Our Blog

20+ Career Journeys

Over the past couple of years we have spoken to creatives, public servants, educators, advocates, scientist, techies, artists; list goes on and on and on. These are the stories of people who pursued something, changed their mind, and did that again - things that you might be pondering about! A little window into their life that could help you learn and navigate your own. We compiled snippets from their interviews but feel free to click and read the whole thang too!

Women who changed the way I think about sex

An incomplete handful of women who changed the way I think about sex, pleasure, and my sexy, sexy self.

10 of the book covers displayed that we recommend reading

Our highlights from Blackbird's Sunrise Aotearoa

Our musings, learnings and favourite talks from attending Blackbird VC’s Sunrise Aotearoa, a NZ conference amplifying our wonderful start-up scene in NZ.

Celebrating queer joy in New Zealand

We've been thinking about how as queer culture gets more and more mainstream, what does that mean for LGBTQIA+ individuals. How do queer adults experience joy, when it lives in spaces between crises.

Pay equity and other policy change ideas shaping a more equitable New Zealand for us all

While recording a podcast with 15 people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, we asked them about what policies they would pass if they could. We compiled this blog for you, featuring all the fantastic policy ideas next time you wonder what petitions you should sign and who to vote for!

15 favourite dishes from folks of migrant and refugee backgrounds in New Zealand

We couldn’t record our series with migrants and former refugee folks without talking about the most important topic of our cultural identities and provider of belonging: food. Here we compiled this blog for you, featuring favourite ethnic dishes, places, food tips, and food stories from our migrant & former refugee community.

I Contain Multitudes*

It is interesting that in this day and age there are still many that entertain a perception that we are meant to follow a single path or have one thing that gives us purpose. A title or a role to define us. Especially interesting when this is considered together with the instinctual human need within us for change, variation and difference in what brings us joy.

Storyo's Impact 2021 ✨

OK folks, 2021 has been the biggest year so far at Storyo! Among the chaos of everyday life, pandemic, work, and family, our Storyo team has gotten up to a lot… Lots of new stories, interviews, videos, D&I sessions, events, giveaways 🌱We thought it would be fun to include some insights from the year, to reflect and rejoice!

Melodics: a Story of Partnership and Support

When it comes to companies supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives - whether external or internal, the question of “value delivered per dollar spent” is usually ever-present. Here I talk about my thoughts on the matter and express my deep gratitude for Melodics team supporting Storyo mahi and doing their work on DEI.

Corporate benefits of humanity & diversity

My thoughts on the dreaded corporate question "what will we get in return?" and selling social impact & diversity to companies for support.

9 Books You Should Read This Year

Two years ago we did a book-shelf review to see what people are we learning from and who we get to inspire us through their writing? And we never looked back! Here is your book list for this year (and the year after and after) ✨

11 No Bullshit Mother's Day Celebration Stories

Mother’s Day is almost upon us and we wanted to celebrate it in a Storyo no-bullshit-all-vulnerability fashion! To honour the wahine with children we have previously interviewed, we wanted to get their perspectives on parenthood and their feelings on it. Here’s what they had to say…

16 Christmas gifts by women and non-binary in 2020

Christmas or no Christmas - we are here to support local businesses and creatives represented by women and non-binary babes in Aotearoa!