow FCB Aotearoa on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Fletcher Building is a diverse Building Products Company that spans 40 countries, employs 18,500 people and has dual NZX and ASX listing. The Company manufactures and distributes a diverse range of building products, and is one of the largest construction companies in New Zealand.

We are very proud of our diverse workforce and are focused on ensuring we have a diverse pipeline of leaders across our Company. The past two years have seen a significant increase in the number of female leaders from 12.8% to 24%, have established a diversity council chaired by the CEO, and launched initiatives partnering with Government agencies providing opportunities to NZ youth.

Fonterra is a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference. The co-operative has built its expertise on the legacy of the thousands of farmers who’ve made New Zealand a world leader in dairy. Today, Fonterra’s innovative consumer, foodservice and ingredient solutions brands are known and loved in more than 100 countries. With 22,000 employees around the world, Fonterra is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting, developing and retaining a diverse group of talented individuals and creating an inclusive culture that enables everyone to bring their best and authentic selves to work every day.

IAG New Zealand is the largest general insurer in the country, trading under our brands AMI, State, NZI, NAC, Lumley and Lantern, as well as our bank partners ASB, BNZ, Westpac and The Co-operative Bank. We employ over 3,000 people, insure more than 1.8 million New Zealanders and more than $650 billion of commercial and domestic assets.

At IAG, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we respect and value the different experiences of our people, and harness the opportunity and business benefits that these diverse perspectives bring to our organisation and stakeholders.

Infratil is an infrastructure investment company that actively invests in ideas that matter. In things that societies need now and will need more of in the future. In things that keep society going and connected, like renewable electricity, data centres and telecommunications networks. In things we need more of as we age, like diagnostic technology that detects illness early.

Infratil was publicly listed on the NZX in 1994, and is now also listed on the ASX. The company has total group assets of over NZ$9billion and has produced post-tax returns of 18.6% p.a. over the 29 years to 31 March 2023. Infratil’s portfolio is geographically and sector diverse, with investments in over 17 countries across renewable energy, digital infrastructure, healthcare and airports. Collectively, Infratil’s portfolio companies have over 6,000 employees.

Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand epitomises the way KiwiRail connects people, networks, journeys, experiences and ways of working that move our customers, the transport system and New Zealand forward. It reflects the critical role rail plays in delivering sustainable and inclusive growth for our customers, our communities and our people.

MinterEllisonRuddWatts is a leading, full service national law firm in New Zealand, and is part of the MinterEllison Legal Group which is regarded as one of the Asia-Pacific’s premier law firms.

With a strong track record advising national and international organisations on many of the most significant developments in New Zealand’s legal and corporate business sectors, the firm is renowned for providing clients with technically excellent legal solutions and innovative advice.

The firm’s culture underpins its success, and it celebrates diversity and values inclusion – supporting its people to collaborate to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients.

Nurturing a culture built on values of openness, honesty, equality, respect, acceptance, flexibility, wellbeing as well as health and safety – has seen the firm advance in the market, progressing towards its vision of being New Zealand’s best firm.

Morrison is a leading global infrastructure manager, investing across the risk spectrum in both private and listed markets. Established in 1988, we have over NZD$40 billion of assets under management as at 31 March 2024. Our purpose is to invest wisely in ideas that matter. We believe the best investments serve an enduring societal need and we apply a specialist investment approach, refined over multiple decades and economic cycles, to invest in infrastructure for a modern economy.

For more than 150 years we have been creating opportunities for Kiwis to grow their personal wealth and helping businesses prosper. As New Zealand’s Exchange, we are proud of our record in supporting the growth and global ambitions of local companies.
Today, NZX operates New Zealand’s equity, funds, derivatives energy and carbon markets. To support the growth of our markets, we provide trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services for our customers. We also have a funds management business Smartshares and advisory platform NZX Wealth Technologies.

Learn more about us at: www.nzx.com

One New Zealand is one of Aotearoa’s leading connectivity companies and we offer a range of broadband, mobile and technology products. We are focused on creating a better future for Aotearoa New Zealand through remarkable technology solutions that simplify lives and businesses, and operate New Zealand’s largest 5G network. We maintain almost three million connections with consumer, business, public sector and wholesale customers via One NZ and Farmside, New Zealand’s rural broadband specialist. We’re proud to help other Kiwi businesses to thrive by partnering with world-leading brands to offer best-in-class ICT services. One New Zealand is owned by Infratil and Brookfield Asset Management and we are a partner market in the One NZ Group. For more information, please visit http://www.one.nz

Port of Auckland is New Zealand’s largest import port and most efficient container port, handing nearly 1 million containers each year. It is part of the special character of Auckland; playing a vital role in the economy for over 175 years; delivering things New Zealanders need and enjoy.

We are proud to be a major partner of Global Women, as the port too is on its own journey to champion diversity in leadership. Diversity and inclusion are key priorities as part of our people and culture strategy.

At Saatchi & Saatchi NZ we believe in cultural creativity. That means having a better understanding of culture and what New Zealanders value, to both help brands be part of culture, and to create work that adds to culture. We get up in the morning for ideas that provoke, stand out, are loved and revered. Because it’s this kind of work that truly works. And why we say, Nothing is Impossible.

Spark is proud to be one of the founding partners of Global Women. This partnership aligns strongly with Spark’s commitment to advancing its own high-potential women through its talent management processes and framework.

As an employer who supports diversity and gender balance, Spark recognises the value women bring to senior leadership positions and is active in developing its female talent. By investing in the future of its women leaders, providing high-level mentoring and targeted professional and personal learning opportunities for women, Spark has created a pipeline of future women leaders across its business.

At Toyota, we make the most of the diverse perspectives, turning differences into strengths as one team in New Zealand. With a foundational company pillar based on respect for people, we create an environment where all feel welcome, safe and heard, and everyone can contribute their best toward meaningful goals.

We support the contribution women make to our business. We are on the start of our journey and are thrilled to align values with Global Women in their quest to support women in leadership.

Westpac’s vision is to be a world leading company in inclusion. It continues to see results as it develops and embeds a strategy that fosters diversity and inclusion across the organisation. By creating a culture where individuals feel comfortable being themselves at all times, Westpac encourages its people to flourish personally and professionally.

An enduring focus on championing women in leadership positions has grown and diversified the level of expertise at senior levels, while providing inspiration and pathways to employees from across the bank. Westpac is proud of its wide range of family policies, flexibility practices and development programmes that support the recruitment and retention of great people.

Ko te reo te hā, te mauri o te Māoritanga
The Māori language is the cornerstone of Māori culture

New Zealand’s national indigenous media organisation, Whakaata Māori (formerly known as Māori Television), promotes, revitalises and normalises the Māori language by taking a digital-first, audience-led approach in the delivery of educational, entertaining and engaging programming.

The Māori language is a taonga (treasure) at the very heart of Māori culture and identity and for that reason alone, it must be preserved and fostered. It provides a platform for Māori cultural development and supports a unique New Zealand identity within a global society.