Bennett Richardson

Bennett Richardson

Human Resources Director New Zealand

Bennett Richardson

Content Specialist

12+ years experience40,000 Total views on Human Resources Director New Zealand in 2025

Bennett's specialty topics

Payroll Change Management Leadership

Bennett Richardson is a content specialist at Key Media, who writes sponsored features for leading B2B publications including Australian Broker, Mortgage Professional Australia, New Zealand Adviser, Insurance Business Australia, Insurance Business New Zealand, Insurance Business Asia, New Zealand Lawyer, HRD Australia, HRD New Zealand and HRD Asia.

Over his media career, he has written on derivatives and equities markets across sectors as varied as construction, food and beverage, and department stores for a real-time newswire, investigated the human rights situation in post-Escobar Colombia for the Carter Center, reported on bullfighting traditions in Okinawa for the society pages of the Wall Street Journal Asia, interviewed former kamikaze pilots for the Smithsonian, and documented the near collapse of the New Zealand tourism industry during one of the world's longest border closures. Over a decade in the global academic publishing industry further enhanced his versatility, eye for the meta-story and ability to work with clients to bring out the angle beyond the brief.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I work with clients to translate commercial priorities into written features that deliver editorially and engage the target audience.”

Also published by

Wall Street Journal Asia · Christian Science Monitor · USA Today · Seattle Times · Washington Times · South China Morning Post · New Zealand Herald · Canberra Times

Featured content from Bennett

Why HR keeps ending up back at the drawing board Origin’s innovative benefit program hits key milestone Inside Deel’s global, AI-native, human-centric playbook

Previous experience

  • Tourism Ticker — Journalist
  • Carter Center — Feature Writer
  • Freelance — Correspondent
  • Dow Jones Newswires — Copyeditor

Education

  • MA (International Relations), Waseda University
  • BA (History), University of Otago
  • LLB (Law), University of Otago

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Report covering 150 countries shows where NZ sits in global hiring corridors and what's coming next

Deel data shows global hiring is changing for NZ firms

As AI hits entry-level, HR must rethink pathways - Deel

New Zealand faces leadership pipeline crisis as AI eliminates junior roles, disrupts career paths

As AI hits entry-level, HR must rethink pathways - Deel