Collaborated with the SilverStripe (the contracted agency), and the Ministry’s internal development team to deliver development services for He Kauwhata Reo — the Te Reo Māori Learning Hub, which provides resources to support the teaching and learning of the Te Reo Māori language.
Led full-stack development of a national support hub for Māori teachers, managing the product backlog and aligning delivery with user needs. Oversaw front-end engineering with React and Next.js, custom SilverStripe module development, and headless CMS/API integrations. Implemented CI/CD pipelines, feature flags, and automated email workflows, while ensuring accessibility, performance, and compliance with Certification & Accreditation standards.
Redevelopment of the 2018 Census Place Summaries which gives users stats and insights into New Zealand's communities, in addition to information on topics such as age and gender, cultural diversity, qualifications, income, and housing.
Redesign of the Food Safety Rules app which ensures that the food that is grown, produced, prepared, shared, and consumed across Aotearoa is safe and suitable for everyone.
By default, SilverStripe CMS uses Font Icons for menu, and at times, you would want to set your own custom SVG icons when there isn’t a sufficient icon and/or to be inline with your org brand guidelines. This article explains how can set those, in both cases — For use in CMS classes that extend ModelAdmin, and in the case of Elemental Blocks that extend BaseElement.
