Inspiring women to create their new horizons through education and research

Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou

Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing

Our awards applications have closed and the awards panels are all busy getting ready to read and make decisions to narrow these down to the final names! We have had many more applications this time and we are delighted with this response. A big thank you goes to all our applicants – we appreciate the time and care you have put into your applications.

At the end of this week [of writing this] it will be September. My whanau will meet to celebrate a significant birthday of one member. Our ‘birthdays’ in this month are many and I suspect many other families may also have this in this first month of spring!

The weather out there has been interesting! That is the nicest way to consider the level of rain we have had in some parts of the country, and we welcome the change of season!

The trustees have been busy helping our three new trustees understand the work we undertake. And the longer serving members are delighted to have them on board; we look forward to meeting them face-to-face in early November for a weekend of a lot of talking and much laughter.

We have also started to see/hear the many statements to encourage us to vote. Since NZ women were given the right to vote and that very first election when we did so, overwhelmingly more women have voted in each and every election. So, everyone, do keep up this fine tradition! Vote because our small country, so far away from everywhere else, led the world so long ago in this and show that today we continue to lead the world showing that all women are important to the long-term well-being not only of our country but also to the well-being of our planet.

Ngā mihi nui,

- Johanna Cogle, Trustee for New Horizons for Women: Hine Kahukura

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Awardee Profile: Ruby Hodgson

Ruby Hodgson received the 2022 Second Chance Education Award (Degree Studies) sponsored by the Alexandra Kilpatrick Fund.

Ruby is a third-year midwifery student studying in Nelson via correspondence. She is originally from the UK but has lived in Nelson for the past 15 years. Here, she met her husband and had their two boys.

She is passionate about empowering and supporting women to have a positive birth experience. She believes all women can achieve a peaceful and positive birth no matter the circumstances. She values Whanau involvement during this journey and view birth as a normal life event.

"The scholarship has relieved the finical pressures of the degree and given my family more space to spend our weekends with our two young boys.

This award has enabled me to carry on with my degree. At the end of this year, I will be a qualified Midwife. I plan to be a community midwife in Nelson. Thank you for helping me achieve my dream!"

Ruby Hodgson

Awardee for the Second Chance Education Award (Degree Studies) sponsored by the Alexandra Kilpatrick Fund ,

2022

Women's Suffrage - 130 years

On 19 September 1893, we will celebrate 130 years since women won the right to vote in elections in Aotearoa New Zealand.

As a result, we became the first self-governing country in the world to extend this right to all women.

He iti tāne, he iti kahikātoa; he nui wahine, he nui pūwharawhara

A small man is like a small manuka tree; a great woman is like a massive pūwharawhara, which gives shelter from the rain

Important Dates

Our award applications closed on 16th August. Thank you to all of our applicants. Our panels will be reading all of the applications and making their decisions over the next month.

Results will be emailed to applicants by 18th October.

For information or enquiries, please contact Amanda.

Email: awards@newhorizonsforwomen.org.nz