Posts in “Queer” category

AWC joins wave of criticism of transphobic education proposals

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 ...

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Letter to Minister Stanford – RSE Guidelines

Update 9 May 2025: We received a reply from the Minister – note it is dated 9 May, while mentioning an opportunity to give feedback on the draft RSE framework which closed on… 9 May. The Minister’s response is here (in non-accessible form, with non-live links, as it was sent to us). We already knew ...

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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: , , , ,

Why cis women need to stand up for trans rights

This article was previously published in The Press.  Maia Hall is the Centre Manager at Auckland Women’s Centre. People who are gender-queer have existed as long as there have been people. Gender queerness is not a threat to anything except to the patriarchy. Trans women are women, and trans rights are women’s rights. Auckland Women’s ...

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Posted: July 25, 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: , , , , ,