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waitangi day, again. i started the day with a powhiri at civic square in hamilton, in front of the city council building.  following the p...

Many thanks to Sara for sending through the blurb used in Salient to promote this.   Facebook event here. The VUWSA Women’s Group will be...

well, it's the day before christmas and i'll definitely be taking a short break from blogging. it's not a religious celebration...

ARGH the first, was the news, via Russell Brown on twitter (@publicaddress), that Bronagh Key is down on the royal wedding invite list as ...

[ update : here is a link to the article on stuff about this wonderful young woman. and here is the unicef webpage, where you can make a...

i've been busy for the last little while organising the muslim women's conference in hamilton. it was a great conference, attended ...

i don't celebrate xmas. no decorations, no tree, no presents, no family gatherings. it's not part of our tradition and we celebrat...

hmm, i'm not sure exactly how to feel about this : A 30-year-old Taiwanese woman has put an unusual twist on the traditional white weddi...

Cross posted On this day, 117 years ago, women in the New Zealand got the right to vote . On 19 September, 1893, the Governor, Lord Glasgow...

And here's some Suffrage Linky Love: Friday Feminist - Women's Christian Temperance Union It's not about the balls, Chris Women...

THM reader Louise gives us the rundown on an upcoming queer pride event in Dunedin, and the history behind it. On the 28th June 1969 Stonew...

Boy, my almost three year old irrepressible cheeky monkey of a son, has had swollen lymph nodes, so his dad took him to the doctor yesterday...

From the LA Times Obituaries last week: ...Barbara Alice Ringer was born May 29, 1925, in Lafayette, Ind., and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate...

Not all blokes think women's reproductive systems are a scary enigma , a cause of domestic violence , or a bit of a joke . Waiting for a...

I spent the Christmas mornings of my childhood in Mass, somewhat resentfully, bursting to go back home and play with my new toys. At least ...

some good news today: asoka basnayake who produces the "women's voices" programme has won an award at the Annual Micies awards...

I was delighted this morning when I got off the train, and was greeted by a uniformed police officer handing out white ribbons to raise awar...

Two weeks have passed since my daughter's seventh birthday party, and my post-traumatic stress syndrome has started to wane just enough ...

I want to say a big thanks to my kids' dad, and to the growing number of other dads (biological and otherwise) who help out around their...

This iconic photo shows the medal ceremony following the men's 200 metres at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. The first and third pla...