Introducing our MC this year Latayvia Tualasea Tautai Latayvia Tualasea Tautai is a community leader shaped by lived experience of poverty and the power of community. Her leadership has been forged through the realities of multigenerational homes, night shift work, overtime, and being village made. She was recognised with the 2022 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Award for Leadership and Inspiration, and her work spans governance and advisory roles, intersectional feminism, poverty eradication,...

Keynote Speaker Emma Lewisham Co-Founder of Emma Lewisham Skin care Emma Lewisham is the Co-Founder of Emma Lewisham, a skincare company established in New Zealand in 2019. Renowned for delivering evidence-based skincare that unites luxurious, high-performance natural formulations with industry-leading sustainability, Emma Lewisham is available globally — including MECCA in New Zealand and Australia; Harrods, Liberty, SpaceNK, The Gleneagles Hotel, and Niche Beauty across the UK and Europe;...

Keynote Speakers Theresa Setefano (nee Fitzpatrick) IWD2026 theme is is a call to Recognise the Remarkable, The Unseen Force. Our keynote speaker, Theresa Setefano ia a remarkable force both on the rugby field an in her community. Theresa Setefano (nee Fitzpatrick) is widely celebrated not only as a world‑class athlete but as a powerful Pacific leader whose influence reaches far beyond the rugby field. She has forged an extraordinary career, becoming a multiple Rugby World Cup champion and a...