To empower a woman is to empower her children, her family and her community.
Heretaunga Women’s Centre offers a range of self-development, healthy living and interest courses with a range of qualified facilitators. You can choose from courses aimed at developing social skills and making new friends, activities designed to promote healing and wellbeing, or support services which provide advocacy for women generally and individually. Take a look at our Events Programme for details of dates and times.
Baby change, feed and play room
Monday to Friday: Clean, fully serviced facilities for mothers and infants available during Centre hours (9:00 am to 4:00 pm).
Counselling
Monday to Friday: You can access affordable and professional counselling service that is respectful to the needs of everyone. All our Counsellors are professionally supervised and are either members of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors or working towards membership. All have a high degree of competency in their specialist area before joining our team and we encourage and assist ongoing training. Appointments are essential and can be made by phone, email, website contact page, or in person at the Centre.
Groups and activities
A wide variety of low-cost courses and one-off workshops are offered throughout the year. These are regular activities which offer fellowship, fun and self-development. Bookings are essential and enrolments can be taken by phone, email, website contact page, or in person at the Centre. Please see the Events timetable page for details and timings.
Legal advice
Tuesdays: Free consultations with a qualified lawyer for guidance and legal advice on rights and procedures. Bookings are essential and can be made by phone, email, website contact page, or in person at the Centre.
Library
Monday to Friday: We offer a range of books on topics such as health, parenting, relationships, stress management and personal growth. Our library is a convenient and confidential service. Please pop into the Centre to borrow a book.
Lunchtimes at the HWC
Monday to Friday: Please bring your lunch; tea and coffee available – meet new friends and enjoy a break away from your workplace.
Room bookings
Our comfortable, welcoming newly refurbished and renovated rooms are available for rental by the hour, half day or whole day. We actively encourage start-up businesswomen to make use of our meeting rooms and offer a heavily discounted rate for this purpose. Please contact us through our ‘Contact’ page with the heading ROOM BOOKING.
Support and resources
We’re available all day to offer information and referrals to other agencies or organisations in our network. Resources are available for a wide range of community services able to support your specific needs.
Wellbeing
The Centre hosts a variety of low-cost alternative therapies with qualified practitioners. Please see the events calendar for details and timings. Bookings are essential and can be taken by phone, email, website contact page, or in person at the Centre.
SuperGrans Heretaunga
This free service supports women to develop life skills through one-on-one mentoring and workshops. The programme aims to empower women to gain knowledge and skills to improve their daily living personally and within their family and whānau. More Info
List of Women Tradies
We like to support women in trades and hope you do too. We also know there are women who prefer to only have women their homes. Our list of Women Tradies is being updated. There is also a copy at reception. The list of women tradies contains: painters, decorators, builders, handy women, and property maintenance. If you are a women tradie and would like to be on the list please email marketing@hwc.nz with your details. We would love to add you!
Exhibition space available at the Centre – Art in the Hallways
We have a lovely well lit space in our huge hallway, and our plan is that we would like to use this as an exhibition space for emerging and established women artists. We will offer you/them the opportunity to have an exhibition in this space for a two week period. We will not charge a commission for the use of the space – but do charge 20% commission on work sold. We run the space from February to December, every year. Full details and conditions here.
If you are interested then please contact us at the Centre on 8785401 or email admin@hwc.nz