Redefining Workplace Roles
Suffrage 125 Tauranga: Media Release, 17 September
2018
BWN Lunch - Redefining Workplace
Roles
As part of the Suffrage 125
commemorations, the Tauranga Business Women's Network are
holding a lunchtime panel discussion with three local women
who are working in traditionally male dominated industries.
The event “Redefining Workplace Roles” will be MC’d by
the BWN committee chair Mary Hill. The speaker’s panel is
made up with the following women:
Heather
Jones – Security Patrol Owner/Operator -
Aegis Private Security
Heather Jones was born
in the Wairarapa in the mid 1950's. Her work career began
when she left high school on the Friday and started work in
a bank on the following Monday. At 19 years old she married
a Bank Manager and worked in the bank for another 4 years
before stopping work when children came along. Heather's
husband was transferred to Tauranga in 1984, by this time
Heather had had 3 children in 3 different cities and 5 moves
in 10 years. A casual job with the TAB led to a part time
job with Armourguard where Heather was the 1st female
security guard. After 6 years with Armourguard, in 1998 an
ex-detective and ex-detective inspector offered Heather a
job in their security company.
When they sold
their client base in 2000, they encouraged Heather to start
her own Company and so AEGIS was born. Heather has now built
a highly successful security business, managing security for
a number of sites and events including coordinating 95 staff
over four days at Fieldays, and managing speedway
events.
Trudy Green – Earthmoving Business
Owner - MT Green
Contracting
Trudy Green is a
Greerton Girl at heart, being born and always lived in
Tauranga. Her work career began when she left school and
worked at the Tauranga Hospital in the radiology Dept. She
worked there for 18 years and, after losing her father, she
started to work and support her brother in the family
business M.T Green Contracting. The business has been
operating for over 50 years as a locally owned and operated
Earthmoving business with a full range of Heavy Machinery
such as Trucks, Diggers, a Bobcat, Bulldozer and Rollers.
Trudy undertakes the running of the day to day operations
including sitting on a machine all day, and doing office
admin often after hours. Trudy lives life to the fullest and
goes hard enjoying fishing, Jetskis, Motorbikes, Gardening,
Shooting sports, the great outdoors and managing a lifestyle
block. Also somewhere along the way she adopted her daughter
and now has a 7yr old mokopuna and with another on the way.
Her most recent challenge is attending the Te Wananga
Aotearoa to learn and Korero Te Maori
Language.
Grace Lowe - Mechanical Engineering
Apprentice – Page Macrae
19 year old Grace
Lowe from Greerton, is the only female mechanical
engineering apprentice at Page Macrae Engineering in Mount
Maunganui. The Tauranga apprentice fell into engineering by
accident after signing up for a welding course which was too
full and having to switch to an engineering course. She
ended up loving it. Early this year she was one of four
recipients to be awarded a $3000 Acorn Foundation
scholarship to spend on tools. Lowe also received an
additional $4300 to put towards further training. She put
some of the money towards buying a pair of bright pink work
boots. As well as being a lot smaller and lighter for Grace
she loves wearing them to make a statement that there is a
female working in the environment.
These women
will be discussing their backgrounds and influencers that
led them to pursue their chosen career and what advantages
they feel being female in a traditionally male environment
brings. They will share their experiences and be imparting
some invaluable advice to others looking to enter their
industry or other male dominated industries.
The Business Women’s Network are a subcommittee of the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, formed by women for women in business in the Tauranga and Western Bay region. They hold events at least once a month with a lunchtime speaking programme on topical issues, and evening Business Behind the Scenes events focusing on local women in business. The events provide excellent networking opportunities with an emphasis on education, inspiration and connection. There is no membership as such and everyone is welcome to attend their events.
Where: The Tauranga Club,
Level 5, 72 Devonport Rd, Tauranga, New Zealand
3110
When: 12noon to 1.30pm on
Tuesday 18 September.
Chamber Member:
$30
Non Member Registration:
$40
Bookings: http://bwn.org.nz/events/#id=1413&cid=502&wid=1201
Further
information: Jeanette Mindham 577 9823
“Proud to be a part of the Suffrage 125 national event programme.” #suffrage125 #suffrage125tauranga #whakatūwāhine
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