Sport NZ, Women in Sport Aotearoa, and the Shift Foundation have invited Tucker Center director Nicole M. LaVoi, PhD, senior lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, to keynote their first annual Sport NZ Women + Girls Summit 2019 on October 7. The one-day event is for those working or contributing to play, active recreation, and sport for New Zealand women and girls. The programme was designed with a view to raising awareness and interest in gender equity issues among government ministers, sporting leaders, media, and also athletes and sporting participants, not only in New Zealand, but also internationally through the many networks to which they organizations belong.