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The centre is open and our January programmes have begun! Here's the up to date information on our latest activities  At the Heretaunga Women’s Centre, our purpose is to enhance and advocate for the wellbeing and empowerment of women. Our five key areas of focus for 2023 are: • Advocacy – supporting and advocating for the needs and empowerment of women. • Connection – offering opportunities for women to come together and participate in shared interests and activities. • Mentorship – creating relationships that support the transfer and development of skills and knowledge.…Read more

The Heretaunga Women’s Centre will be closed from 4pm Thursday 22nd Dec to Monday 9th Jan. The team would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and safe holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you all in 2023!Read more

Our light Up Your Life Christmas Hamper contains over $1500 worth of gorgeous treats and Christmas gifts, including the amazing designer pendant lightshade Coral from David Tubridge, a $150 voucher from Pipi's Pizza Café & Restaurant, gorgeous wines from local wineries and over $100 of beauty treatments and soo so much more! Tickets are on sale now! Drop into the centre or give us a call to purchase your tickets. Eftpos available. $5 a ticket or 3 tickets for $10. Raffle drawn on the 20th Dec and delivered!Read more

We are excited to announce our Community Christmas Lunch on the 15th December, for women who regularly attend our centre. Please RSVP by the 7th December. Meri Kirihimete.  Read more

We are thrilled to announce that the first Harcourts HB Women's Tri made just over$5000. The event was an amazing success and we had incredible feed back from women who had entered. Watch this space for next years date to be announced! If you haven't see the photos please check out the Heretaunga Women's Centre Facebook page.Read more

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 AT 5:30 PM Ticket price is $20 and include nibbles. Nibbles start at 5.30pm and Movie starts at 6pm. Tickets available on line and from the Heretaunga Women's Centre. Men welcome. As part of the Heretaunga Women's Centre, Women's Suffrage Month celebrations we are thrilled to be showing the movie Muru. We think this film based on a true story about whānau and whenua; uprising and political unfairness is great way to celebrate and reflect how far we have come as a nation and how far we still have…Read more

Nomination-Form-HWC-Forum-Blank-2022-updated or forms are available at the HWC reception. Do you know an incredible woman who makes our community better? The Heretaunga Womens Centre is pleased to announce nominations are open for our 2022 “Unsung” Hero Awards. These Awards are an opportunity to recognise women for their previously unnoted yet valuable community contributions. Unsung Hero’s are women who don’t always make the news, but truly make a difference. They are the women who use their time, talent and enthusiasm to enrich the lives of others and make a difference in the lives of…Read more

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 AT 4:30 PM – 7 PM  At the C3 Church Hawkes Bay Ticket Price Early Bird $15 General Admission $20 Every year the Heretaunga women’s Centre hosts an annual women’s forum to celebrate Women's Suffrage month . These women only events discuss and showcase issues effecting women and we always aim that the forum will inspire, inform and support women locally. This year we thrilled to have Jackie Clarke and the Aunties as our guest speakers. The opening speech and address will be by the Minister for  Women the…Read more

Movie Fundraiser - Mother's of the Revolution Tuesday June 21st * Focal Point Cinema * 5.30pm Nibbles 6pm Movie This movie fundraiser, originally scheduled for International women's day is the incredible film 'Mothers of the Revolution', which tells the story of one of the longest protests in history, when between 1981 and 2000, thousands of women from around the world came together and lived in tents at Greenham Common in the UK to take a committed stand against nuclear proliferation. The protest by the media, the film reveals the women as the Cold…Read more