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  • President's Kōrero, February 2026

    Kia ora, Kia Orana, Talofa, Mālō ni, and warm Pacific greetings to you all! As we move towards International Women’s Day on 8 March, I am reflecting on how ‘international’ for NCWNZ has a good dose of ‘Polynesian region’ focus. While we add our voices to global issues, we can have more impact with a focus closer to home, by being good neighbours and supporting collective endeavours.

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    28 February 2026

  • Salvation Army’s State of the Nation report shows family violence has reached highest level since 2018

    The eye-catching headline in RNZ News on 11 February 2026, “Family violence reaches highest levels since 2018” inspired an examination of the Salvation Army’s annual report, subtitled Foundations of Wellbeing, Poipoia te Kākanao. While all five chapters of the report - Children and Youth, Work and Incomes, Housing, Crime and Punishment, Social Hazards – contain valuable information - the focus for the Safety, Health & Wellbeing Action Hub was on Crime and Punishment, and on family violence in particular. Note,...

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    28 February 2026

  • New intern Emma Guerin

    Kia ora everyone, I’m Emma, a French political science student, and I am very happy to join NCWNZ as an intern until the end of June. Back home, I’m the president of my university’s feminist association. We organise conferences and debates on all kinds of feminist issues, and we also try, patiently but persistently, to push our school to update its internal charters to make the institution more inclusive and safer for everyone. A lot of my time is spent...

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    24 February 2026

  • Letter of support for NZ's rejection of Trump's invitation to join the Board of Peace

    On 1 February 2026, the International Action Hub sent a letter of support to the Rt. Hon. Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister - copying also to the Rt. Hon. Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Hon. Nicola Grigg, Minister for Women. The letter was sent upon gaining approval from the NCWNZ Board to welcome the Prime Minister's announcement that New Zealand declined the invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join the Board of Peace.  U.S. President Trump had launched...

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    21 February 2026

  • Women’s Self-Defence Workshop in Wellington

    The NCWNZ Wellington Branch recently hosted a free Women’s Self-Defence Workshop as part of our events raising awareness for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, and it was a fantastic success. A huge thank you to everyone who attended and to the Wellington Hapkido Academy for leading such an engaging and empowering session.

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    18 February 2026

  • NCWNZ Past President Barbara Arnold MNZM: Stewardship, Science, and Sustained Leadership

    This is the fifth and final article of a series focusing on the NCWNZ Past Presidents Oral History Project with interviews by Carol Dawber in 2016. See the introductory article in The Circular at "NCWNZ Past Presidents oral history interviews from 2016" (August 2024). Barbara Joan Arnold née Furness MNZM was President of the National Council of Women of New Zealand from 2012 to 2014. Her contributions reflect a form of leadership that is rarely celebrated but deeply consequential. Over decades...

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    18 February 2026

  • 2026 New Year honours

    The New Year honours for 2026 are a disappointment for women, with 55% of the awards going to men. This is especially noticeable with the higher awards where 83% of CNZM were awarded to men and 60% of ONZM. See the full list at the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office's website https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2026. Here's the break-down for each honour by gender in the table below.

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    18 February 2026