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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Feminist math = community power By our collective powers combined, we can create spectacular things for all wāhine and women in Aotearoa. In other words, a lot of people donating a little goes a long way. So: thank you for joining the Fab 500 in our 50th year, and standing in solidarity with women with ...
Tues 10 June for immediate release from Aotearoa Free From Stalking Changes to the proposed anti-stalking law are welcome but they don’t go far enough say community victim advocates. Leonie Morris, Manager of the Aotearoa Free From Stalking (AFFS) project at the Auckland Women’s Centre, says it is unlikely the bill will cover stalkers who ...
The Regulatory Standards Bill is a deliberately boring name – but it is nothing short of constitutional warfare. It is an extremist move to steal power away from Māori, women and democracy (that’s all of us) in order to give even more power to corporations & their wealthy owners. What is and is not in ...
Click the union names for events listings: NZCTU and E Tu. Click here to make a submission to the unofficial People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity by 31 July 2025 The below is based on our May 7 newsletter, with updates re the People’s Select Committee. May 6 was “a dark day for New Zealand ...
