Unlocking Change: Dive into the WAO Summit '23 with Monique Kelly
The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown - Queenstown AppShow Notes
Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour, talks to Monique Kelly, General Manager of Wao. The Wao Summit is on from October 24th-29th. It's Six days of workshops, kōrero, films, tours and community events about creating tangible, long term social and environmental change. They talk about some of the things you will experience, and what Monique hopes you will take away from the summit. https://www.wao.co.nz/summit2023 Thanks for listening to The Outle...
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