Di White
Di White is, in no particular order, a non-practising lawyer; a Cluedo character; a criminal justice and penal reform advocate; a former member of Sweden’s National (and only) netball team; an occasional blogger ; and yet another feminist aspiring to be Lisa Simpson. You can find her on twitter or email her at [email protected]
Everything By: Di White
Like so many young Wellingtonians, Di White's first office job was as a media monitor. But now, as iSentia prepare to relocate jobs to the Philippines, she finds they're not so open about their push to cut down on costs, and wonders what it means for the city's young creatives.
"Kids For Cash" will make many viewers uncomfortable and angry, but as Di White discovers, this insight into the American juvenile detention system isn't about exposing villains - it's about showing what needs to be fixed.
A 750-page memoir by the 33rd Prime Minister of NZ? Couldn't it be 850 pages? But reading Geoffrey Palmer's "Reform" begs some interesting questions about how - and for who - people compile a record of memories and encounters, as Di White discovers.
Twenty years after it made its debut in a Wellington women's prison, William Brandt, Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt's searing 'Verbatim' is being paired up with its follow-up, 'Portraits', and performed in Auckland, Manukau and Wellington. Di White talks to Miranda about why and how both plays were made, and still matter.
Admissions of female lawyers have outnumbered males for the past two decades, yet men still outnumber women at the top levels of the profession. Why? Di White looks at what's going on.
