Pippa Mothersole

I am volunteering with Lake House as their archivist which involves carrying out an oral history project in conjunction with Auckland libraries, and researching and writing a book in honour of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the art centre opening.

A diverse role supporting the local community in a number of different ways, including; assisting customers with technological issues, promoting self service options for future use, helping customers find reference material, building relationships with frequent visitors, providing excellent customer service to all library patrons, and, working collaboratively with other library and council staff

• Company Overview: Love that Leaf is a small NZ owned indoor plant care business based on the North Shore in Auckland
• My role here involved fulfilling customers orders from website through to collection by the couriers, preparing merchandise for shipment ensuring both safe delivery and appropriate presentation, receiving, inspecting, labeling and inventorying all incoming merchandise, and, working alongside and training other staff where necessary
• This was a wonderfully flexible role while my children were at home with me some days before starting school
• Love that Leaf is a small NZ owned indoor plant care business based on the North Shore in Auckland

I was fortunate to spend nearly seven years at home with my children

During this time I've been involved in numerous community events such as organising and running kindergarten fundraisers, collecting and distributing toys and clothes for local children at Christmas, and being an active member of Playcentre and our local toy library

• After completing my MA I worked as an English language teacher and an advisor on the exchange program between Vientiane College and various universities in New Zealand
• Facilitated innovative learning experiences and hands-on learning
• Worked one-on-one with students to address their specific needs
• Developed a series of interactive activities that increased student engagement in language classes
• Utilized a variety of assessment methods to track student progress and identify areas for improvement

• Company Overview: This research was a joint project between Massey University (Paul Spoonley) and the New Zealand government to better understand social changes as experienced by youths around the country
• Conducting focus groups at high schools
• Analysing the transcripts from these and other focus groups from around the country to draw out key themes and highlight poignant verbatim remarks
• Drafted a report for each of the five research locations which was then completed by the lead researcher and presented to the government as part of the projects findings
• This research was a joint project between Massey University (Paul Spoonley) and the New Zealand government to better understand social changes as experienced by youths around the country