Adimaimalaga Tafuna'i

Executive Director
Women in Business, Samoa

Adimaimalaga Tafuna’i is Executive Director of Women in Business Development, Samoa, and we are delighted to welcome her as a Keynote Speaker. Adi (pronounced Arndi) will share the story of Women in Business, Samoa with us. Their vision is “that vulnerable families in Samoa are able to contribute fully to their own development, the development of their community and country through income generation, job creation and participation in the village economy”. Through vision and hard work, Women in Business Samoa has achieved great success with a strong relationship with the Body Shop amongst other achievements. ​Find out more at  www.womeninbusiness.ws

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Nick Savaidis

Founder
Etiko and Jinta Sport, Australia

We are delighted to welcome as a Keynote Speaker Nick Savaidis. A pioneer of the Australia/New Zealand fair trade movement Nick has long had a passion for social enterprise. In the 1990’s while working with indigenous communities in Australia’s Northern Territory, he was involved in developing community owned and operated businesses, from a community laundromat to the Tanami Digital Network which delivered much needed communications for very remote communities.
 
Nick went on to found Etiko Pty Ltd, the successful Australian award winning company behind two fair trade brands: Etiko, focused on street fashion, and Jinta Sport, focused on sports gear. Via the sale of their products, Etiko and Jinta Sport help fund community development projects in several Asian countries, sports and health programs on indigenous communities in Central Australia and raise funds for environmental and human rights groups.
 
Since 2013 Nick’s brand Etiko has achieved the highest ranking for ethical production in the Australian Fashion Report every year the report has been released.  To find out more go to www.etiko.com.au and www.jintasport.com.au

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Peter Mihaere

Founder and CEO
Stand Against Slavery

Peter (aka PJ) is the founder and CEO of Stand Against Slavery where his primary role is Strategic Innovator and Visionary! Peter is determined that New Zealand should be better informed and equipped to be part of the global charge to eradicate slavery. He believes New Zealand can be the first country in the world to be truly slave free.
 
Peter’s interface with the issue of slavery & the slave trade has centred around the work of Freeset, a manufacturing business based in Kolkata, India, since 2005. He is a Director of Freeset International. For twelve years Freeset has been operating a freedom business offering freedom through employment to sex workers in the brothels of Sonnagatchi. Freeset currently employs just under 200 women who were previously enslaved in the sex trade. Find out more at ​http://standagainstslavery.com

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Samantha Jones &
Hannah Duder

Co-Founders
Little Yellow Bird

Samantha Jones and Hannah Duder are the co-founders of Little Yellow Bird, a company which makes ethically made corporate workwear. Samantha and Hannah believe that business can be used as a force for good and their business model is proving that you can do good while doing good business. As well as providing ethical employment for their workers in India, Little Yellow Bird invests money into educational scholarships and funding micro-loans. Little Yellow Bird is committed to seeing the end of unsafe working conditions in the garment industry and breaking the cycle of poverty that exists in many of these communities. Find out more at www.littleyellowbird.co.nz

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Dr. Peter McGhee

Senior Lecturer
Business Ethics, AUT

​Dr Peter McGhee is a senior lecturer in business ethics in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, AUT, where he has taught for 10 years. His main disciplinary and research interests are in the areas of philosophy and business (specifically ethics) and organizational behaviour. His recently completed PhD at the University of Auckland explored the relationship between individual spirituality and ethical behaviour in work-related contexts.

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Chris Morrison

Co-Founder
All Good Bananas and Karma Cola

After 25 years in successful business, Chris Morrison founded All Good Organics with Simon Coley and Matt Morrison and together they launched New Zealand’s first Fairtrade bananas in February 2010, despite being told they were ‘cowboys’ and that no one would be willing to pay $1 more for a bunch of bananas. Six years on, All Good has proven the skeptics wrong showing that people do want ethical produce and carving out a 6% share of the highly competitive banana category. In 2012, they launched Karma Cola a fairtrade and organic range of soft drinks that support small producers. Chris is also an investor in small ethical businesses Kokako Organic and Little Island /Nice Blocks. In 2012, Chris was named Sustainability Champion by the Sustainable Business Network for his ongoing commitment to ethical business. Find out more at www.allgoodorganics.co.nz

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Steve Maina

National Director
NZCMS

Steve was born and raised in Kenya. Since Feb 2009 he has been serving as National Director of the New Zealand Church Missionary Society (NZCMS). CMS missionaries played a significant role in advocating against slavery in New Zealand 200 years ago.
 
Steve is passionate about developing healthy and strategic partnerships between the West and Non-Western world where there is mutuality, reciprocity, honour and interdependence. To accomplish this, he speaks a lot within NZ and globally and also provides training programmes to enable communities struggling with poverty to catch a home grown vision for transformation as he believes every community has what it takes to thrive socially, spiritually, economically and environmentally. Find out more at www.nzcms.org.nz

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Michelle Pratt

Founder and Director
Child Labor Free

During 30 years of commitment to children’s education, Michelle, together with business partner Nikki Prendergast, operated a series of early childhood centres. Their journey to establish Child Labor Free was born from the startling realization that “The toys we sourced for our early childhood centres, could in fact have been made by children”. Engaging experts, they set about creating a global certification system that can assess a brand's supply chain and certify products and manufacturers as child labor free. With their vision to create a world free from child labor, and believing that consumers and companies can work together to create significant change in the lives of children, they are flipping the conversation from "blaming and shaming" to a positive movement of consumer led demand. A lecturer at Auckland University, Michelle was a finalist in the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, 2014. Find out more at www.childlaborfree.com

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Honour Musuku 

Producer Support Team
​FAIRTRADE ANZ

Honour joined Fairtrade ANZ in 2014 and works to support farmers in the Pacific to benefit from the Fairtrade model of development through achieving and maintaining Fairtrade certification. With a background in education and training, her development experience includes working in China, in ICT with farmers in PNG and vanilla production in Tonga. Her work focuses on monitoring, evaluation and learning, project administration, and running international workshops. She completed her BA (Hons) in Development Studies from the University of Auckland in 2013. Find out more at www.fairtrade.org.nz

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Carolyn Robertson 

PhD Student
Otago Univeristy

​After a year of only buying Fair Trade, organic clothing in 2009, Carolyn set out to research how people might respond positively to the exploitative ethic inherent in consumerism. She began a PhD at Otago University considering, in particular, the response of Christians (whose teaching traditionally espouses generosity, simplicity, contentment and care for others) to the pressures of acquisitive individualism. Carolyn's research, which is nearing completion, has focused on the motivations and positive steps people take in response to the exploitation of workers and the destruction of the environment, focusing on people's everyday choices, particularly around consumption. We look forward to her sharing her findings with us.

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Michelia Miles

Development and Education Manager
​Trade Aid

Founded right here in 1973, Trade Aid is the revolutionary pioneer of ethical trade and social enterprise in New Zealand. Michelia brings us that depth of experience in a hands-on workshop. Michelia visits Trade Aid's partners around the globe and is constantly inspired by the entrepreneurial leaders she meets who lead amazing change within their artisan communities. Trade Aid's Education program aims to empower consumers to speak out for change to world trade so all the world's producers can thrive. Get ready to engage! Find out more at www.tradeaid.org.nz

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Sharon Sitters

Founder
​Make It Ethical

Sharon is the founder of Make It Ethical, an online source of all things ethical. Sharon is passionate about influencing a generation to shop ethically and showing that creating an affordable, on-trend and totally ethical wardrobe is easy… online! Ethical fashion and homewares are at your fingertips, just click the link! From websites to Facebook to Instagram to blogs for ethical fashion tips and insights, it’s never been easier. Bye bye cheap and nasty! Hello empowered workers, living wages, safe work environments and organic fabrics. Let's shake-up the fashion world together! Find out more at www.makeitethical.com