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2023| Judge for NZ TV Awards 
Interviewee in Unruly – A Stuff Documentary (See here)

Interviewee in Storyo sex and health series
Grey Areas Podcast (listen here)

Guest for cyclone fundraiser at Tiny Theatre (15 April)

2022| Muffin Talk Podcast. Listen here

The Talking Stick Podcast. Listen here
Judge for Showquest OnScreen National Finals 

Judge for NZ TV Awards

Acting Coach on The Convert

Chaparone for The First Horse (short film) (13 December) 

Coach for audition workshop for Ka Whawhai Tonu (feature film) Rotorua (10 -11 December)

Panellist in Feel the Love, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki (19 November)

Delegate to International Federation of Actors Executive Committee Meeting in London  (28 Sept – 1 October)

2021| Showy Ovaries Podcast. Listen here

Garage Drinks with Mike Podcast. Listen here
Panelist for Community Hui: Ponsonby & the Bays, with MP Chloe Swarbrick (7 November) 

Judge for NZ TV Awards 

Judge for Showquest OnScreen 

Presenter for Show me Shorts “Best Film”  (27 October)

Co-Adjudicator, Ronald Dellow Vocal Recital Competition Auckland Clef Music Club (17 August)

Delegate for FIA World Congress (4-7 May)

2020| Judge for NZ WebFest
Patron of Cohort 65, Mount Eden Correctional Facility (23 October)
Chair of Equity New Zealand Arts Policy Political Panel (5 October)
The Female Career Podcast (15 September) (listen here) 
Musical theatre advisor for cabaret We’ve Got So Much to Talk About (September)
Everyday Māori Podcast (11 August) (listen here)
Launched (with Tandi Wright) Equity NZ Intimacy Guideline (23 June)
Launched Barbara Ewing’s One Minute Crying Time at The Women’s Bookshop, Ponsonby (14 May)
Judge for Vista Foundation 48Hours Lockdown Challenge (8 May)

2019| Special Guest turning on the Franklin Road Christmas lights (1 December)
Judge for NZ WebFest 
Delegate to International Federation of Actors Executive Committee Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (as President of Equity New Zealand) 
Toitū Te Reo ambassador of Auckland Arts Festival 

2018| Poupou Huia te Reo – Te Hōkairangi, Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Participant in Equity Foundation events with intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien: ‘Intimacy on Set/Stage Seminar: For Whole Industry’ (10 December 2018)
‘Intimacy on Set/Stage Workshop: For Actors and Directors’ (11 December 2018)
‘An Introduction to Intimacy Direction: For Potential Intimacy Coordinators’ (12 December 2018)
Judge for NZ TV Awards
Judge for NZ WebFest
Delegate to International Federation of Actors Executive Committee Meeting in Tokyo, Japan (as President of Equity New Zealand)

2017| Judge for NZ TV Awards
Judge for NZ WebFest

2016| Poupou Huia te Reo, Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Delegate to International Federation of Actors World Congress in Sao Paolo, Brazil (as President of Equity New Zealand)

2015| Judge of Short + Sweet Song & Cabaret (26 September)
Judge of One Night Stand play festival, The Basement (6 March)

2014| Judge of Tropfest Short Film Festival, New Plymouth (16 February)

Studied at The Ivana Chubbuck Masterclass 2014, 16th Street Actor’s Studio in Sydney, Australia (7-10 January)

2013| Guest speaker at Danish Actors Association Congress, Copenhagen (26 May)
Panel leader for Actors’ Equity Green Room Event, “How to Make Money from Your Own Productions”  (12 May) 

2012| Campaign Manager for kererū as Forest and Bird’s Bird of the Year 

Delegate to International Federation of Actors World Congress in Toronto, Canada (as President of Actors Equity) 

Judge for Creative Entrepreneur of 2012 award from Arts Regional Trust

2010-11| Ambassador for The Outlook for Someday, The Sustainability Film Challenge for Young People
Celebrity Advisor for Dress for Success Auckland

2009| Adjudicator for the Shakespeare Soiree at St. Cuthbert’s College

2008| Delegate to International Federation of Actors World
Congress in Marrakech, Morocco (as President of Actors Equity)

2007| Subject of a chapter in the book New Zealand Filmmakers (edited by Ian Conrich and Stuart Murray; Wayne State University Press) in the chapter “Working in Close-Up: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Performance, and Collaborative Film Production” (written by Barbara Cairns, pp. 201-16).
TVC for Accomplish Cash Manager
Publicist for Decadence, Licentious Productions

2003-2005| Storyteller for the Nestle Write Around New Zealand children’s writing competition 

Since 2001| Member of Jubilation a cappella gospel choir

2000| Presenter for Showcase (in-flight film show) for Air New Zealand

1993| Judge, TVNZ Young Achiever’s Award

1982| Diploma of Acting, Theatre Corporate Drama School