To honour International Women's Day, Manukau Branch held an interactive stall at Papakura Community Parkfest Day on 7^th March where we asked everyone we spoke with “What is your wish for the future of women in Aotearoa New Zealand?

The conversations were enlightening and fulfilling with a good number of responses submitted in writing. they can be summarised in these three individual comments received:

• Balance for all aspects of life - family, work, community.
• To feel safe in their own power, to feel equally with men.
• I wish for equal treatment and pay.

There is nothing quite as fulfilling as speaking with women you have never met before to know how important the work of National Council of Women of New Zealand is for future generations of women to come.

Photo supplied by Angela Dalton: (l-r) Judi Goldsworthy, Angela Dalton, Iunisi Vaitohi of the Manukau Branch of NCWNZ

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