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"The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source." New Zealand Female MPs have celebrated suffrage day by recreating a famous photograph from 1905 shot in the country’s parliament featuring no women. The black and white picture taken in the reading room of the parliamentary library in 1905 captured 23 men in three-piece suits.  The 2018 version featured women of diverse age and ethnicity – and one baby girl.

Young Māori Business Leaders Outstanding excellence and success in business Blanche Morrogh (nee Murray) of Kai Ora Honey says winning the Young Maori Business Leader Award last year “broke down fear barriers” for the Far North-based whanau business. “It was motivating and inspiring and gave us the courage to push forward with our ‘outside the box’ ideas,” says Mrs Morrogh, who was also a finalist for Next Women of the Year 2017 in the Business and Innovation category. The entire Kai Ora Honey Team. Walter Murray, Samson Murray, Mabel Murray, Ralph Mitchell, Jody Mitchell, Sobieski Murray, Mata Murray, Blanche Morrogh, Liam Morrogh & Tae Murray in front. MBLA 2017 - Young Māori Business Leader Award: Blanche Morrogh (nee Murray) To inspire and support a whanau beekeeping enterprise network that demonstrates Kaitiakitanga for our whenua, whilst delivering positive economic outcomes for Te Tai Tokerau.

 Jan Thomas - vice-chancellor massey university  Congratulation On  , Your stand against racism to build community among those working for racial and social justice.  Raising awareness about the negative impact of institutional and structural racism in our communities. For drawing a line in the sand ...

We learn to be happy through experiencing a life that is fully led They teach us to remember, and year after year in school this is the constant focus-- but no one teaches us to forget. Forgetting pain and rinsing it out of our system is nigh impossible, but remembering a happy moment, a moment of joy, is often harder because joy and happiness rarely leave a scar or mark. We learn to be happy through experiencing a life that is fully led (whether there is much pain, loss or disappointment).

Meet the Trailblazers: 125 Kiwi women who changed the world. Explore their extraordinary stories. Eva Rickard was a champion of Māori land rights EVA RICKARD Māori activist 1925-1997 Champion of Māori land rights Eva Rickard was an influential figure in both calls for addressing Māori land rights grievances and also backing women's rights within Māoridom. Rickard's greatest stand came over a 62-acre plot of land near Raglan, which was confiscated by the Government during World War II for the purpose of a military airfield. While that development never went ahead, the land was not given back to iwi. Instead it was developed into a public golf course in 1969.

"Becky said she couldn't feel her legs,"  Dannevirke rugby referee saved 16-year-old girl from life in wheelchair

Words are like wildfire, causing so much destruction from a little spark. Remember the old saying, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.’ Turns out, the last part isn’t true. Neuroscientific evidence suggests that ‘verbal abuse’ can cause changes to a young person’s brain that may have long-term negative consequences. And in the short-term, we'd suggest the anxiety and fear created wouldn’t be helpful either.   Shouting at kids in sport wouldn’t necessarily, or usually, meet the threshold of ‘verbal abuse’, although we expect we’ve all seen some that might. But we think the research that’s been done by people such as Dr Martin Teicher serves as a good reminder that words do matter … and potentially for a long time.   We recently reflected as a group on all the coaches we've had in sport. We could remember  almost  all of them, but between us there’d been two coaches who were remembered specifically because they’d said something that made

"Auckland Rugby league Fox Memorial trophy - Player Concussion Ignored"  Auckland Rugby League - Nosedives back into the 1980s  I watched the finale of Auckland's Grand final rugby league and was entertained by a fierce competition Hard men , big  , Knockout hits, reminiscent of 80s rugby league , Unfortunately the Match Officials and whistle blowers  took a backward step into the 80s as well. Both officials on and off the field , failed in their duty of care to protect the players of the game. Both sides had players that had clearly Lost Consciousness  during the game. He'll be right , its not twiddle winks ,  overtook the concern for the players welfare Auckland rugby bosses need to get with the program and protect our players. Not Just In the NRL

Antarctica's Blood Falls has finally been solved The longstanding mystery surrounding Antarctica's Blood Falls has finally been solved. The deep red falls were first discovered in Antarctica in 1911 where scientists noticed a river had stained the surrounding cliff of ice with a dark red color. Previously, they had believed it was due to algae discoloring the water, however that hypothesis was never verified. Now, thanks to research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, we know the true origin of the Blood Falls flowing from the Taylor Glacier.  The deep red coloring is due to oxidized iron in brine saltwater, the same process that gives iron a dark red color when it rusts.  When the iron bearing saltwater comes into contact with oxygen the iron oxidizes and takes on a red coloring, in effect dying the water to a deep red color.

Alleged race-fixing in the harness racing industry. Police have confirmed seven people have been charged in relation to Operation Inca – an investigation into alleged race-fixing in the harness racing industry. Ten harness racing stables in Canterbury, Manawatū and Invercargill were raided on Tuesday by police. More raids are understood to be happening on Wednesday. A 26-year-old man was due to appear in Christchurch District Court on Wednesday on charges of deception by match-fixing, possessing Class B drugs for supply, and supplying Class B drugs, police said. Four men aged 34, 40, 41 and 44 were due to appear in Christchurch District Court on Tuesday on match-fixing charges. A 41-year-old woman would appear in court the same day on two counts of supplying Class B drugs.

The Warriors will cross the Tasman to face the Penrith Panthers in a sudden death NRL playoff on Saturday after finishing the regular season in eighth place. When, where and who the Warriors would play in the first week of the finals hinged on the result and the amount of points scored in the final match of round 25 between the Brisbane Broncos and Manly Sea Eagles. Early in the second half, the Broncos seemed certain to win by a margin of more than 32 points - enough to move up to fifth place on the ladder and book a home match against the Warriors in the first week of the playoffs. But a disallowed try for the Brisbane club in the final 90 seconds kept the winning margin to just 32 points which meant Penrith finished fifth and earned the right to host the eighth placed Warriors at Sydney's ANZ Stadium at 7.40pm (NZT).

P!NK Beautiful Trauma World Tour Tuesday 4 September 2018 - Tuesday 11 September 2018 P!NK has announced a phenomenal SIXTH and final Auckland show for the New Zealand leg of her Beautiful Trauma World Tour. The superstar, who is currently tied with music royalty Bruno Mars, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Roger Waters as being the only artists to have played four sold-out Spark Arena shows, will now perform a record-breaking sixth night here at the arena on Monday, September 11. Renowned around the world as one of the most dynamic live performers of her generation, New Zealand's favourite international pop icon, P!NK, will be bringing The Rubens as her special guest when her tour hits New Zealand this September. P!NK, who last performed two sold-out arena shows in Auckland ten years ago during her I’m Not Dead Tour (2007), will launch her New Zealand tour in Dunedin followed by SIX shows in Auckland here at Spark Arena in September 2018. Staying true to being up-close