We would love to see you at our AGM on Monday 17 June 2024 at 5:30 pm at the Heretaunga Women’s Centre, in the Women’s Rest Building, Cnr Eastbourne & Russell Streets, Hastings
To request Committee Nomination forms and/or RSVP, please email chair@hwc.nz or phone Deidré Venter 06 878 5401.
Nominations and RSVP to be received by: 5:00 pm, Friday 7 June 2024.
(option to join by Zoom)
Focal Point Cinema Hastings
Tuesday March 5th 5,30pm
$20 Ticket includes nibbles. Tickets available on line or at the HWC reception by calling in or admin@hwc.nz
The Heretaunga Women’s Centre celebrates International Women’s Day annually usually with a movie and nibbles. Men are welcome to attend.
This year we are thrilled with the permission of producer Nadia Maxwell to be screening two episodes from Shepherdess a specially commissioned for NZ television series. Even more exciting is one of the episodes Porangahau was filmed right here in the Bay!
Shepherdess is an amazing dedication to the resourcefulness and depth of talent to the women of the land in Aotearoa. The women portrayed are all connected by a sense of place, and share their stories of courage, commitment and community. Explored in the episodes are their sense of self, their whānau, their community, and the landscape in which the women live.
Shepherdess believes every woman has a story to tell. Led by the woman’s voice, Shepherdess leans into the rhythms and routines of life on the land as the series unravels their world, exploring their personal thoughts and feelings.
Rest assured the stories are not just about cows and grass but are intimate accounts of identity and culture, art and entrepreneurship, love and life and what it means ti bee a on on the land in Aotearoa today.
We will be screening two episodes from the series.
Episode Porangahau
Pōrangahau is a small but strong community in Central Hawke’s Bay. Tania Nicholas (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine) left her career as a Māori Land Court lawyer to follow her husband Orlando back to his hometown and has become involved in the community – including setting up a coffee cart in an old horse float in their driveway. Piri Galbraith (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou) married her highschool sweetheart, a local farmer, and runs two local businesses, the Kurawaka Retreat Centre and the village’s dairy. An English shepherd on a station, Izzi Corke, has found herself at home in Pōrangahau.
Episode Tora
Tora is an isolated community with a farming and fishing history located on the rugged South Wairarapa Coast. Here, Claire Edwards (Ngāi Tahu) runs Tora Collective with her partner Troy – harvesting kaimoana seasonally and only to order, they are on a mission to change New Zealand’s relationship with kaimoana; Kiri Elworthy runs the three-day Tora Coastal Walk, taking in the rugged coastline, native bush and farmland; and Fiona Firth who commutes two hours a day to work in town as a nurse from the farm where she lives with her husband and three kids.
We are closed from the 3pm Thursday 22nd Dec to 10am Monday the 8th Jan.
Get your entries in for the 2024 Harcourt’s HB Womens Tri – enter early to get the early bird special and to help with training and goal setting!
Yes we are doing it again! After amazing feedback from women, a nominaton in the HB Sport’s awards and the incredible successful fundraising experience the 2024 Harcourts HB women’s Tri is back on!
The 2024 Harcourts HB Women’s Triathlon will be another celebration of goals, challenges, and fun all with incredible support along the way.
This women’s only event has specifically been designed for first timers. Even if you have never considered doing a triathlon before, this event is 100% achievable for you.
You will be in great company for your first triathlon and will be joined on the start line with other ‘having a go’ amazing wahine. There are also longer events for you more competitive types! You can enter as a team or as individual. We also have run/walk only options as well as Duathlon, Aquathlon and Aquabike disciplines!
The events can be done as individuals or as a team, so get your besties, your work mates, or your family together and dive in, take the plunge, put on your shoes, get on that bike, get training, get entered and we will see you at the finish line.
There are multiple different races with different distances and options that will suit everyone, from the absolute beginner to the seasoned athlete. We encourage participants from the age of 7 to 99 and all events can definitely be walked instead of running if that’s how you prefer it.
All events are held under the watchful eye of the amazing team at Triathlon Hawkes Bay. So you know you are in safe hands!
All entry fees go directly to the Heretaunga Women’s Centre, so whilst you are out there feeling good, you are making a real difference to the women of HB. Great things happen when women tri together!
You can now buy tickets for our amazing annual Christmas luxury raffle. The luxury hamper contains goods to the value of $2000 and includes the amazing David Trubridge lampshade valued at over $600 and a night at the luxury boutique bed and breakfast the ‘415 Marine Parade’ in Napier valued at $400!
You can buy tickets by popping in to the Centre, or by calling 878 5401 or emailing admin@hwc.nz
Eftposs available at the Centre or you can make a payment to our account. Please call first. Oh and did we mention when you win we deliver!
Full list of items below!
The National Council of Women have done a questionnaire with the political parties around women’s issues. We think makes for interesting reading.
Get your entries in this week to this amazing event and fundraiser! Entries close 17th Sept at midday.
Fot all the info and how to enter click here.
I Stand for Consent
After a survey exposes the extent of harm at her former high school, a filmmaker returns to amplify the student’s call for change and ask a pivotal question: Why is consent education still not compulsory in Aotearoa? Director: Olivia McClymont Producer: Jessica Todd
Where to Get Help in New Zealand:
Safe to Talk 24/7: 0800 044 450 or text 4334
Rape Crisis NZ: 0800 88 33 00
HELP: 0800 623 1700
Women’s Refuges: 0800 733 843
Male Survivors Aotearoa: 0800 044 344
If you or someone else is in immediate danger call, 111
RECREATE is a week-long event designed to revive and rejuvenate the Hawke’s Bay community by sparking creativity, encouraging connection, and enhancing wellbeing.
Artists, creators, and peaceful practitioners are being gathered to be part of this opportunity and offer a unique interactive experience to our community. The event is free to the public and will
take place in 2 parts:
5 August 23 | RECREATE PLAY
RECREATE PLAY is a family fun day at the Hastings Sports Centre, Railway Road. A range of interactive zones and exhibits will be set up to enable as many people as possible to explore their
creativity, take time out, have fun, and PLAY. It will run from 10am – 4pm. This is HANDS-ON event where participants are guided through all manners of makings –
playing with clay, painting, printmaking, crafting, lego and more. Every activity will be suitable for all ages to encourage whānau to create together – this is stay and play event!
There will also be a range of live ‘exhibits’ where artists and creators will ply their trade so people can learn about different types of creativity and be inspired by the process.
7-11 August 23 | RECREATE PEACE
The second part of the event will be a range of sessions at the Heretaunga Women’s Centre with a wellbeing and self-care emphasis. The special week of RECREATE PEACE events will include
yoga, mindfulness, tai chi, rongoā rākau, breath work, and more. These are opportunities for women to take time out, refresh, learn skills and increase capabilities.
In the lead up to the event, everything you need to know will be found on our Facebook page RecreateHB
For this amazing event the Heretaunga Women’s Centre have partnered with Sharleen Bailey as the Event Organiser to bring RECREATE to the wider community. Sharleen’s passion is to help
EVERYONE connect with their creative genius. She specialises in creativity & mindset coaching with government, corporate and community clients.
Thanks to amazing grants from the NZ Red Cross and the Hawke’s Bay Foundation all counselling at the Women’s Centre is free for women impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. The funding from both organisations is from grants directly purposed for needs arising following the disaster.
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