Experience

Oratia

• Media Director

  • Aug 2000 - Present

  Oratia brings the best of book publishing to readers and clients alike. Established in 2000, Oratia is a boutique publisher of books based outside Auckland, with distribution across New Zealand and representation in many parts of the world. Our team collectively has decades of experience in all aspects of publishing and a commitment to quality values in editorial, design, print and productions. In addition to publishing our Oratia Books, we offer our publishing and communications skills to organisations and authors wanting to publish privately.SpecialtiesBooks, Multilingual/multicultural, Writing and editing, Business/management, Children's books, Māori books



Dante Alighieri Society Auckland

• Festival Italiano Director

  • 2005 - Apr 2021

  The Italian Festival Season in Auckland is a month full of Italian events, from concerts to workshops, from exhibitions to movies, culminating with New Zealand's largest Italian street event: the Festival Italiano in Newmarket.http://festivalitaliano.co.nz The Italian Festival Season in Auckland is a month full of Italian events, from concerts to workshops, from exhibitions to movies, culminating with New Zealand's largest Italian street event: the Festival Italiano in Newmarket.http://festivalitaliano.co.nz



Various publications

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist and editor

  • 1994 - 2017

  Freelanced for the following magazines and newspapers: Asia-Pacific correspondent, The Moodie Report, London, Food contributor, Fashion Quaterly NZ magazine, Food editor and columnist, Good magazine, Auckland, Travel writer for Newspapers La Fiamma, Melbourne, and Il Globo, Sydney, Italian Media Australia, L’Amico del Popolo, Italy. Food editor and columnist, New Zealand Gardener magazine, Auckland Food and travel writer for Cuisine, Taste, Foodtown Magazine, Dish, AucklandAsia-Pacific researcher and contributor, Frontier magazine, London. New Zealand House & Garden magazine, and Alive Magazine, Auckland. Travel articles for the New Zealand Herald newspaper and Sunday Star Times newspaper, Auckland,Lifestyle articles contributor, Life & Leisure magazineTravel articles for The Japan Times and Asahi Weekly newspapers, Tokyo. Writer, Macmillian Language House publishers, Tokyo. Mini-World and Cross Section magazines, and Mini-World books, Kozo System, Tokyo. Editorial services: Urban Connections Inc., M.I.L.K. Licensing Ltd., Concept publishing, Authentic



New Holland Publishers New Zealand for books. Lifestyle magazines and newspapers for articles.

• Book Author and Writer, Food

  • 2004 - 2005

  Author ofParty Food for Girls (2011), Auckland, Sydney, London, Cape Town, Poland (translated into Polish). Savour (2006) Auckland, Sydney, London, Cape Town Poland (translated into Polish). Sweet As... (2004) Auckland, Sydney, London, Cape Town. Contributing author of The Big Book of Sweet Treats, published by New Holland Publishers UK, April 2010. Contributing author of Picnics, published by Fairfax Books, Australia, November 2008. Contributing author of Catch the World, Explorer, published by Macmillian Language House publishers, Tokyo 2008. Contributing author of Vegetarian, published by Fairfax Books, Australia, June 2007, Homegrown, published by Fairfax Magazines, New Zealand, 2007, Catch the World, Voyager, published by Macmillian Language House publishers, Tokyo 2007, Catch the World, Orbiter, published by Macmillian Language House publishers, Tokyo 2007



Bellavita Inc. Tokyo, Japan

• Tutor

  • 1993 - 1996