When I Was Young was all about having Female Role Models share the challenges they faced and how they overcame them as young women, with the young women of today.

This event featured talks from:

Jo Cribb – Ex CEO of Ministry for Women, now a gender consultant

Nicole Rosie – CEO of WorkSafe

Penny Gifford – Inspector at NZ Police

Following these talks the girls got some more time in groups to ask some other inspirational women questions as well. To finish, they all completed a challenge of creating the tallest sunflower out of only newspaper – harder than it sounds!