Three hours of inspiring conversation with your MCs for the Day, comedian, writer and champion for women Michele A’Court and actor and broadcaster Perlina Lau.
12:00pm DOORS OPEN
12:30pm MIHI WHAKATAU
12:35pm EQUALIZE INTRODUCTION Michele A’Court
12:40pm CHAMPIONS’ LEAGUE
Three remarkable sports women discuss their achievements and the hurdles overcome to shine both on the sporting stage and in their lives. Join the first woman to summit Mt Everest without supplementary oxygen Lydia Bradey, world super bantamweight champion and domestic violence survivor Mea Motu, and gold medal winning athletics Paralympian Holly Robinson, in conversation with Perlina Lau.
1:30pm SHORT BREAK
1:35pm THE WORLD AROUND US
Cultural commentator Alex Casey speaks about experiences of everyday sexism with Michele A’Court.
1:55pm SHORT BREAK
2:00pm COMEDY DRAMA
2023 Billy T James Award-winning comedian Abby Howells returned to the stand-up stage in 2019 after quitting seven years earlier due to sexual harassment. She tells her story and then discusses navigating challenging times with Perlina Lau.
2:30pm SHORT BREAK
2:40pm TAKING THE TEMPERATURE
In the journey to gender equity are we getting warm, hot or still languishing in the cold? A line-up of great wāhine discuss progress to date and where to from here. Join award-winning NZ writer Fiona Farrell, New Zealand’s first Māori Professor of Law Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui) and Australian High Commissioner to NZ Harinder Sidhu for a lively conversation with Michele A’Court.
3:30pm FINISH Michele A’Court
