Going West: a Festival of people and language, held annually in Titirangi in West Auckland, this year featured many women and acknowledged te reo Maori throughout the programme. We loved the Friday night opening session with Serie Barford’s poems, Paula Morris’s oratory, and one of our favourite singers, Moana Maniapoto. Some highlights…. The Saturday […]
STOP PRESS!!
August 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
If you have a chance, do go and see the play Burn Her! by Sam Brooks. This is political drama at its best- surprising, thought-provoking, humorous and tragic all in one, posing really hard questions about the behaviour of the press, of PR people and of politicians. And it could happen here….perhaps it already has? […]
See No Evil…
July 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This collective of Maori and Pacific women, Oceania Interrupted, is demonstrating solidarity with the people of West Papua… How much do we know about the actions of our governments in the Pacific over the last 60 years? Most of us, very little, especially about those things which should concern us deeply. Take the story of […]
Women’s Suffrage Celebrations
July 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Are We There Yet? Many events are planned to celebrate the 125th year since women were granted voting rights in New Zealand On 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the […]
There’s Nothing Like a Dame
July 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
And we can’t write about women’s issues without noticing that this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list pays tribute to women in an unexpected way…for the first time ever, there are more Dames than Knights at the top of the list- and what an interesting group, and we all know “there’s nothing like a dame!”…. …except two […]
Matariki
July 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
At last in Aotearoa we have our own unique Matariki Festival for mid winter. In Tamaki Makaurau events include dawn karakia, lights on Sky Tower and the Harbour Bridge, kite days, kapa haka groups, jazz concerts, plays, story-telling, films, feasts, street parties…a month to reflect on the past year and celebrate spring and the […]
Delighting in Diversity
July 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We really appreciate the wealth of cultural activities available in Auckland. The Auckland Writers’ Festival and Film Festivals , and the Auckland Photography Festival, have provided an extraordinary range of events in May, June and July. And then there are live theatre shows, art galleries and community activities as well. Of course our choices from […]
Celebrating Women’s Music in Aotearoa
March 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We have been to two outstanding women’s music events this year- a reunion of 1980s women musicians on February 9, and an Auckland Arts Festival commemoration of Mahinaarangi Tocker and her music on March 16 and 17. Bags of hags […]
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