Everyday I ask my colleague Lachie ‘Kei te pēhea koe?’ and he usually answers ‘Kei te pai’ before we begin work together. Nothing unusual - apart from that he is in the North Island and I am in the South Island. We have a weekly meeting with our boss, nothing unusual apart from she is in Wellington and we are throughout New Zealand: Whakatane, Picton, Christchurch, Dunedin.

The team I work with - The Learning Experience team, who work with content experts to create online courses - are spread throughout New Zealand - Whakatāne, Picton, Wellington, Amberley and Christchurch.

Lisa Richardson and I discuss our five top tips for working in a virtual team in a podcast.