For people who don’t think they’re sports fans, Alice Soper would like a word: “You’re probably just not a fan of men’s sports.” The rugby journalist doesn’t blame you – she isn’t either. She and her partner have been heckled at men’s games for being queer, and she won’t go back because it’s unsafe. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
