Vol. Cronecle 24 No. 1 Newsletter of the Lower Hutt Women’s Centre Paenga-whāwhā 2016
Viewpoint In this issue... By Teresa Heinz Housel, Women’s Centre Newsletter Editor 2 Whakatauki the beginning of every year, I enjoy writing goals for the Atnext 12 months. I usually accomplish some of the goals, but 3 Community Events mostly they’re just a tool to help me consider how I’d like to grow in the coming year. One of my top aspirations for 7 Ongoing Events Schedule & Info 2016 was to attend a mindfulness meditation retreat. I fortunately secured a spot on Ruth Pink’s two- day mindfulness meditation retreat, Workshop Topics & Info “Beloved Child of the Universe,” at 11 Raumati Beach last month. This experience was reflective and replenishing. 17 Inspirational Woman My journey to meditation New Zealand in 2013. A few months I first learned about mindfulness later, I discovered the Lower Hutt meditation in early 2006. At Women’s Centre, and later its 18 Treaty of Waitangi the time, I struggled to balance meditation workshops led by Ruth everyday life with a very stressful Pink. job as a university lecturer in Ruth’s recent mindfulness Michigan. My life wasn’t even close workshop at Raumati taught me 20 Join us to being in balance. I worked 60-80 how to develop self-love. Through hour weeks over days, evenings, self-love, we are able to pay and most weekends. The work was attention to anxiety and its triggers. an exciting treadmill, but I worried Understanding the connection how I’d maintain it as I aged. There between my thoughts, body, and was no end in sight. emotions can help me better Not surprisingly, the workload manage anxiety. I emerged from increased my anxiety level, and the weekend with a resolution to Women’s Centre eventually led to generalised make meditation retreats a regular anxiety disorder. My counsellor part of life. opening hours suggested that I try mindfulness meditation as a way to relax. I often Common experience for women Monday to Thursday 10am–5pm silently meditated in my faculty I’m grateful to have discovered office between class sessions. On mindfulness meditation. It not Friday 9am–5pm the worst days, I shut my office only decreased my anxiety, but its door so I could listen to guided reflective component also gave me meditation podcasts and put the insight to address the anxiety’s Contact us lavender essential oil on my wrists. root causes. Doing meditation and exercise Unfortunately, many people, 186 Knights Road, Waterloo worked for a few years. However, and especially women, experience while on sabbatical at Massey anxiety. According to the 2012- Lower Hutt 5011 University in early 2012, I 2013 New Zealand Health Survey, experienced a frightening panic one in six New Zealand adults (16 Phone: 04 569 2711 attack while giving a lecture to a percent, or an estimated 582,000 post-graduate class. I realised then adults) have been diagnosed with Email: [email protected] that I needed to make broad and a common mental disorder such as structural life changes. Web: www.lhwc.org.nz My partner and I emigrated to Continued on next page
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Disordered eating support group meeting monthly
The Continued-Recovery Network is a support group for women living in recovery from disordered eating. We welcome women of all ages with a history of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or any other form of disordered eating who are looking to continue strengthening their recovery journey. The group meets evenings on the second Monday of every month. We discuss challenges/ongoing issues in our recovery and gain support from others who have their own experiences of both illness and recovery. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kimberley.
Phone: 027 327 4466 Email: [email protected]
Continued from previous page Zealand’s Mental Health Foundation (MHF) discusses research on Whakatauki depression, bipolar disorder, and/ mindfulness meditation. The MHF or anxiety disorder at some time in paper cites a recent study of New He kai kei aku ringa their lives. Zealanders with a range of chronic The same New Zealand Health physical illnesses. The research There is food at the end of my Survey found that women were found that mindfulness-based hands around 1.6 times more likely to have stress reduction helped reduce been diagnosed with a common levels of depression, anxiety, stress, mental disorder (20 percent) than and pain/discomfort. He waka eke noa men (13 percent). Rates for these Dr. Ross Bernay from AUT is conditions were actually higher working with the MHF to pilot a A canoe which we are all in with for women in all age groups. The mindfulness programme in six New no exception highest rates for women were from Zealand schools. The programme 35–44 years of age (23.8 percent). aims to help children increase their Why are women more likely focus and learn to work with others Ahakoa he iti he pounamu to be anxious or depressed? The compassionately. reasons are multiple and complex. Although it is small, it is An Oxford University study from Meditation as part of self-care greenstone 2013 analysed data from the UK, Thanks to mindfulness US, Europe, Australia, and New meditation, exercise, and other self- Zealand. The study’s findings care actions, my anxiety is now well Ta te tamariki tana mahi suggested that genetics, hormonal managed. I'm now able to speak imbalances, and family history in front of groups of people without wawahi tahā cause women to have a greater having an anxiety attack. I'm taking It is the job of the children to propensity to mental health issues. piano lessons for the first time since Many mental health researchers I was a teenager, and even given smash the calabash argue that women experience more a few public performances around general stress than men. Women Lower and Upper Hutt. are more likely to manage paid work Best of all, I’m experiencing the E kore a muri e hokia in addition to maintaining the home, joy of teaching again in my job in What is done is done doing childcare, and caring for older New Zealand. None of this progress relatives. I’m continually amazed at would've been possible without how much women accomplish in meditation and other anxiety- He iti kai mā te kotahi e their everyday lives. specific care. I'm so thankful for a resource kai, kia rangona ai te reka Meditation as anxiety relief like the Lower Hutt Women's Centre If something is too small for Growing scientific evidence in our community. This newsletter suggests that mindfulness includes notices about workshops division, do not try to divide it meditation can decrease a person’s on meditation, resilience, self- stress and anxiety, and the ability to care, and other topics at the cope with difficult life events. Centre. I encourage other women Only a few studies to date focus to participate in these workshops on mindfulness meditation in a as we find our path to physical, New Zealand context. However, emotional, and spiritual wellness. the available studies' results are consistent with overseas research. A 2011 paper from New
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Community Events
>THROUGH SUNDAY, 19 JUNE Matinee Concert Series is a glorious celebration of her incredible five Ticket Information: Kids Club - Meditation for Children decades in the music industry. Buy tickets: 0212622049 or http://www.shineretreatsnz.com/ This club aims to develop and Where: Additional fees may apply nurture the good qualities in children The Opera House, 111-113 Manners through mediation and positive Street, Te Aro, Wellington. Wheelchair For more information or to register: thinking. The session lasts for half accessible. Contact: Tanette or Felicity an hour in the meditation room, Ph: (+64) 06 3643202 followed by refreshments with art When: 19 April, 4.30 pm Email: [email protected] and craft activities. Children must be Website: www.retreatsforthesoul.co.nz accompanied by an adult. Just drop-in; booking is not required. Tickets: From: $55.00 Phone: 0800 TICKETEK >THURSDAY, 28 APRIL When: Sunday, 17 April, 2.30-3.30 pm For more information: Theatre: Guji Guji - Lower Hutt Sunday, 22 May, 2.30-3.30 pm Phone: 04 801 4310 Sunday, 19 June, 2.30-3.30 pm Email: [email protected] From children’s theatre company, Little Web: judithdurham.com Dog Barking comes Guji Guji, a simple Where: and beautiful story about being differ- Bodh Gaya Buddhist Centre, 94 Website: ent, bullying, and family love. Derwent Street, Island Bay, Wellington http://www.wellingtonnz.com/discover/ things-to-do/events/judith-durham- Little Dog Barking is a leading puppet Restrictions: All ages this-is-my-song-matinee-concert- theatre for children, creating and Ticket Information: series/ presenting quality theatre works for Suggested donation per family: $6.00. early childhood, primary school, and Additional fees may apply family audiences. Their show, Guji Guji, had its debut at the Capital E Websites: National Arts Festival in 2015 to sold- http://meditateinwellington.org/wp/ >FRIDAY, 22 APRIL – MONDAY, 25 out audiences. https://www.facebook.com/ APRIL The show was devised and directed Retreats For The Soul - Women`s by Peter Wilson. Based on the book Well-being Spring Retreat by Chih Yuan Chen, Guji Guji is a TUESDAY, 19 APRIL This retreat offers women the simple and beautiful story. oppurtunity to rejuvenate and cleanse Judith Durham - This Is My Song your mind body and spirit, taking A strange egg rolls into a duck’s nest. Matinee Concert Series time to re-establish and support your Mother Duck hatches the egg and the health on many levels. Mindfulness, strangest-looking duck you have ever For the first time in 25 years, you’ll meditation, yoga, movement, life seen emerges from the egg. His first have the chance to experience the coaching workshops and glorious words are Guji Guji and that becomes heartfelt emotion of “the real Georgy fresh food and juice are offered his name. Girl” live in Wellington. to enrich this process. On retreat, participants will be giving tools to; Based on the popular children’s book In the mid-60s Judith Durham’s iconic by the same name, Guji Guji has voice, as the legendary and much- nourish the body, quiten the mind, alleviate stress,and increase personal several problems he has to solve, and loved lead singer of The Seekers, solve them he does and his family of propelled the group to the top of the clarity & direction to live more joyfully & abundantly. ducks love him even more. Suitable world charts time and time again - for ages 2 - 10 years old. often outselling The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. When: Friday, 22 April, 5-9 pm “Guji Guji is entirely suitable, clearly engaging and very entertaining. The Seekers’ million-selling hits Saturday, 23 April, 8 am-9 pm Sunday, 24 April, 8 am-9 pm There’ll be lots to follow up on back at include “Georgy Girl” (Oscar- school.” nominated Best Original Song), “I’ll Monday, 25 April, 8am-1pm - John Smythe, Theatreview Never Find Another You” (more than 15 million hits on YouTube to date), Where: When: and the heartfelt epic “The Carnival Waihōanga Centre, 32 Waihōanga 28 April, 10 am, 11.30 am. Duration Is Over” (No. 30 in ‘UK Top 100 Best Road, Otaki Gorge, Otaki approx. 40 mins. Selling Singles Of All Time’). Restrictions: All Ages Continued on next page Judith’s This Is My Song – The
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Where: Paenga-whāwhā Little Theatre, 2 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt April 2016 Cost: Also known as Ngahuru, ngahuru tahi, Tikaka-muturangi (Ngati Kahungunu) General Admission (under 2’s are free): $10.00 Southern hemisphere: April to May. Northern hemisphere: October to November For bookings, contact Sarah on 021 042 1851 or sarah@littledogbarking. co.nz Paenga-whāwhā refers to the Taro and Kumara harvests. Around this time, depending on the area, the leaves of Kumara go brown and are then ready for harvesting. It is a For more information, visit: time of thanksgiving for the main crop harvests. In European Paganism, Samhain or littledogbarking.co.nz or http://www.wellingtonnz.com/discover/ All Hallows (celebrated at the end of October in the Northern hemisphere & end of things-to-do/events/guji-guji-lower- April in the South), also celebrates the these harvests and honours the ancestors for hutt/ their care and attention.
>FRIDAY, APRIL 29 – SATURDAY, Source: The Māori Oracle 30 APRIL https://sites.google.com/site/themaorioracle/home/maramataka-the-maori-calendar A Cappella Capital: Women’s Barbershop Singing For more information, visit: http://www. 8805cbb15a18&id=c9a309b112 or wellingtonnz.com/discover/things-to- by text 027 533 1992 or email us at: Enjoy the ringing harmony of women’s do/events/a-cappella-capital/ [email protected] barbershop singing, when New Zealand’s best barbershop choruses If you would like brochures or posters, and quartets compete. please get in touch. This annual convention and competi- Mothers Network -- Te Aka Haumī tion sees quartets and choruses from Ūkaipō throughout New Zealand come to- gether to compete for a spot at the in- Do any of your mum ternational Sweet Adelines convention clients need ongoing peer support? >TUESDAY, 10 MAY in Las Vegas later in the year. Mothers Network Parenting Course - invites mums of babies/ Barbershop Challenging Teenagers is the a cap- preschoolers to enrol pella style of in our Term 1, 6-week unaccompa- support groups. Our group The parenting course, “Different nied singing model empowers women Approach – Different Response,” characterised and leads to meaningful promotes positive parenting and by four-part friendships. We provide babysitters and snacks. enhances family relationships. harmony. Women's barbershop singing The melody is Cost is a $40 donation, but consistently sung by the lead, with the only if mum can afford it. This 8-week course (2 hours per tenor harmonizing above the melody, week) is co-facilitated by two Parent the bass singing the lowest harmoniz- Term 1 groups ready for enrolments: Help therapists and designed to assist 1. “All Mums” general group in Island ing notes, and the baritone completing parents of challenging teenagers to the chord. Bay, starting Tuesday, March 8th 10 am-12 pm, to April 12th. Mums from positively prepare and guide their child Where: all over Wellington can attend, as our to independence. Michael Fowler Centre, 111 Wakefield group model is not reliant on mums Street, Wellington. Wheelchair Access being from the same suburb. As you work through the 8 weeks, you
are helped to gain knowledge and When: 2. (Tertiary) Student Mums, venue 29 – 30 April, 11 am, 11.30 am Victoria University, starting Tuesday, skills to: March 15th 9.30-11.30 am to April • understand how changes in the Cost: 19th. teenage brain alter their behaviour Adults: $30.00, Seniors: $15.00, Under • how to understand the impact of 25’s: $15.00 The cost is a $40 donation, but only if mum can afford it. We would prefer the attachment between you and To purchase tickets, phone: (04) 801 that she participate. your teen, and how your relationship 4231 or (04) 801 4310 impacts adult lives Email: [email protected] or visit She can enrol at: http:// sweetadelines.co.nz mothersnetwork.us4.list-manage1. com/subscribe?u=9d94c1047ee46 Continued on next page
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Continued from previous page • look at the disruptive cycles in your importantly, how it should feel at there are no auditions. Just bring your family and what helps these change different points in its creation. voice and we won’t try to change it. • appropriately support your teen to During this three-hour hands-on work- find new ways of relating shop, you will be guided through the Casual membership $6 waged, $5 • know you are not alone with the cheese making process while you unwaged. First night is free. issues you experience make your own Halloumi and Italian Whey Ricotta from scratch. We learn music from the world's cultures, folk traditions and moderns Topics include: The workshop songs as well. We • the neuroscience of emotions, includes all sometimes sing thinking, and stress responses ingredients a cappella and • the latest research on the changes in plus hands-on sometimes with the teen brain tuition. You’ll go piano or guitar • the neuroscience behind home with a full accompaniment. relationships and feeling secure set of course • interpersonal dynamics and patterns notes, includ- We learn by ear in families ing recipes and Hutt Valley Community Choir and have words • your and others’ specific issues and instructions. We will also talk about on a projected screen to help us. You their possible resolutions milk and where to source it from, can access recordings of the songs equipment you can use in your own and the lyrics on our "members only" Where: home-kitchen, as well as hygiene and page. Moera Community Hall, Randwick sanitation. And, of course, you’ll take Crescent, Lower Hutt some of your cheese home to show Where: off! Cheese making equipment and Knox St Columba Presbyterian When: ingredients available on the day to Church, 574 High St, Lower Hutt Tuesday, 10 May 7–9 pm purchase. Tuesday, 17 May 7-9 pm When: Tuesday, 24 May 7-9 pm When: Tuesday, 12 April, 7-8.30 pm Tuesday, 31 May 7-9 pm Sunday, 7 August, 9 am-noon Tuesday, 3 May, 7-8.30 pm Tuesday, 7 June 7-9 pm Saturday, 12 November, 9 am-noon Tuesday, 10 May, 7-8.30 pm Tuesday, 17 May, 7-8.30 pm Restrictions: All ages Where: Tuesday, 24 May, 7-8.30 pm Asiana School of Asian Cuisine, 39 Tuesday, 31 May, 7-8.30 pm Ticket Information: Tennyson Street, Te Aro, Wellington Tuesday, 7 June, 7-8.30 pm One person: $95.00 Tuesday, 14 June, 7-8.30 pm To buy tickets, visit: http://www. Restrictions: All Ages Tuesday, 21 June, 7-8.30 pm parenthelp.org.nz/ or phone: 04 802 Ticket Information: Tuesday, 28 June, 7-8.30 pm 5767 General: $80.00 Tuesday, 5 July, 7-8.30 pm Additional fees may apply To buy tickets, visit: http://www. curiouscook.co.nz/ or phone: Restrictions: All ages. For more Website: 0220408046 information, visit: http://www.parenthelp.org.nz/ Additional fees may apply http://huttvalleycommunitychoir. weebly.com/ Websites: >SUNDAY, 7 AUGUST-SATURDAY, http://www.curiouscook.co.nz/ 12 NOVEMBER https://www.facebook.com/ curiouscookfoodadventures Cheesemaking Workshop
Let Alexis Murti from Curious Cook ONGOING EVENT take you on your next food adventure! You’ll make the cheese during this Hutt Valley Community Choir intensely practical DIY ‘hands-in’ A large choir meeting during school workshop, because the key to good terms to sing songs from around the cheese making is knowing how world and perform the occasional the cheese should look and, most concert. No experience necessary and Get out there and see what your community has to offer!
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Free Legal Advice Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt The Women’s Centre has free 30 minute consultations available But still, like dust, I'll rise. during the first week of each month from February 2016. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? The primary objective of a consultation is to advise you if you 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells have a legal problem, and whether you need to see a solicitor. If Pumping in my living room. you do need to see a solicitor the lawyer can advise you about Just like moons and like suns, your eligibility for Legal Aid and give you some idea of the legal With the certainty of tides, procedures involved in solving your particular problem. Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. If you don’t have a legal problem the lawyer is sure she can give Did you want to see me broken? you some sound practical advice anyway. Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. The lawyer can also advise you about facilities available to help Weakened by my soulful cries. you solve your own problems, such as the Disputes Tribunal, Does my haughtiness offend you? Family Court Counselling, etc. All consultations are held in Don't you take it awful hard private and are strictly confidential. 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, When: But still, like air, I'll rise. First week of the month Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise How to book: That I dance like I've got diamonds Phone the Women’s Centre at any time during the month to At the meeting of my thighs? register your interest in an appointment. We will phone you Out of the huts of history's shame at the beginning of the month to check if you still require an I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain appointment, and if you do, we will give you the phone number I rise to make the appointment directly with the lawyer. I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and Please do not contact the lawyers without first booking with the fear Women’s Centre. I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear Where: I rise Thomas Dewar Sziranyi Letts Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, Level 2, Corner of Queens Drive and Margaret Street, Lower Hutt I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.
From And Still I Rise, by Maya Angelou
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About our Mosaics ongoing events If you want to learn how to mosaic and Day: Tuesdays meet other women doing the same, Time: 10 am–2 pm come along anytime from 10 am–2 pm This is our weekly ongoing on Tuesdays, and Stephanie can show Cost: We charge for materials only programme. We have regular you what to do. A completed paver costs $5 workshops and groups that We normally start with a paver and after Booking: You don’t need to book, provide for a range of different you have made a paving stone, you can just turn up needs. These are free or low cost. progress on to a variety of projects. If you want to work on your own projects Facilitator: Stephanie Brockman All courses are held at the you need to pay for materials. Women’s Centre.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Tuesday 10 am–2 pm Mosaics 6.30 – 8.30 pm Self Esteem
Wednesday 1–2.30 pm Women’s Support Parenting Begins in Pregnancy Group www.net-inc.org.nz Mellow Bumps is a six-week group ante-natal programme, ideally for mums-to- be who are less than 30 weeks pregnant (before preparation for the birth begins. 9.30 am–3.30 Computer lessons pm (by appointment) The six-week programme is designed: • to support mums to chill out and relax and decrease stress levels Friday • to focus on what the baby can already do and what can be done to make 9.45 am–12 pm Self Esteem him or her welcome • to support the importance of early interaction on brain development and 1–2.30 pm A & D Wellbeing understand that babies are prepared for social interaction from birth Group • to support mums-to-be with additional health and social needs before the birth. First Sunday of the month HOW CAN I ATTEND? 1–4 pm Support group for There is no cost to attend, but bookings are essential. Please women who have phone or email to register for a programme. experienced rape Phone 939 9257 or email [email protected] or sexual abuse WHEN AND WHERE? Lower Hutt Women’s Centre, 186 Knights Road on Thursday 10–12 pm
Programme Dates: Faciliator: Accredited Facilitators of 21 April–26 May Mellow Parenting Programmes 16 June–21 July www.mellowparenting.org
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Tuesday evenings in 2016 Self Esteem for Women April 5 Coming to grips with feelings April 12 Talking about ourselves April 19 Beliefs about self Our self esteem develops and evolves throughout our lives as we build an image of April 26 Expressing pride in self ourselves through our experiences with different people and activities. May 3 Letting go of the past Experiences during our childhood play a particularly large role in the shaping of our May 10 Respecting self and others basic self esteem. When we were growing up, our successes (and failures) and how we May 17 Striving for pure motives were treated by the members of our immediate family, by our teachers, sports coaches, May 24 Putting yourself in neutral religious authorities, and by our peers, all contributed to the creation of our basic self- May 31 Having the courage to be imperfect esteem. The course is designed to give women the opportunity to develop awareness June 7 Developing courage of how they live in the world, the influences on them, and how they have the ability and power to make changes in their lives. June 14 Willpower June 21 Anger as a strength Women will be given the opportunity to: June 28 Developing self-knowledge • develop skills to recognise the strengths in themselves July 5 Self love July 12 Acknowledging self • look at the areas of self responsibility and self reflection July 19 Enhancing self in terms of • be encouraged to develop awareness around how beliefs about self awareness develop and grow July 26 Acceptance and use of strengths • build their emotional connection with themselves and develop a greater Aug. 2 Positive thought and talk awareness of their own feelings and emotions Aug. 9 Messages about self • feel a sense of personal power and belonging Aug. 16 Acceptance responsibilty for self • celebrate positive aspects of being a woman. Friday mornings in 2016 Self esteem workshops are run on Tuesday evenings and Friday mornings. Each workshop is separate. You may attend one or as many as you like. Self esteem runs on April 8 Putting yourself in neutral a 20-topic basis. Once the 20 topics have been completed the cycle begins again. April 15 Having the courage to be imperfect Tuesday evening workshops April 22 Developing courage April 29 Willpower Time: 6.30–8.30 pm May 6 Anger as a strength Cost: $5 May 13 Developing self knowledge Facilitator: Julie Smart May 20 Self love Booking: You don’t need to book, just turn up May 27 Acknowledging self June 3 Enhancing self in terms of awareness Friday morning workshops June 10 Acceptance and use of strengths Time: 9.45 am–12 noon June 17 Positive thought and talk ** This workshop starts at 10 am and latecomers won’t be admitted ** June 24 Messages about self Cost: $2 July 1 Accepting responsibility for self Facilitator: Stephanie Brockman July 8 Coming to grips with feelings July 15 Talking about ourselves Booking: You don’t need to book, just turn up July 22 Beliefs about self Creche: Creche is provided for pre-school children only without extra charge only July 29 Expressing pride in self on Friday morning. Please make enquiries about babies because they need a lot of attention and we only have one creche worker. Aug. 5 Letting go of the past Aug. 12 Respective self and others Aug. 19 Striving for pure motives
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Women’s Support Group
This group is for women who would like to share and explore issues that have a daily Day: Wednesdays effect on their lives. The support group is based around support for empowerment and empowered way of living. Time: 1–2.30 pm
Topics for discussion might include: self esteem, responsibility for self, self care, identity, Booking: You don’t need to book, family, relationships, intimacy, communication, anxiety, depression, and other life just turn up stresses. Facilitator: Stephanie Brockman The group is structured to enable people to talk about their own issues, and also discuss ideas and topics of interest.
Any woman can attend the group.
Facilitator bio: Stephanie Brockman has a Bachelor of Counselling and a Bachelor of Adult Education. She enjoys the strength women find when gathered together.
Free 1 to 1 Computer Lessons Free computer access
The Women’s Centre has two Our computer lessons cater to a range of abilities, starting from complete beginners. public access computers available Bring your questions to your lesson and Jenny will help you out. for all women to use during our Want to learn how to: opening hours. • surf the net? Find uselful websites for news, shopping, books, timetables, Our computers health info, maps, online travel sites, social media, online radio, TV • One runs on Windows 7 • use your laptop? (bring it along to your lesson) • One runs on Window 8 and • email and set up an email account? is touchscreen
• become proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or Visio? Other facilities • use Facebook, Skype, TradeMe, DropBox, or YouTube? • Printing 20¢ per black and white page • scan documents and photos? (free during lessons) • manage and edit your photos? • Scanner • Free internet access Jenny is also knowledgable about computer scamming, virus checks, smart phones, and ad blocking. Bring any questions along. Booking Phone us to book your time. Day: Wednesdays You can book up to two hours Time: 9.30 am–3.30 pm for each session. Appointments with the tutor are 30 or 60 minutes Bookings: Bookings are essential and you must book in advance. You can book for 3 sessions at a time (usually 2 or 3 weeks in advance) Call 569 2711 for an appointment
Tutor: Jenny Holdt
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Support group for women who have experienced rape or sexual abuse
A monthly three-hour support group for women who have experienced rape or sexual Day: The first Sunday of every month abuse is being offered at the Women’s Centre. 2016 Dates: These workshops are held on the first Sunday of the month from 1–4 pm and are for Sunday 1 May women at any stage of their journey through abuse and recovery. Sunday 5 June
The group is facilitated by an ACC-accredited counsellor, Ally Andersun, who is skilled in Sunday 3 July therapeutic group work. Sunday 7 August Sunday 4 September “The traumatised child doesn’t have the luxury of self reflection.” Sunday 2 October (John Briere). Sunday 6 November “I thought I was so alone with this problem, but hearing about how others have Sunday 4 December coped helps enormously.” (Surviving and Moving On – Dr Kim McGregor) Time: 1–4 pm
This group offers an opportunity for women to develop self awareness and self Booking: You don’t need to book, reflection at their own pace and in their own style, an opportunity to reclaim, and just turn up retrieve split off-hurt parts of themselves and allow them to heal. Facilitator: Ally Andersun Healing is not only possible but essential. If you're interested, please phone or come Facilitator bio: Ally Andersun is the Counsellor/Trainer/Supervisor at the Lower Hutt Women’s along Centre. Ally has a degree in Counselling and is an advanced trainee in Psychodrama. She is a member of NZAC and ANZPA. Ally has been a counsellor for 25 years and has run groups for over 30 years.
Alcohol and drug wellbeing group for women
If you have experienced difficulties in the past or present with alcohol and drug mis-use, and would like some support, then this group is for you. The aim of the group is to promote wellbeing at whatever stage an individual may be.
Wellbeing can be achieved by education, therapy, and going out to the community and enjoying experiences without the use of Alcohol and Drugs. "To understand a woman you must understand the world she comes from"
Day: Friday afternoons every week Time: 1–2.30 pm Cost: No charge. You do not need to book, just turn up.
Facilitator bio: Janet Matehe is a DAPAANZ Registered Alcohol and Drug Practioner and Generic Counsellor. She has recently finished a level four Te Reo course and has a Certificate in Supervision. Janet comes from a recovery background and she has been in recovery for 10 years. She is passionate about her work and she lives and breathes recovery in her personal life. The underlying principles she works with are Tika (correct), Pono (honest) and Aroha (love). She practices these principles on a daily basis both professionally and personally.
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About our workshops
Workshop topics for 2016 The following workshops are designed around the group process where in the making and functioning of a group the Self Esteem for Teens p 11 participants learn from each other, from the group activities, Painting p 12 and from the facilitator. All group participants learn different p 12 things, depending on their own life journey and what they Meditation for Women are needing at the time. We welcome you to experience Self-Care Vs Burnout p 13 something new in yourself. Assertiveness for Women p 13
• All courses are held at the Lower Hutt Women’s Centre Weaving with Harakeke p 13 – 186 Knights Road, Waterloo, Lower Hutt. Self Development for Women p 14 • Courses must be paid in full to confirm your enrolment. Co-Dependency p 14 • For enquiries or to book, call us on 569 2711. Resilence p 15
Now is the time for all good women to stand up and say who we will be.
Self Esteem for Teens
A six-week self-esteem course for girls aged 13 to 17 years.
Do you want:
•to learn more about yourself
•to have fun? Dates: Six weeks beginning Thursday, 26th May 2016 •to be more confident? Times: 4-6 pm •to grow in self respect Cost: $20 •to grow in self worth? Phone to register interest
•to grow in self-esteem? Enrolment: Enrol by payment or deposit to Lower •to accept yourself as you are? Hutt Women's Centre. Phone 569 2711 •to develop an understanding and respect of yourself and others? for deposit details.
We're all different. Facilitators: Stephanie Brockman and Amber White Who are, what we like and don't like, our cultures and our backgrounds. There is no one else quite like you.
Once you accept yourself there is no reason to hold anything back.
This is your world. Honour it as your own and enjoy its gifts.
Lower Hutt Women’s Centre | Paenga-whāwhā 2016 Cronecle 11 Painting Workshops
Dates for 2016 (all dates on Saturday): 30 April These painting workshops are suitable for complete beginners through to experienced painters. The workshops are based on you expressing yourself through 2 July painting and learning techniques at the same time. Techniques (one per workshop) 3 September will be taught. 5 November
Come along and have a creative and relaxing time in a supportive environment. Time: 10 am–4 pm You can work on new projects in each workshop, or carry on with your work from the previous workshop. Linda is an experienced art tutor who will guide you as Cost: $20 waged/$10 low or unwaged you want. Phone to register interest
You can attend as many of these workshops as you like. All equipment is supplied. Enrolment: Enrol by payment or deposit to Lower Hutt Women's Centre. Phone 569 2711 for deposit details.
Tutor: Linda Wood
Meditation for Women
Date: Six weeks beginning Thursday, 7 Using meditation to find relaxation and peace wherever you are. April 2016 Meditation is a simple technique for relaxing and refreshing the mind and body. It empowers us to establish a sense of groundedness and Times: 7–9 pm peace in the midst of change and the difficulties of life. Research has shown that meditation can bring about relief for a number of ailments Cost: $40 waged/$20 low or unwaged like stress, pain, anxiety, and depression. Phone to register interest Enrol by payment or deposit to Lower Hutt Women's It can also help us to develop mindfulness, which supports us to live Centre. Phone 569 2711 for deposit details. fuller, more vibrant lives. Ruth tailors the course to the needs and aspirations of the women who attend, but a primary focus will be to discovering and strengthening a feeling of home within ourselves. Facilitator: Ruth Pink
During the six weeks you will also: Facilitator bio: Ruth Pink has worked as a writer, counsellor, • learn some basic meditation techniques • explore ways to manage our thoughts and feelings (instead of letting and a celebrant, and has been meditating and studying them manage us) meditation for more than 23 years. A stressful job brought • discuss ways of living more easefully and more mindfully her to meditation and a serious illness helped her really • explore some basic Buddhist principles that support meditation. practice it. Ruth has completed a number of long silent meditation retreats, and has studied with the Venerable The course will include meditation practice, art work, gentle body movements, discussion, and sharing. It is suitable for people who are Tarchin Hearn, the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche, and many new to meditation and those who are looking to revitalise their other teachers whose wisdom has enriched her life. Ruth practice. weaves together teachings from the Buddha and other spiritual traditions with art, science, and poetry. While seeking to inspire others to change their lives and change their minds, she is also open-hearted, and down to earth.
12 Cronecle Lower Hutt Women’s Centre | Paenga-whāwhā 2016 WORKSHOPS
Self-Care Vs Burnout Weaving with Harakeke Part of self-care Dates: 8–10 is understanding that the relationship April 2016 Learn how to make a rourou, kono, or between belief systems and feelings is Dates: Times: konae, and how to prepare the an essential step to stop self-defeating 17 April (Rourou) Friday 7–9.30 harakeke using correct protocol (e.g., behaviour. 2016 pm cutting harakeke and the significance Burnout is a community hazard that Saturday of karakia). 19 June (Konae) people contract when they forget to 10am–5 pm 2016 Sunday We will also sing waiata. Small groups remember themselves. 28 August (Kono) 10am–4.30pm so you can get lots of one-on-one This workshop is designed to develop tuition. 2016 an ethos of caring, support, and Cost: $40 We provide all materials including 16 October 2016 empowerment for the participants waged/$20 low or harakeke (flax). when facing present-day pressures unwaged Times: 10 am–4 and stress. There is opportunity to Phone to Attend one workshop or as many as pm register interest identify the differences in social stress you like. If you attend more that one Cost: $10. Phone and personal stress and how both of Enrolment: workshop you can begin to learn the to register interest these impact on daily lives, often in an skills so you can remember when you Enrol by Enrolment: unconscious way. are by yourself at home - and payment or Enrol by payment independently make a kono or This workshop is skill-based where deposit or deposit to konae. Lower Hutt physical, emotional, mental, and Facilitator: Ally Women's Centre. spiritual well-being will be explored, Andersun Come along and experience making Phone 569 2711 drawing on the experience of the something from natural fibres in a facilitator and the participants Note: for deposit details. together. Safe, firm boundaries will be Participants are expected named and regained throughout the Facilitator: Makere to attend all workshop. Love sessions. Assertiveness for Women
Assertiveness is the ability to express yourself and your rights without violating the Date: 6 weeks beginning rights of others. Wednesday, 27 April 2016
It is appropriately direct, open, and honest communication that is self-enhancing and Times: 7–9 pm expressive. Acting assertively will give you the opportunity to feel self-confident and will generally gain you the respect of yourself and your peers and friends. Cost: $40 waged/$20 low or unwaged Assertiveness can increase your chances for honest relationships, and help you to feel Phone to register interest better about yourself and yourself in everyday situations. Enrolment: Enrol by payment or deposit to Lower Hutt Women's Centre. Phone 569 2711 for deposit details.
Facilitator: Stephanie Brockman
Lower Hutt Women’s Centre | Paenga-whāwhā 2016 Cronecle 13 Building Healthy Relationships: Co-dependency/Women Who Love Too Much
This weekend will be an opportunity to explore; relationships from the past, primary Dates: 13, 14, and 15 May 2016 relationships and how they are acting out in your relationships today. Times: Friday 7–9.30 pm This provides an opportunity to examine dynamics of co-dependency (women who Saturday 10 am–5 pm love too much) and relationship addiction. Sunday 10 am–4.30 pm If you have difficulty with relationships -partners, children, parents -then this Cost: $40 waged/$20 low or unwaged workshop may help you in understanding how to look at your behaviour in the relationship and where that behaviour comes from. This workshop will help women Phone to register interest that want to look at the damaging or dysfunctional relationships they have been or Enrolment: are in. Using the group work process and action methods we will begin the process Enrol by payment or deposit to Lower of personal recovery. Hutt Women's Centre. Phone 569 2711 for deposit details. Friday evening and two-day weekend course. Six minimum and 10 maximum for course to commence. Note: Participants must be prepared to attend all sessions of Facilitator: Ally Andersun the workshop.
Self Development for Women Using Action Methods
This workshop uses action methods that include group work, psychodrama, art, and Dates: movement. Three evenings and a weekend (all one workshop) This weekend will give participants the opportunity to explore their own personal issues and will be useful for women wanting to expand and develop their Wednesday, 8 June 2016 experience of life and the issues that hold them back. Women new to actions Wednesday, 15 June 2016 methods are welcome. Wednesday, 22 June 2016 This workshop will be three Wednesday evenings and a weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Weekend: 25 and 26 June 2016
The participants need to have a commitment to attend all three evenings and both Times: Wednesdays 7–9.30 pm days on the weekend). Saturday 10 am–5 pm Sunday 10 am–4.30 pm Five minimum for course to commence and 7 maximum enrolments. Cost: $40 waged/$20 low or unwaged Ally Andersun is the Counsellor/Trainer/Supervisor at the Lower Hutt Women's Phone to register interest Centre. Ally has a Bachelor of Counselling, Certificate in Social Studies and is an advanced trainee in Psychodrama. She is a member of NZAC and ANZPA. Ally has Enrolment: been a counsellor for over 20 years and has run groups for over 30 years. Enrol by payment or deposit.
Facilitator: Ally Andersun
14 Cronecle Lower Hutt Women’s Centre | Paenga-whāwhā 2016 Resilience: The Identification and Use of Resilience in Everyday Life
Resilience is the ability to have difficult feelings, experiences, mistakes, disappointments or loss, and to be able to move through them in constructive ways that allows us to maintain our authenticity and grow from the experience. Dates: Six weeks beginning Wednesday, 6 July 2016 Resilience is a crucial ingredient in what determines how high we rise above what threatens to wear us down, from battling an illness, to relationship breakup, to Times: 7–9 pm carrying on after a national crisis. Cost: $40 waged/$20 low or Resilience can be defined as the capacity to cope and bounce back. In this course, unwaged participants will identify strategies and techniques to recognise unhelpful ways of Phone to register interest being and replace them with a mindset that enhances resilience. Enrolment: We are resilient in many ways, and this course will assist in participants connecting Enrol by payment or deposit to Lower Hutt Women's Centre. Phone with their capacity for resilience. A person connected to their capacity for resilience 569 2711 for deposit details. will return to equilibrium after a disturbance. Facilitator: Ally Andersun
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologise for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you are right and you know it, speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. Ghandi
Lower Hutt Women’s Centre | Paenga-whāwhā 2016 Cronecle 15 Teen Voices: Teens say more LGBTQ+ Sex Ed would be really helpful
By Natalia Young to have started having sex at an early age imberly Gomez, 16, wants to and to have multiple learn more about sex. partners compared to K As a lesbian, she wants their heterosexual peers to know how to avoid sexually and less likely to use transmitted infections, or STIs, and contraception during figure out what is a safe environment intercourse, therefore for experimentation. being placed at risk “Being young and inexperienced is of unexpected teen hard enough,” Gomez said in an email pregnancy, according to a interview from her home in Denton, data analysis by advocacy Texas. “It’s frustrating not knowing groups. what you’re doing, and while the Without queer sexual freedom to experiment is liberating, it education classes at can also be scary and overwhelming. school, LGBTQ+ teens Having some type of guidance would can find themselves ill- be greatly appreciated. Queer sex ed equipped to deal with needs to be added to conventional these situations. As a programs.” result, LGBTQ+ youth Graphic credit: http://www.teenhealthsource.com/ppt/ While sex ed is a required part of experience issues that queering-sexual-education/ the health curriculum in the public make them more likely to schools of 22 states and the District of have sex and experience and said the health programs at her Columbia, information specifically for issues like dating violence, STDs, and school are inadequate for queer teens LGBTQ youth isn't mandated. unexpected pregnancy. such as herself. However, issues normally stressed “As a queer teen, you have to “It can be quite dangerous in conventional programs, including worry about so much more,” said considering if one’s sexuality is STIs and pregnancy, are just as Gomez. “If you or the person you’re ignored and no information is provided pressing for LGBTQ+ teens. experimenting with isn’t out to their to help the teen practice safe sex Pregnancy, for instance, can be family yet, experimenting becomes so (which is kind of the point of health a misunderstood and overlooked much scarier. You never know how class),” she said in an email interview. issue for LGBTQ+ teens. The 2009 parents will react to walking in on their In the absence of information at Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior children with someone of the same school, Labick relies on online sex Survey found higher rates of lesbian gender.” content created by the video-blogger, identifying teens becoming pregnant Sixty-one organizations recently or “vlogger,” Laci Green, a public sex than expected. came out in educator. When it support of This lack of information can put came to queer “Adolescence is a time comprehensive lesbian teens in danger of making students, 11 sex education, poor decisions and at a greater risk for percent had to be really exploratory according to a associating sex with shame, said Silva been or had about many issues, press statement of the Callen-Lorde Health Center. gotten someone including sexuality, [but from one of those Some states are preparing pregnant, as organizations, queer teens for healthier sex lives. opposed to 5 lesbian teens] are not the Sexual California’s schools are not required to percent of other part of any dialogue that’s Information teach comprehensive sex education, students. happening around sexual and Education but 96 percent of them follow laws “We presume health.” Council of the about content and parental consent. that identity U.S. Other Six other states (Texas, Arizona, equals behavior,” groups include Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, said Carla Silva, – Carla Silva, director of the Human and Ohio) are making greater efforts director of the Health Outreach to Teens, Rights Campaign toward inclusive sex education. Four Health Outreach and Planned states (Arizona, Hawaii, California and to Teens Callen-Lorde Health Parenthood. Ohio) have addressed gender identity. program at the The statement, Callen-Lorde Health Center in New “A Call to Action: LGBTQ Youth Need Natalia Young, 16, goes to Bethel Park York City. “Adolescence is a time to be Inclusive Sex Education,” says only High School in the Greater Pittsburgh really exploratory about many issues, 19 percent of U.S. secondary schools Area. including sexuality, [but lesbian teens] provide curricula or supplementary are not part of any dialogue that’s sex education materials that are About this article: happening around sexual health.” LGBTQ-inclusive. “Fewer than 5 This story is part of Teen Voices at percent of LGBT students have Women’s eNews. Teen Voices provides Looking elsewhere health classes that included positive online stories and commentary about In the absence of formal representations of LGBT-related issues affecting female teens. Available at: instruction, teens often look online topics,” according to the statement. http://womensenews.org/2016/02/teens- where, Silva said, information is not say-more-lgbtq-sex-ed-would-be-really- always reliable. Inadequate programs helpful/ LGBTQ+ teens are more likely Anna Labick, 16, lives in Pittsburgh
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Ngahuia Te Awekotuku: Māori culture scholar, lesbian activist
Research into the Māori way of death In 2009 Te Awekotuku and Linda Waimarie Nikora received a $950,000 Marsden Fund grant as lead researchers in the Māori and Psychology Research Unit at Waikato University for the research project ‘Apakura: the Māori way of death’. They received a further $250,000 from the Nga Pae o te Maramatanga National Institute of Research gahuia Te Awekotuku MNZM (born 1949) is a New Excellence to explore past and present practices around Zealand academic specialising in Māori cultural tangihanga. Nissues and a lesbian activist. She is descended from Te Arawa, Tūhoe and Waikato iwi. Visitors permit denial As a student she was a member of Ngā Tamatoa at In 1972, Te Awekotuku was denied a visitors permit the University of Auckland. Her M.A. thesis was on Janet to the USA on the grounds that she was a homosexual. Frame and her Ph.D. on tourism's effects on the Te Arawa Publicity around the incident was a catalyst in the people. formation of Gay Liberation groups in New Zealand. Te Awekotuku has worked across the heritage, culture, This may have been related to a TV interview she gave and academic sectors as a curator, lecturer, researcher, in 1971, in which she described herself as a ‘sapphic and activist. Her areas of research interest include woman.’ gender issues, museums, body modification, power and powerlessness, spirituality, and ritual. Selected publications She has been curator of ethnology at the Waikato • E ngaa uri whakatupu - weaving legacies: Dame Museum; lecturer in art history at Auckland University, Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa, and professor of Māori studies at Victoria University Hamilton: Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o of Wellington. She was Professor of Research and Waikato, 2015. Development at Waikato University. She and Marilyn Waring contributed the piece • Mana wahine Maori: Selected writings on Maori “Foreigners in our own land” to the 1984 anthology women’s art, culture and politics. Auckland: New Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Woman Press, 1991. Movement Anthology, edited by Robin Morgan.Although now retired, she continues to write. • ‘More than Skin Deep’, in Barkan, E. and Bush, R. In the 2010 New Year Honours Te Awekotuku was (eds.), Claiming the Stone: Naming the Bones: appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit Cultural Property and the Negotiation of National and for services to Māori culture. Ethnic Identity (2002) Los Angeles: Getty Press, pp. 243–254. Research into tā moko • Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, with Linda Waimarie Nikora, Te Awekotuku has researched and written extensively Mohi Rua, your face: wearing Moko – Maori facial on the traditional and contemporary practices of tā moko marking in today’s world, paper given at Tatau/ in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her 2007 (re-published in Tattoo: Embodied art and cultural exchange 2011) book Mau Moko: The World of Māori Tattoo, co- conference, Victoria University of Wellington, 21–22 authored with Linda Waimarie Nikora, was the product of August 2003. a five-year long research project conducted by the Māori and Psychology Research Unit at Waikato University, • Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, with Linda Waimarie Nikora, funded by a Marsden Fund grant. Mohi Rua and Rolinda Karapu, Mau moko: The world Te Awekotuku took a moko kauae (facial moko) to of Māori tattoo, Auckland: Penguin Books, 2011. mark the death of Te Arikinui Dame te Atairangikaahu in 2006. Article source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngahuia_Te_ Awekotuku
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Lower Hutt Women’s Centre | Paenga-whāwhā 2016 Cronecle 17 TIRITI O WAITANGI
Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and Answers the intentions of the rangatira who What is the assented to the Treaty at Waitangi in 1840. For them, Te Tiriti o Declaration Waitangi endorses the provisions of Independence? set out in the Declaration. The British and New Zealand The Declaration of governments paid little regard to Independence – more the Declaration after the signing correctly, He Wakaputanga o land in the Hokianga and planned of the Treaty, claiming that the te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tīreni to come to New Zealand to set Treaty overrode the Declaration. – is a Māori proclamation to himself up as a sovereign. The However, before 1840, the the international world that this rangatira concerns were broader British Crown was clear that New country was an independent than this, however. They wished Zealand’s sovereignty had been state, and that full sovereign to establish their authority in the internationally recognised and that power and authority (mana, eyes of the international world and it could have no authority in New tino rangatiratanga) resided in further their expanding trading Zealand unless Māori leaders rangatira and the hapū they interests. gave their assent. represented. The rangatira also wanted to It is important to note that He It was signed at Waitangi advance their ties of friendship with Wakaputanga, the Declaration, on 28 October 1835. The the British monarchs with whom a endorses a confederated signatories were members of Te mutually advantageous relationship form of government, as in Te Wakaminenga, also known as “the was growing. The Crown was Wakaminenga, the General Confederation of Chiefs.” Thirty- invited to ensure that others didn't Assembly of Hapū. Ngāpuhi four rangatira from the North infringe the independence of the scholar, Nuki Aldridge, likened signed the declaration at Waitangi. hapū, especially as the rangatira Te Wakaminenga’s operation By 1840 there were 52 and their hapū were showing to that of the United Nations signatories; these included Te friendship and care to the Pākehā (Ngāpuhi Speaks, p. 106). Each Wherowhero, leading Tainui living on their lands. Importantly, hapū retained its mana and rangatira from the Waikato, and Te the Declaration made it clear that independence, while their leaders Hapuku of Ngāti Kahungunu in the “no separate legislative authority” came together in Assembly to Hawkes Bay. (kawanatanga) would be allowed advance matters of common There is also evidence that in the country except as appointed interest. the Declaration was signed by Te and directed by Te Wakaminenga, The Declaration of Heuheu, influential Tūwharetoa that is, the Confederation. Independence is critically ariki (major leader) from the Busby forwarded the important to New Zealand’s central North Island, and as Declaration to Britain, which constitutional history and it is a late as 1890 by 40 rangatira at formally recognised New Zealand’s matter for concern that its history Hauraki. sovereign independence in 1836. is so little known. In reaching an agreement about This sovereign independence was the Declaration, the rangatira took also recognised by France and the Source: Network Waitangi (2016). advice from James Busby and the USA. Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and merchant James Clendon, who He Wakaputanga o te Answers. Christchurch: Network later became the United States Rangatiratanga o Nu Tīreni – The Waitangi. Web: http://nwo.org.nz/files/ consul. Busby was troubled by Declaration of Independence – QandA.pdf reports that the Frenchman Baron has never been rescinded by the Charles de Thierry was claiming hapū and rangatira who signed it. he had bought a large amount of It is fundamental to understanding
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