Career

After Facebook doubled its bereavement leave allowance for staff, people have been debating how much should be on offer.

Known as Good Bitches Baking, these Wellington women have big hearts and big kitchens, baking sweet treats for those in need.

Sarah Jones, from Raglan, has devoted her life to animal conservation here and around the world.

Anna Jeffs (46) is the woman behind Fox Private Investigators.

It's time to pay the sisters the same as the misters.

Turns out, bosses make mistakes too.

Want to up your earning potential? Read on for these high-flyer tips.

“I’m not interested in levelling the playing field. I want to build a whole new field.”

In a new survey, workers have shared what really bugs them about their workplace.

And then men get paid more than all of us.

Val Tomlinson is an art conservator at Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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It was a spectacular night for New Zealand women at the 2016 NEXT Woman of the Year Awards, in association with Pandora.

These Kiwi women have done extraordinary things - meet the 2016 NEXT Woman of the Year winners.

And are you making it?

Meet the 30 inspiring finalists from the NEXT and Pandora 2016 Woman of the Year. A ballet dancer in Paris, a professor in astronautics, a former UN peacekeeper: these 30 women have come from all walks of life and are standouts in their various fields.

One for anyone who's sick of engagement photo shoots.

Meet five Kiwi food bloggers who have made a job out of their love of food.

This would allow for both parents to continue with their careers.

Tristan McCallum turned his fear of numbers into a stellar career in Tinseltown.

Hannah Klein didn't want a desk job - and that's certainly not what she got!

The woman behind Grandpa's Slippers has inspired her daughter to follow in her footsteps.

As we search for the 2016 NEXT Woman of the Year, we share these pearls of wisdom from previous winners.

How cute is this?

How depressing.

Thinking of starting a career as a food blogger? We give you some invaluable pearls of wisdom from some of New Zealand’s experts in the field.

Love, humour, tenacity and vision... these are the qualities that have taken Sita Selupe from teen mum to inspirational founder and principal of a ground-breaking school that is transforming the lives of Maori and Pasifika children.

With two start-ups launched and sold, Claudia Batten now helps other Kiwi businesses succeed. We find out about her desire to keep learning, her entrepreneurial force, and her advice for other women.

Long office hours can damage your brain, a new study has found.

A cake, a marching band… so many options.

Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani thinks girls are the product of a 'bravery deficit' in society.

Former Next Woman of the Year Julie Bartlett reveals how a sense of humour is the best tool to combat gender discrimination and inequality.

The magazine celebrates the achievements of some great Kiwi women.

What do you get when you take a neuroscientist, an ancient superfood beloved by the Mayans, and combine them at the top of the Himalayas?

These career women "have it all", including the backing of their partners.

Pic makes peanut butter and daughter Bridie designs furniture and collectables, but both businesses reflect a family flair for creativity and craftsmanship, with a generous spread of humour.

Claire Robinson learnt early on that the more books you have at home, the more likely your kids are to succeed at school.

British author Jojo Moyes confesses she almost wrote off writing!

With open learning, knowledge is available at any time and any place.

Having the right attitude in the office could help you climb that career ladder. Here are three simple tweaks you can make to improve your work life.

At the Water's Edge is a great little page turner from the author of Water for Elephants.

Sam Hazledine walks the talk of the “anything’s possible” school of business thought. Peta Carey talks to the irrepressible Queenstown entrepreneur.

Book editor Kerre McIvor reviews Martina Cole’s latest thriller.

The award-winning writer no longer fears her bank card being declined, but that doesn’t mean she’s quitting her day job.

The author of The Secret History returns with her first novel in more than a decade.

The Weekly talks with Sahar Delijani, author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree. What was the inspiration for Children of the Jacaranda Tree? The novel was inspired by my family’s experience as political prisoners in Iran in the 1980s. From my own birth in prison in 1983 to my uncle’s execution in the mass executions […]

Romance is paying dividends for this high-flying Kiwi novelist

Not only does she write about horrific crimes, Patricia Cornwall has seen the dreadful aftermath of real-life cases up close.

The small South Island town of Geraldine is one of the last places you would expect to find New Zealand’s raciest writer. Leigh oarsden – whose first major novel is out this month – is used to the bright lights of Auckland and the glamorous playground of the super yacht set in the south of […]