SOCKET : December 2006

Celebrate the end of the year with some well-earned YOU time at Socket's Christmas event - our final get-together for the year.
Come along and get some invaluable styling tips on dressing from fellow creative businesswomen: fashion designers Haley Smith and Nada Matthews.

Festive Fashion and Chrissy Cheer
Aotearoa fashion designers Haley Smith of Haley Smith New Zealand and Nada Matthews, the creative director of deNada Ltd, will share their experiences in business and talk about and show their latest collections.
There'll be styling tips, too: learn about the garments that work with different body shapes, picking the right colours, as well as the new season's trends. Plus there'll be a chance too see and try on garments.
As well as a stunning collection of DeNada clothing to fit you whatever your beautiful shape and ranges from other exciting Aotearoa designers, the deNada concept store offers a lounge area, coffee, food and a wide range of chillin' music for sale.

deNada is delighted to offer a $5 voucher for every garment purchased on the night to be used at a later date. If you want to gift the voucher to a friend instead, it automatically becomes a $10 voucher. For deNada garments only.

Haley Smith New Zealand
Haley Smith New Zealand clothing is created for women looking for styled designer clothing that's functional, timeless, flattering and comfortable - but most importantly makes them feel special.
Women who wear Haley Smith New Zealand are a variety of ages, sizes and have different lifestyles. The designs are for women who want to stand out and wear interesting clothes, yet not follow fashion fads relentlessly. The designs are perfect for the work environment, but can easily be worn straight from work to a social function, at weekends, or to make an impact at a special event. Haley Smith New Zealand offers a size range from 8 - 18.
Website: www.fashionhq.co.nz

DeNada
DeNada recognises that not all body shapes are the same, so is a clothing collection that caters for different body shapes within the 8-16 size frame. While women who can easily buy off the rack within those sizes are well-catered for, so are women with big boobs and tall women with long legs.
Website: www.denada.co.nz

Female friends, clients and business associates warmly welcome!
Venue: DeNada concept store, 128 Featherston St
Wine: $5 per glass
Time: 5.30pm - 7.00pm
Date: Tuesday 5 December
We'd love to see you there, as well as your female friends and whanau.

NETWROKING : Network Monday at The Business Centre WELLINGTON

December the 4th is Network Monday at The Business Centre.
Clearly size does matter. . . so come along after 5.30pm, have a glass of wine or a coffee and supersize your networking circle!
We’d love to see you there!

If you would like to attend on Monday the 4th December contact:
The Business Centre
Ground Floor, Radio New Zealand House
155 The Terrace
ph: 494 0990
Fx: 494 0991

SKILLS : Additional Web Genius Lunch & Learn WELLINGTON

Due to high demand we are running an extra Web Genius Lunch & Learn on Wednesday December 6th at 12.30.

This session is for those who want to put e-marketing into action.
You will learn how the Web Genius e-marketing system can immediately empower you to:

• Create and maintain a database of customers and prospects categorised for easy targeting
• Create and send branded and personalised e-newsletters – quickly and automatically
• Take control of your website content - and link it to the database
• Create a dialogue with your audience – using Q&A, forums and even blogs
• Monitor your website and email traffic - and your referrals
• Sell products and services online – securely and with personalised offers
• Setup and maintain a loyalty rewards scheme - even linked to point-of-sale
• Promote seminars and events – and take bookings online
And all at a price you won’t believe!!

When: Wednesday 6th December, 12.30 -1.30 pm
Where: The Business Centre, Ground Floor
Radio New Zealand House
155 The Terrace
Ph: 04-494 0990
Lunch is provided and the session runs for only 1 hour
numbers are limited so register now through : www.thebusinesscentre.org.nz

SOCKET : November meeting follow up info

Thanks to all of those who came along to the November Socket meeting.
PLUS an extra special Thank You also to Yvonne Lundon at BSL Transformations who provided a fantastic space.

To follow up some of the queries which were raised in the meeting:

• For information on the Angel fund, pls see this site for information about the Seed Co-investment fund at www.nzvif.com
• Re paid parental leave: 14 weeks was introduced in Dec 2005, and the extension to self employed 1 July 2006. Here is a link to the parental leave section of the DoL website.
• The Minister is writing to the Minister of Labour to raise the issue of PPL for volunteers returning home and we will advise you of the response in due course.
• The MWA Nominations Service website.

DANCING : Learn to groove Bollywood-style

Want to learn bollywood dancing? Now you can - regular classes are being held in Wellington! Learn all styles of bollywood dancing, modern, folk, with a mixture of classical and traditional moves.

When Thursdays, 7.30 to 8.30pm,
Where Level 1, N.o 22 Webb Street, Te Aro, Wellington.
Cost $10 per hour

Contact: Ashleen Singh
IndiaNZ Performing Arts

FILM : “The Sisters” documentary showing at Pataka, Porirua 10 December

Last year, Jac Lynch and Toni produced a documentary, “The Sisters”, a story about four sisters living together in Stokes Valley (Toni's 3 great-aunties and her grandmother). “The Sisters” achieved national publicity last year and the sisters became known as the Golden Girls of Stokes Valley when the documentary about their decision to flat together screened in Petone at the Lighthouse Theatre.

The film is now having a free public screening on Sunday 10 December at 2.00pm at Pataka Museum in Porirua. We've decided to show the film to the public because of the strong interest in the sisters' story.

We are delighted to be able to show it at Pataka, and you, your family and friends are invited to attend the screening. Come along for the afternoon, visit the café, and you'll also be
able to check out the awesome art at Pataka (the film screens for 30 minutes).

DESIGN : D&AD presents Thursday 23 Nov [Auckland]

Apologies for the late arrival of this invitation in your inbox - details for this event have only just been finalised.

D&AD - the organisation that champions creative excellence across advertising and design - will be holding an event in Auckland this coming Thursday. This event is kindly supported by AUT University and the Designers Institute New Zealand (DINZ).

Date: Thursday, 23 November
Time: 1800 - Reception; 1830 - Presentation & Screening of Award-winning work
Venue: AUT University, State of the Art Lecture Theatre, Wellesley Campus, WE230, Auckland
RSVP: E designer@dinz.org.nz ; T: 09 529 1713

DINZ : International news now on site

DINZ has an international newsboard for any awards programmes, competitions and conferences happening overseas. International newsletter items will be directly linked to the international section that is updated regularly - you can connect to international newsboard from the homepage index. Currently you will find there more information about following…

• APIDA 2006 – 14th Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards
• APSDA 2006 Congress and General Asembly
• D&AD Global Awards 2007
• World Toilet Expo and Forum 2006
• Designer Success Australian Tour ‘06
• 2007 Australian Design Awards
• 1st China Youth Innovation Design Festival
• Business of Design Asia Conference
• DMI Design Management Team of the year award

CRAFTWERK : Auckland in December

WE'VE JUST SECURED A DATE FOR THE NEXT AUCKLAND CRAFTWERK, THURSDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2006 !!!

ITS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE LOVELY ALLELUYA CAFE AND WILL START AT 6PM, RUNNING TIL 9PMISH.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN HAVING A STALL, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL APPLICATION THROUGH TO sam@craftwerk.co.nz
CONTAINING:
+ YOUR NAME
+ DESCRIPTION OF YOUR STALL, YOUR WORK AND APPROX PRICES (MUST INCLUDE LINKS TO OR ATTACHED PHOTOS OF YOUR WORK)
+ YOUR CONTACT DETAILS !!
check out www.craftwerk.co.nz for more info

plus
all previous stall holders who want to be added to the "NEW" (but not up yet) listing on the Craftwerk site please email through the details/photos you'd like up there. In case you don't remember or you deleted our last email (by accident of course) we'd set it up like a phone book and have links, emails, photos and summaries/stories of vendors work.

THEATRE : Wellington November-December

Thanks to our woman on the street : Brianne Kerr from Brianne Kerr Publicity

DRACULA
Based on Bram Stoker’s novel
Directed By Catherine Downes
Downstage Theatre
11 NOVEMBER – 16 DECEMBER
Bookings: 04 801 6946 or www.downstage.co.nz
Suitable for children, adults and vampires of all ages and blood types! Starring George Henare, Ken Blackburn & Danielle Mason

Turbine
SEEyD Theatre Co.
BATS Theatre
30 NOVEMBER – 16 DECEMBER, 8pm
Bookings: 04 802 4175 or book@bats.co.nz
A family secret, erotic fiction, an autistic son, global warming and a most unlikely love story combine amongst the controversial issue of wind farming in SEEyD’s sixth play.

The Glass Menagerie (RETURN!)
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Willem Wassenaar
Circa Two
6-16 DECEMBER, 7.30pm
Bookings: 04 801 7992 or www.circa.co.nz
A demand return performance of Wassenaars production of this masterpiece by Tennessee Williams. A haunting, dreamlike and ghostly experience. “Striking . . . excellent production” – Dominion Post

Ricky Boyd and the Boomshack
BODEGA BAR
SATURDAY’S: Dec 9th, Dec 23rd, Jan 13th, Jan 27th, Feb 10th
Door Sales Only from 9pm $10
Playing authentic fifties rhythm and blues and rock'n'roll, the All-Star line up including vocalists Connan Hosford (from the Mockasins), Samuel Flynn Scott (from The Phoenix Foundation), Jeremy Taylor (ex-Cinematic), and new addition Lisa Tomlins (who has lent her voice to Trinity Roots, Fat Freddy's Drop, Rhombus and Shapeshifter). The rhythm section features stalwart’s drummer Ricky Boyd (ex-Accelerants), Matthew Armitage (OdESSA), experienced jazz and session bassist Dan Fulton, and saxophonist Chris Petrie, along with new pianist Jeremy Cullen. www.myspace.com/boomshack

COMING UP:
The Viagra MonologuesBy Geraldine Brophy
BATS Theatre
9-20 JANUARY, 8.30pm
Bookings: 04 802 4175 or book@bats.co.nz
An amusing and heart warming series of candid monologues by Kiwi men

FRINGE ALERT! - www.fringe.co.nz
Lovers of Central Park
Bent Not Broken
Fight or Flight
The Chit Chat Lounge
Urban Condition
Porcelain Grin
Thin Air
FREAK! – Malice in Wonderland
Brainpower

CHECK IT OUT . . .
OdESSA www.odessamusic.net
Maintain: The Movie www.maintainmovie.co.nz
Theatre Review: John Smythe www.theatreview.org.nz
go-DESIGN www.go-design.org
BATS Theatre www.bats.co.nz
Downstage Theatre www.downstage.co.nz
The Package www.thepackage.co.nz
Random Films www.randomfilms.co.nz
Theatre Comrades www.theatrecomrades.co.nz

WINE + ART : Wineseeker at Mark Hutchins Gallery

Wineseeker’s last How to Taste Wine & Wine tasting Tricks course for 2006 is scheduled for Tuesday November 28th , with our last ‘focused’ tasting of 2006, ‘Under the Latin Sun’ being Wednesday 29th November.

Please see details below – we look forward to seeing you!
How to Taste Wine & Wine Tasting Tricks
A fun, informal and informative wine-tasting course that covers:
– How the mind works
– How to ‘unlock’ the senses
– Using sight, smell, taste and touch to get the most out of the wine you enjoy
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28TH @ WINESEEKER
$15 per person
7.45 pm @ Wineseeker
Book Now by return email – Places strictly limited!

UNDER THE LATIN SUN … with Steve Bennett, Master of Wine
A special year-end tasting finale, that takes a taste tour of some of the world’s most fashionable wine regions and varieties around the world.
From the foothills of the Andes to the slate soils of the Mosel river and the Mediterranean heel of Italy – indulge in the exotic delights of Albarino, Aglianico, Pinot Gris, Primitivo and much, much more.
All the vinous delights that adventurous wine imbibers like to enjoy!
We are delighted to have wine importer, wine writer and Master of Wine, Steve Bennett to host this tasting – one not to be missed!
This is our last tasting of 2006, and we are a bit ‘squished’ for space as we prepare for Christmas, this tasting will be held just around the corner at Mark Hutchins Gallery, Level 1, Press House, 82 Willis Street, Central Wellington.
Mark Hutchins’ Gallery represents and exhibits artwork by some of New Zealand’s most celebrated contemporary artists. Suited to this tasting in particular, Mark is currently showing the elegant, mysterious and enchanting works of artist, Tony Lane.
7.50PM WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29TH @ MARK HUTCHINS GALLERY
Level 1, Press House,
82 Willis Street.
$35 PER PERSON
Book Now by return email – Places strictly limited!

ART : CLAIRE DOHERTY at Litmus

CLAIRE DOHERTY :Litmus International Curatorial Fellow 2006


WELCOMING

Tuesday November 14th 5.30pm

Main Entrance Foyer
Old Museum Building
Massey University
Buckle Street
Wellington

NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

Claire Doherty author of Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation presents the public lecture From studio to Situation: How Contemporary Art Grew Out of Place. This will be an opportunity for both the public and arts specialists audiences to familiarise themselves with Doherty’s interests and the ideas that will form the basis of her fellowship and eventual project in Wellington in early 2008. Her lecture promises to be provocative and enlightening, especially in relation to the growing materialisation of big single events/exhibitions in both New Zealand and the international visual arts scene.

Doherty will discuss how the international visual arts landscape has become dominated by the artwork as situation. Emerging at biennials, art fairs, through the programmes of kunsthalle, museums and commissioning agencies, through digitial media, radio and tv broadcasts, these works are recognisable by their project rather than object-based nature. Often time-based, performative or participatory, place-based or place-responsive, they demand new curatorial approaches, display techniques, promotional and financial systems and perhaps most importantly different kinds of engagement from their audiences and participants. Doherty will examine the challenges of such works for audiences, curators and artists. Her lecture will introduce and compare some of the most significant international projects of the past five years, exploring and interrogating how the site-specific became place-responsive. She will ask for whom such projects are produced, whether there should be a code of ethics for such projects and does it matter what is left behind?


DATES

Wellington
Thursday November 16, 6pm
10AO8 Lecture Theatre/ Old Museum Building/ Massey University/ Buckle St

Auckland
Thursday November 23, 6pm
Easy Listening Series/ Elam School of Fine Arts Auditorium/ Building 431/ Whitaker Place / The University of Auckland

New Plymouth
Tuesday November 28th, 6pm
Monica Brewster Club/ Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/ 42 Queen St

Christchurch
Thursday December 7, 6pm
The Physics Room/ Level Two/ 209 Tuam St

Dunedin
Saturday December 9, 3pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery Auditorium/ 30 The Octagon

For full Fellowship details please visit www.litmus.org.nz

LEARN ABOUT : Magdalena Aotearoa

The Magdalena Aotearoa Evening has been rescheduled for 7pm, Thursday 23rd November; it will be held at The Studio, 146 Riddiford Streeet, Newtown. Thanks to Lyne Pringle and Paul Forrest for generously making their space available.

The evening is an opportunity for you to learn more about Magdalena Aotearoa and our activities, meet the trustees, and find out how you can become involved. There will be a presentation of our activities during 2006, including the Whistle Stop Tour On Training, visits by international artists, and the Magdalena Singapore Festival; and we'll outline our plans for the National Gathering (5-10 April 2007) and the proposed second International Festival of Women's Performance in 2009.

Please extend this invitation to anyone else you know who may be interested in learning about Magdalena Aotearoa, and RSVP to magdalen@actrix.co.nz or phone (04) 934 9605.

INFO : Wage gap between men and women highlighted

07 November 2006 By LANE NICHOLS

Kiwi women slogging it out in female-dominated jobs earn around a third less than men with similar experience in traditionally masculine careers, a new report reveals.

Experienced female caregivers, cafe workers and retail assistants could earn an extra $15,000 a year on average if they switched to predominantly male trades such as building, plumbing or engineering.

The findings have caught the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunities commissioner and sparked concerns about gender-based occupational segregation in this country.

The Wages and Costs of Education and Training report was compiled by the Ministry of Women's Affairs to assess the financial reward associated with certain gender-specific careers for female job seekers.

Women's Affairs Minister Lianne Dalziel said the findings showed wages for qualified, experienced staff were around 45 per cent higher in male dominated trade-related occupations than in traditionally female jobs.

But that was not necessarily obvious to someone deciding on a career path as starting rates tended to be similar.

Researchers surveyed 115 organisations across 14 work-based training sectors, comparing wages, qualification requirement and training costs.

Male-dominated careers surveyed in the report included building, painting, bricklaying, mechanics, engineering and plumbing. Training costs in these fields were usually paid by employers.

Traditionally female occupations were hairdressing, travel agents, caregivers, beauty therapists, cafe workers, retail assistants and administrators. The workers usually paid for their own training.

On average, a qualified person with five years' experience in a female-dominated trade earned $34,000 a year based on a median hourly rate of $16.50.

A man with similar experience working in a predominantly male trade earned $50,000 a year – or $24 an hour.

Hairdressers and travel agents were exceptions. Both had the highest reported earnings of the 14 trades thanks to a hefty commission component.

Ms Dalziel said recent data showed the pay gap between men and women was reducing, but women's median hourly earnings still lagged 12 per cent behind men's.

"This is the kind of information I believe all young people should know about before they make the decision about what field to enter."

Equal Employment Opportunities commissioner Judy McGregor said the findings were concerning, though not a surprise.

There was a mistaken belief that women were not concerned about money when choosing a profession.

Young female job seekers needed better information about career prospects and pay, she said.

The ministry plans further work to assess whether young people will use the report's findings when choosing a career and whether the modern apprenticeship scheme is accessible to women. It will also look at whether gender-based occupational segregation has any economic impacts.

from Stuff

!! SOCKET IN NOVEMBER !!

It is with much excitement that we announce Hon Lianne Dialzel as our November speaker!

As Lianne is the Minister of Women's Affairs, the Minister for Small Business, and the Minister of Commerce – it's the perfect combo for entrepreneurial chicks like US!
The Minister will be talking about what the government is doing for small business, creative business and women in business.

It's also your chance to have a say: you'll be welcome to ask questions about government policy and plans for business, particularly as it relates to women in business. (That's you!)

The Minister's attendance at Socket will be timely considering that Paid Parental Leave for the Self Employed recenly kicked off. Under this new legislation that came into effect on the 1 July, self-employed mothers are now eligible for paid parental leave like employee mothers. Great news! The Hon Lianne Dalziel is an experienced Labour MP who has been in Parliament since 1990. Ms Dalziel first entered the Cabinet in 1999. She is also a former lawyer.

A guaranteed FASCINATING Socket event!!

Venue: Creative HQ
Level 4, 25a Marion Street, Wellington
wine and beer $4-$6, nibbles – koha
Time 5.30pm - 7.00pm
Date Tuesday 7 November

We'd love to see you there, as well as your female friends and whanau.

CRAFT STUFF : eCraft.co.nz

eCraft - The Place to Buy and Sell New Zealand Arts and Crafts Online

• eCraft is an online New Zealand art gallery, where you can buy affordable contemporary New Zealand art
• eCraft is also an online craft market with some of New Zealand's best handmade craft and craft supplies
• eCraft is an online classified advertising website

List your Art and Craft - For Free - For a Limited Time

Thanks to Kim from Successful Speaking for this link