Honouring positive contributions

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Te Awe M ori Business Network and Wellington Pasifika Business Network – together as The Power of Three – have launched the 2023 Wellington Address.

The Wellington Address will honour six individuals who have dedicated themselves to making a positive impact in Wellington city.

It will be held in the Amokura Gallery, Te Papa, at 6:30pm on 24 August. Tickets can be purchased from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce website, https://www.wecc. org.nz/events/wellington-address.

Last year’s honourees included Pauline Faumuina, Fiso John Fiso (ONZM), Stacey Shortall, Tim Brown, Liz Mellish (MNZM) and Kura Moeahu.

Stacey Shortall, one of last year’s honourees, will deliver the 2023 address.

Stacey will have free rein to share her views on “this place we call home and the people who contribute to it”.

In their first defence the Lions cruised to a 68-7 win over Horowhenua-K piti at Levin Domain on 12 July.

Peter Umaga-Jensen shone in the match, playing a hand in a number of the Lions tries.

Wellington then defeated South Canterbury 67-21 at the Hutt Recreation Ground on 19 July.

Stacey Shortall is an internationally recognised litigation lawyer at MinterEllisonRuddWatts who has spearheaded projects designed to create social change and has received numerous awards for both her legal and charitable work.

She established the Who Did You Help Today Charitable Trust and is also the founder of Our Words Matter, an online forum sharing ideas to solve the issues that affect New Zealand.

Stacey’s leadership has been acknowledged with a number of awards.

She has been recognised as a Blake Leader, Women of Influence Award winner, and a Kiwibank Local Hero recipient.

In 2020, Stacey was named as one of three finalists in the inaugural Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards: Asia-Pacific for her pro bono work to advance social mobility and most recently, she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the law and the community.