Your Story
We love to tell the stories of inspiring wāhine in our community, including those who have made an impact throughout history.
Cooking up connections: Share Kai celebrates community and culture
Meet Share Kai, an incredible local initiative providing opportunities for former refugee and migrant women to learn, grow, and share their culture and cuisines with the wider community as members of the Share Kai Cooks Collective.
Lessons on trauma from a conflict zone
Clinical psychologist, Siobhan Lockie, who worked with Doctors Without Borders on the West Bank, discusses trauma and how we can help ourselves to heal.
The power of 'unquietness'
From talkative child to empowering leader. Read about how Dr Hafsa Ahmed (MNZM) is helping others to find their voice and live their purpose.
Breaking barriers through storytelling
Read about Ash Ali-Aziz's unexpected journey into publishing New Zealand's first diversity magazine, her incredible story as a former Kurdish refugee, and her trip back to Kurdistan in 2014 to help women under ISIS rule.
Unity Week NZ honours those lost and inspires positive change
Sakinah Community Trust, run by seven amazing widows, mothers, and daughters of those lost in the mosque tragedy of 15 March 2019 have organised the third Unity Week NZ, to honour those lost, and promote community, connection, and unity.
Full Bellies supporting families in need
Kate Pauling went from making lunches for six needy children, to co-founding a charity that now delivers 1000 food parcels a week.