Posts in “Feminism” category

Letter to Minister Stanford – RSE Guidelines

Hon. Erica Stanford Minister of Education E.Stanford@ministers.govt.nz   17 March 2025   Tēnā koe Minister Stanford, I write on behalf of Auckland Women’s Centre to join our concerns to those of Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa and the Mental Health Foundation regarding the removal of the Relationships and Sexuality Education Guidelines from the Ministry of Education website. ...

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Posted: March 17, 2025Categories: , , ,

Happy International Women’s Day! 10 (or more) Things to Read Watch Learn

(aka: don’t sleep on MāoriPlus, they have amazing material from Aotearoa and around the world) International Women’s Day is celebrated on Saturday 8 March this year – so we’ve curated a weekend reading/watching/learning list for you all – several parts fun to some parts serious – on the extremely timely 2025 United Nations theme: “For ...

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Posted: March 7, 2025Categories: , , , ,

Chelsea Winstanley: Life is a Series of Soul Collisions

The director and Oscar©-nominated producer talks hīkoi, heroes and Hollywood On a lovely Spring evening, we witnessed a warm chat among friends at Western Springs Garden Community Hall: it turns out Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi) and Stacey Morrison (Ngāi Tahu, Te Arawa) have got to know each other through their daughters. And ...

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Posted: December 12, 2024Categories: , , , ,

Kōrero with Miriama McDowell

Actor, director, playwright Creativity, campaigning, and channelling Kahurangi (Dame) Whina Cooper– the kōrero was compelling between Miriama McDowell and Stacey Morrison on a cold winter’s night at Samoa House. Miriama – actor/director/writer and intimacy coordinator – is on the board of Equity, the actors union. “Our work is to make actors’ lives better – I ...

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Posted: September 4, 2024Categories: ,

#SafetyNotStalking: Open Letter and Petition

To access our Open Letter to the Minister of Justice, click here.   This open letter was published on 20 May 2024. If you wish to support this ongoing campaign, please sign our #SafetyNotStalking ActionStation petition. Kia ora! Thank you for your interest!

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Posted: May 20, 2024Categories: , , ,

Kōrero with Margaret Mutu

It was an evening of humour and song when broadcaster Moana Maniapoto (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Pikiao) warmly interviewed Professor Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua) at the Samoa House in late March. If you missed out on our sold out event, the full video is below! The upbeat feeling was welcome and ...

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Posted: April 10, 2024Categories: , , , , ,

International Women’s Day: A Visit to the Auckland Suffrage Memorial

On International Women’s Day which celebrates women’s achievements globally, we visit the Auckland Suffrage Memorial in Te Hā o Hine Place Written by Cathy Casey and Megan Hutching Standing in Te Hā o Hine Place, (formerly Khartoum Place) looking at the steps going up to Kitchener Street and the Art Gallery, the colourful tiles on ...

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Posted: March 7, 2024Category:

Gender Gap Facts 2024

Did you know that nearly half of all public service chief executives were women in 2022, twice the proportion in 2012? This is one of the 32 facts in our just-updated at-a-glance, quick-reference “Gender Gap Facts”. This brief guide offers a handful of illustrative snapshots (from the most recent research and statistics available) about gender ...

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Posted: January 23, 2024Categories: , , ,

Kōrero with Ngahuia Te Awekotuku: Turning Worry into Action

The legendary activist and scholar Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi and Waikato) offered deep concern about the new government – but also hope about collective opposition to their “rubbish” agenda – in her warm, candid online kōrero with Stacey Morrison. This kōrero video has been lightly edited for clarity. We live in interesting times. Last ...

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Posted: December 13, 2023Categories: , , , , ,

How to survive Election 2023

Post-Covid fatigue, cost-of-living crisis, climate disasters, unchecked misogyny, the recent parliamentary grounds occupation – as chair and journalist Alison Mau put it, the upcoming election has the “most complex set of circumstances in my 30 years in this country.” Last Wednesday 26 July, Auckland Women’s Centre hosted a community forum to unpack what the election ...

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Posted: August 9, 2023Categories: , ,