Media Releases

Media releases will be posted as soon as they become available. Alternatively you can visit the Minister of Women's Affairs website – currently the Hon Hekia Parata – at www.beehive.govt.nz/portfolio/women's+affairs to see all speeches and media releases.

Mentoring programme promotes women into leadership

“The new mentoring programme launched tonight by the Institute of Directors will support women into governance roles,” says Ministry of Women’s Affairs Chief Executive, Rowena Phair.
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Rape Awareness Week: time for New Zealand to change

It is time for New Zealand to break the cycle of sexual violence that sees some women suffering multiple revictimisation says the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Hekia Parata.
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Minister looks to Australia for advice on how to get more women on boards

The Minister of Women’s Affairs, Hekia Parata, will meet some of Australia’s top business leaders in Sydney this week to find out how Australia has managed to significantly boost the number of women on private sector boards.
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Retention and Renewal of Women in Engineering

The Minister of Women’s Affairs Hekia Parata has applauded an initiative by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand to encourage more women into engineering.
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Online tool launched for women who want to serve on boards

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs today launched my board strengths, a unique online self-assessment tool to help women who want to serve on boards.
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Making use of women’s skills is key to New Zealand’s future

The Government is urging women to put themselves forward for business leadership roles, says the Minister of Women’s Affairs Hekia Parata.
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Reducing the impacts of domestic violence on disabled people

Disabled women may be at greater risk of domestic violence than other New Zealanders, says the Minister of Women’s Affairs Hon Hekia Parata.
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Support the women of Christchurch on International Women’s Day

A rise in domestic violence is likely to add to Christchurch’s misery, says the Minister of Women’s Affairs Hon Hekia Parata.
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New Zealand leads on women's equality

New Zealand is ranked among those at the top of the world for gender equality according to a report to the United Nations (UN) released by Women’s Affairs Minister Hekia Parata today.
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Minister to resign portfolios

'It is beyond my wildest dreams that a baby girl born in Shanghai, China, grew up in a Hong Kong apartment where eight families shared a single kitchen and bathroom to be New Zealand's first List M.P., first constituent M.P. of Botany and first Cabinet Minister of Chinese and Asian ethnicity,' says Pansy Wong.
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