MC / Hosting
& Speaking
Kaiwhakataki me te Kaikauwhau
MC / HOSTING
PROJECTS
2023| ATC book launch (29 November)
Best Design Awards (October 6)
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa – Tūwhitia Tauira Success Symposium (27-28 September)
The Big Sing Finale (August 27)
State Memorial for Dame Catherine Tizard (June 16)
NZ Cinematographers Society Awards (13 May)
2022| Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (14 December)
Best Design Awards 2022 (7 October)
Helen White Fundraiser (23 August)
NZ Cinematographers Society Awards (28 May)
Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for John Callen (28 February)
Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (26 February)
Best Design Awards 2021 (18 February)
2021| Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year panel discussion (9 August)
Business Events Industry Aotearoa (BEIA) Meetings Industry Trade Show (June 2)
Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Fundraiser (26 March)
Opening of Triton World of Hearing, Auckland (March 24)
2020| Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (3 December)
Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for Ian Mune (20 November)
New Zealand Institute of Architects Awards Christchurch Town Hall (4 November)
An Evening with Helen Clark, Trades Hall (8 October)
Q&A for the film Baby Love at Monterey Takapuna (23 October).
The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Messages to Mozart (APO) 8pm, (24 September)
Alternative Aotearoa seminar at Pipitea Marae, Wellington
(co-host, 25 July)
New Zealand Institute of Architects Awards
Waikato & Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards, virtual presentation (24 June)
Canterbury Architecture Awards, virtual presentation (8 July)
Wellington Architecture Awards, virtual presentation (22 July)
Western Architecture Awards, virtual presentation (29 July )
Auckland Architecture Awards, virtual presentation (6 August)
Aussie Aid variety show co-host with Michael Hurst (7 February)
2019| Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (24 November)
A Gala Concert in the Presence of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (20 November)
Equity Lifetime Achievement Award for Sam Neill (18 November)
World of WearableArt Awards Show (27 September)
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra fundraiser Music of the Night (18 June)
Panel on The Actor and the Industry, Equity Graduate Day (11 May)
2018| Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award (5 October)
Suffrage Day Sunrise Celebration, Aotea Square (19 September)
Environ 20th Birthday event, Cordis Hotel, Auckland (27 August)
Auckland Writers Festival talk with Susie Boyt on My Judy Garland Life (19 May)
Launch of Cafe Theatre Live Play Readings at Tiny Theatre (29 April)
Behind the Curtain – A Q Theatre Fundraiser (19 April)
2017| Excellence Awards, Auckland Theatre Awards (4 December)
Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (19 November)
Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award (5 November)
Shoes Extravaganza 2017 (4 November)
CulturePRO Masterclass, Brown Pages (24 August)
2016| Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (20 November)
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Leadership Summit (14-15 November)
Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award (12 September)
ART Awards (31 August)
2015| Auckland Theatre Awards (7 December)
Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award (30 November)
Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (21 November)
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Leadership Summit (16-17 November)
Rangatahi Philharmonia o Tara launch/concert (7 October)
Beads of Courage Ball, Child Cancer Foundation (19 September)
Himalayan Trust Art Auction fundraiser (5 June)
Group F’s Skin of Fire, Auckland Arts Festival (7 March)
Black Dog Relief – A Cabaret for Robbie Tripe (1 March)
ART Awards (17 February)
Toyota Dealer awards (13 February)
Gala Concert, New Zealand Singing School (17 January)
2014| Whitecliffe College of Art & Design Fashion Show (22 November)
Braveheart Youth Trust Art Exhibition Gala Preview (16 October)
‘In Conversation with Peter Mullan’ at Big Screen Symposium (28 September)
Moderator of panel ‘Te Reo and Tikanga Māori, Whose Voice Is It?’ at Big Screen Symposium (28 September)
NZ Post Book Awards (27 August)
Ethics Dinner at Diocesan School for Girls (14 August)
Lexus Song Quest Pre-Show (26 July)
2013| New Zealand German Business Association 30th Jubilee Gala-Dinner (1 November)
World of WearableArt Awards Show (27 September)
New Zealand Architecture Awards Dinner (24 May)
Gala Opening, Headland Sculpture on the Gulf (24 January)
2012| NZ Book Awards Winning Authors ‘in Conversation’
with Jennifer Ward-Lealand (2 August)
NZ Post Book Awards (1 August)
Survive and Thrive (5 July)
Environ Skincare public seminar (18 June)
Sistema Aotearoa fund-raiser concert, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (10 March)
2011| “Inside View” of Cav & Pag, New Zealand Opera
Vernissage Gala Opening, Auckland Art Fair
New Zealand Post Book Awards
“Inside View” of Xerxes, New Zealand Opera
2010| “Inside View” of Macbeth, New Zealand Opera
New Zealand Post Book Awards
Women in Film and Television Awards
“Inside View” of The Marriage of Figaro, New Zealand Opera
Gala Preview, Braveheart Youth Trust Art Exhibition
2009| World of Wearable Arts Awards Show
Women in Film and Television Awards
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Montana Celebratory Dinner
2008| Auckland Heritage Festival Opening Event
Women in Film and Television Awards
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
New Zealand Institute of Architects 2008 Awards for Architecture
Gala Dinner
Northern Area Performing Theatre Awards
Celebrity Talent Quest, Silo Theatre
2007| New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Award Event
Royal Shakespeare Company talks on King Lear and The Seagull
The Edge, State of The Nation Staff presentations
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
A Night with Strange Friends for Play It Strange Charitable Trust
Launch of THE EDGE International Arts Season
Faciliator of audience discussion with The Tiger Lillies
2006| Women in Film and Television Awards (16 October)
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Review: “MC extraordinaire on the night was the fabulous Jennifer Ward-Lealand who kept the show on track and on time.” (Montana New Zealand Book Awards)
Opening of the Design and Creative Technologies Faculty
Schwarzkopf Professional Awards Gala
Auckland Philharmonia Summer Matinee
2005| New Zealand AIDS Foundation 20th Anniversary Gala Ball
Starving Artists Auction Fund-Raiser
Deutz Fashion Design Ambassador (DFDA) Awards Ceremony and Show
2003| Circus Opera (Gala Auction Fundraiser for NBR NZ Opera)
Bollinger Ball for Starship Children’s Hospital
SPEAKING
PROJECTS
2024| Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (13 October)
2023| Pharmacy Council NZ (29 November)
Te Ahu o te Reo Māori (14 October)
Te Huihuinga Wāhine (5 October)
NZDF (for Te Wiki of te reo Māori) (11 September)
Te Kooti Whenua Māori (for Te Wiki of te reo Māori) (11 September)
BNZ (for Te Wiki of te reo Māori) (11 September)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (25 August)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (18 August)
U3A Meadowbank (17 April)
NZ Opera School (11 January)
2022| Johson Laird Speakers Breakfast (7 December)
Te Mahau | Te Tai Raro (North) Min of Education (1 December)
Corporate PA Summit (29 November)
Titirangi U3A (25 October)
NZDF (12 September)
Physiotherapy NZ (9 September)
Knox Village (15 August)
PSA Māori Congress (11 August)
DEGNZ (8 August)
Developing Leading Women in Engineering (6 July)
Te Puna o te Kī (23 June)
Music Theatre Dunedin “A Life in the Arts” (11 June)
2021| National Council of Women, Auckland Branch (8 August)
Professionelle (27 July)
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Women’s Conference (19 July)
Waiheke High School Careers Evening – Keynote (30 June)
SAG-AFTRA & FIA joint Webinar on Intimacy Coordinators (15 June)
The Insight Club (21 May)
Philanthropy NZ – Keynote (19 May)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (14 May)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (23 April)
PPTA – Keynote (20 April)
Business and Professional Women Doubtless Bay, Northland (14 April)
Older Womens Network (10 April)
Epsom Girls Grammar (7 April)
Epsom Girls Grammar Developing Leadership forum – Keynote (1 April)
New Zealander of the Year Awards (31 March)
International Women’s Day (24 March)
Totara Hospice (22 March)
Peter Mackie book launch (26 January)
2020| EVANZ Conference – Keynote (24 November)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (20 November)
Ministry of Justice Leaders Forum (19 November)
Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School (19 November)
Women’s Advisory Group of New Zealand Police (18 November)
DDB Auckland (12 November)
E Tū Biennial Conference (5 November)
YWCA Auckland (2 November)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (18 September)
The Building Intelligence Group (September 14) for Te Wiki o te reo Māori / Sonova for Te Wiki o te reo Māori (September 30)
Westlake Boys High School for Te Wiki o te reo Māori (16 September)
Women of Influence Virtual Speaker series (26 August)
Business & Professional Women’s Club, Gisborne (7 July)
In Conversation with Director Jessica Hobbs, Equity Foundation (16 June)
In Conversation with Sam Neill, Equity Foundation (29 April)
Musical Theatre New Zealand AGM, Napier (21 March)
U3A Hibiscus Coast (16 March)
Epsom Girls Grammar School (11 March)
SWAG/Screensafe Professional Respect Training workshop (7 March)
Global Women Speaker Series, International Women’s Day, Wellington (6 March)
Meet and March for RNZ Concert (28 February)
2019| Hibiscus Coast U3A (6 December)
The Athene Club (27 November)
Hobsonville U3A (17 October)
Howick East Combined Probus Club (15 October)
Performance Communication series, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT (26 August)
Celebrants’ Association of New Zealand, Auckland branch (25 July)
Heartland Bank (30 May)
Event to honour Peter Wells at the Auckland Writers Festival (15 May)
Remuera U3A (13 May)
Women on the Move (10 May)
Remuera U3A (13 May)
Equity NZ Graduate Day (11 May)
Life Buoy, fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis Auckland (5 May)
UCOL, Palmerston North, on her Te Reo journey (20 March)
Remuera Village Ladies Probus Club (4 February)
2018| In Conversation with intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien
on ‘Intimacy on Stage and Screen,’ Equity Foundation (10 December)
Keynote speaker, Women in Theatre Hui, Circa Theatre (16 September)
Guest interviewee, Jassy Dean Trust Fundraising Dinner, Tantalus Estate, Waiheke (15 September)
Te Reo Māori in The Mall (14 September)
Selwyn Heights Village (14 September)
Stuff (12 September)
New Zealand Qualification Authority (11 September)
Waikato University (6 September)
Industry Kōrero Series for 3rd year performing arts student,
Manakau Institute of Technology (30 August)
U3A Hobsonville (16 August)
St. Heliers Ladies Probus Club (14 August)
Epsom Girls Grammar School Professional Learning Group (7 May)
Combined Probus Club of Ponsonby (20 March)
Keynote speaker, 58th National Conference, Musical Theatre New Zealand (16 March)
U3A Northwest (12 March)
International Women’s Day #PressforProgress (8 March)
Ryman Edmund Hillary Village (2 March)
2017| Greenlane Retirement Village (22 November)
Mt. Hobson Ladies Friendship Group (November 7)
In conversation with US casting director Kerry Barden on “Casting Matters” Big Screen Symposium (30 September)
Panelist for Te Reo Māori discussion, Maori Language Week,
Auckland Central Library (12 September)
The Actors’ Program (10 August)
Ryman Retirement Village (3 July)
Papakura Ladies Probus Club (23 June)
Henderson Probus Club (19 June)
Churchill Park Ladies Probus Club (14 June)
Women in Leadership, Unitec (25 May 2017)
2016| South Seas Film and Television School Graduation Ceremony
(15 December)
Waikato Institute of Technology (8 December)
Wonderful Waiheke Women (24 November)
Titirangi Ladies Probus Club (17 October 2016)
The Actors’ Program (5 April)
2015| Wellington East Girls’ College 90th Reunion (24 October)
Chair of Equity NZ Green Room (18 October)
Equity NZ Graduate Day (18 October)
Diocesan School for Girls, year 13 students (27 July)
Mt. Roskill Probus Club (20 April)
The Actors’ Program (29 March)
Panelist, ‘Mental Wellness in the Performing Arts’ at PANNZ Arts Market (10 March)
2014| Zonta Club of East Auckland charity dinner (13 September)
Probus Pakuranga (8 September)
Panelist, ‘How the forces of the arts, media and culture influence and shape our thinking and our national identity’ at Forces that Shape our Thinking session, Leadership New Zealand (21 August)
Panelist, ‘Work and Life – In the Creative Economy’
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia (18 August)
Performance Communication course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT (6 August)
Actors’ Equity Graduate Day (27 July)
The Auckland Executive Club (19 February)
2013| St Heliers U3A (2 October)
Kohimarama Ladies Probus Club (25 February)
Happiness Studio’s Wonder Woman series (31 January)
2012| Guest artist, Cherie Moore’s fundraiser for her Actors’ Program fees (14 December)
Actors’ Equity Graduate Day (18 August)
Ponsonby U3A (10 August)
Meet the Industry workshop of Nga Aho Whakaari National Hui (23 June)
New Lynn Probus Club (20 June)
Conference Gifted Teenagers, their Social and Emotional Needs, New Zealand Association for Gifted Children (17 March)
Performance Communication course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT
Simon Whipp Farewell
Sydney Opera House (5 March)
2011| Ponsonby Intermediate School Career Week
Performance Communication course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT
2010| Mt. Eden/Ranfurly Probus Club
Ponsonby Intermediate School Career Week
Performance Communication course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT
Diocesan School for Girls Father/Daughter Breakfast
2009| Ponsonby Intermediate School Arts Week
Probus Club of Ponsonby
Aorangi Club
Performance Communicaton course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT
2008| Performance Communicaton course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT
2007| Newmarket Rotary
Courageous Women Charitable Trust
Professional development session, New Zealand Dietitians Association Auckland Branch
AUT first-year Bachelor of Communications Studies students
U3A-Meadowbank
Performance Communicaton course, Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies, AUT
Parnell College Book Festival event
Remuera Rotary Club