20 November 2025 When Auckland Women’s Centre received a donation offer several weeks ago from Metallica representatives, staff thought it might be a scam – even though the email specifically stated “this is not a scam”. “But it was for real!” said centre manager Maia Hall. “We are thrilled with the support – and with ...
2025 is Auckland Women’s Centre’s 50th birthday! Yes, we’ve been crashing several waves of feminism into patriarchal monuments for half a century now, from 1975. Rā whānau ki a tatou! Turning 50 feels good. It feels big. It feels like something to celebrate – with a whole festival season of 50th birthday events: Ladi6: 50th Birthday ...
On 29 September, Auckland Women’s Centre’s advocacy manager Leonie Morris – in her capacity as chair for the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children – wrote to the Chief Justice requesting an Inquiry into the Tom Phillips Case and Family Court Response. “The Coalition for Action on the Safety of Women and Children… ...
Lawyer by day – artist by night: Steph Northey (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāi Te Rangi) lives a bright, bold whirlwind. We are delighted Rotorua artist Steph agreed to make our 50th anniversary image – and absolutely thrilled with the image she created: a funky retro nod to our 1975 birth date and a full-noise blast ...
The evening’s topics were mana wahine, feminism and womanism during the Auckland Women’s Centre’s lifetime so far – but unsurprisingly, the speakers also made call backs to earlier history, and clarified present and future grief, anger and hope. To read the “short version” of this report (our favourite quotes), click here. Watch the discussion on ...
Here are some of our favourite quotes from the Sept 2025 evening celebrating the last 50 years of mana wahine, womanism and feminism, with Dr Naomi Simmonds, Assoc Prof Melani Anae and Dame Judy McGregor On mana wahine, womanism and feminism “For me now, mana wahine is a necessary holding of space to celebrate, to ...
Auckland Women’s Centre is turning 50. Janet McAllister asks: Do they dare celebrate amid current threats to women’s rights? The below article as originally posted on the NZ Herald. Find it here “Every day I’m like…. ‘Shame on your undies, why are you doing that?’ You can’t just say ‘we don’t care about equity’. That ...
Sofia Davis (she/her) now looks after Women’s Support (free advice, referral and information), and coordinates our community education programme. “Feminism has been a passion of mine since I discovered it existed!” says Sofia, smiling. When she was 12 years old, her social studies class was asked to choose their own research topics – and Sofia chose feminism. “I had ...
Public Statement of the Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children re the Crown’s disestablishment of Te Pūkotahitanga, a Māori partnership body for the elimination of family violence and sexual violence 2 July for immediate release The following can be attributed to Leonie Morris, the Chair for the Coalition for the Safety of Women ...
