There’s plenty of proof – from all around the world – that female- started and female-led businesses provide solid returns. And this goes way beyond the financial bottom line, as businesses conceived and grown by women contribute positively to the health of entire communities. Recognising this, Pacific Trade Invest NZ supported six projects in five Pacific Island countries in 2025. One of those is Weave Cacao in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
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There’s plenty of proof – from all around the world – that female- started and female-led businesses provide solid returns. And this goes way beyond the financial bottom line, as businesses conceived and grown by women contribute positively to the health of entire communities. Recognising this, Pacific Trade Invest NZ supported six projects in five Pacific Island countries in 2025. One of those is Women in Tech Fiji and its project FoundHer, led by Sagufta Janif.
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There’s plenty of proof – from all around the world – that female- started and female-led businesses provide solid returns. And this goes way beyond the financial bottom line, as businesses conceived and grown by women contribute positively to the health of entire communities. Recognising this, Pacific Trade Invest NZ supported six projects in five Pacific Island countries in 2025. One of those is AgBook and AgFutures in the Eastern Province of Papua New Guinea, led by Nicole Isifu.
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There’s plenty of proof – from all around the world – that female- started and female-led businesses provide solid returns. And this goes way beyond the financial bottom line, as businesses conceived and grown by women contribute positively to the health of entire communities. Recognising this, Pacific Trade Invest NZ supported six projects in five Pacific Island countries in 2025. One of those is SPBD Microfinance led by Ray Mc Carthy.
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There’s plenty of proof – from all around the world – that female- started and female-led businesses provide solid returns. And this goes way beyond the financial bottom line, as businesses conceived and grown by women contribute positively to the health of entire communities. Recognising this, Pacific Trade Invest NZ supported six projects in five Pacific Island countries in 2025. One of those is the Nauru Financial Literacy program led by Eirububwin Tréannah Dabwido.
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These beautiful vintage images of Marilyn Monroe show the star in yoga poses before the trend took hold of the world.
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Nicknamed ‘the geriatric starlet’ – by herself, no less – Iris Apfel became more enchantingly iconic with every passing year. When she died at 102, the native New Yorker was still informing and invigorating the fashion world in a head swim of dizzy reinvention, with her eccentric personal style, ‘can-do’ attitude, and huge round spectacles.
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Five months after Taliban supporters smashed up her restaurant, Afghan entrepreneur Laila Haidari opened a secret craft centre where women earn a small income stitching elaborate dresses and fashioning jewellery from melted down bullet casings.
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Merryl Semple facilitates emotional intelligence in the workplace which enables people to embrace challenges, feel energised by their contributions and feel that they belong.
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The sacrifices, struggles and triumphs of Kiwi gold medal sot-putter Dame Valerie Adams are laid bare in a powerful new documentary.
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Maria Trogolo has spent her entire working life helping the most vulnerable achieve a better life.
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Learn how three Kiwi women have used investing to help secure a rewarding future and unlock possibilities.
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