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 ...
Emma Jehle-Elvidge now looks after Women’s Support (free advice, referral and information), and coordinates our community education programme. Emma is a fantastic addition to our team, as the wonderful Awatea Mita continues as kaiwhakatuhono for our Aotearoa Free From Stalking project. Kind, practical and energetic, Emma finished her studies in Law and Arts (sociology ...
By Awatea Mita (justice scholar and kaiwhakatuhono for Aotearoa Free From Stalking) Aotearoa New Zealand often touts a strong history of supporting women’s rights, taking great pride in being the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893. However, we have regressed, and it might come as a revelation to some that ...
Media release, 1 May 2025 Auckland Women’s Centre is the latest in a growing number of organisations expressing serious concerns regarding the draft Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Framework for schools. Leonie Morris, Project Lead for the Centre’s Aotearoa Free From Stalking campaign described the draft framework as “a significant failure in supporting the diverse ...
These descriptions are drawn from our community kōrero about the health system with Lady Tureiti Moxon and Dr Elana Curtis in March 2025. Healthcare for Māori should not just be needs-based but also rights-based Whereas “equitable outcomes” can refer to any two or more groups – not just ethnic groups, and not just Māori – ...
From the current “evil layer” of emboldened racism here and around the world, to a vision of aroha and equity at the centre of healthcare, health system experts Lady Tureiti Moxon (Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāi Tahu) and Dr Elana Curtis (Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa) covered sooo many topics that you really need ...
Update 14 May: You can read our submission on the RSE guidelines here. April 2025 The government is attempting to impose its extremist transphobic, racist, colonial and misogynistic views on the next generation via wholesale changes to education about relationships & sexuality. You can let them know what they’re doing is unacceptable. The sensitive and ...
Tautoko to Tamatha Paul and everyone else working hard to ameliorate authorities’ immediate and ongoing responses to crisis and emergency – whether due to violence, other crimes, and/or health emergencies including mental distress. Many individuals and communities have reason not to trust the police, including many women experiencing family violence, sexual violence or other forms ...
