At the Women of Influence awards now, listening to @paulapenfold our MC for the night while I’m here to support @SiouxsieW, @ptolemytortoise, & @FredVanH in their various (& competitive!) categories #woinz

I’m only not wearing my ‘Listen to Siouxsie’ t-shirt tonight because it would have breached dress code. Such a privilege to be here to see @SiouxsieW be honoured as a #woinz and: SCAN THAT APP!!!

AND it’s a sneaky win for science in the RURAL category with Trish Fraser from Plant and Food winning for her work in soil science! #woinz

Now: Jane Kelsey picks up the #Woinz GLOBAL award for making good trouble and speaking truth to power

Am blown away by Ranjina Patel: #woinz community hero.
60% non-recidivism of violent men from Gandhi Nivas, a family violence prevention programme, with stats that are testament to the value of longitudinal studies

Delightful to witness Dame Winnie Laban be awarded a #woinz lifetime achievement award: a lesson in how to make an award about the community you represent

Am overwhelmed by the silence that accompanies the speech of our #woinz Young Leader: she speaks of how proud she is of the youth of NZ, & how important it is to make sure that no one fights alone
Aigagalefili Fepulea’i Tapua’i with a shout out to all the low decile kids

Public service is a collaborative effort, not an individual one, says the #Woinz winner in the public service category, Una Jagose — and she calls her fellow nominees up on stage to make the point

Huge collective community vibes in the room here tonight and I am here for it #woinz

“Do you realise”, says Dame Alison Paterson, the Board and Management #WOINZ awardee “that you have created a community?”

“It feels very strange to have individual recognition for something that is a collective effort... when it requires all of us to look around the room and ask: who is not here?”
#woinz Diversity awardee, Tupe Solomon-Tanoa’i

Seeing @sineadboucher give a shoutout to @paulapenfold’s work is a delightful prelude to the announcement of the grand #WOINZ winner

Good grief I love this woman

“It’s people that matters, it’s leadership that matters... humans are what matter!”

“I’ve learnt to be more humble” says @SiouxsieW — “it’s not about the microbe: we’re the ones who can make a difference”

Our #woinz supreme winner says and WOW but I am grateful for her

My major takeaway from the evening? Imagine if science/research awards undertook this shift, and invited all finalists, with winners only notified on the night.

Yes, it would bruise egos.

Bruised egos are probably (?) the fundamental building block of community.

#justsaying