2010

These are media releases by the Minister of Women's Affairs and staff from the Ministry of Women's Affairs. All the Minister's press releases link to the Beehive site - use the 'back' button on your browser to return to the MWA site.

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

 

17 December 2010

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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12 November 2010

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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8 November 2010

Census issues not new issues

The Biennial New Zealand Census of Women's Participation 2010 released today contains no new issues, Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong says.
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4 November 2010

Embracing culture of workplace learning

This year, around 1700 State Sector and local Government employees from across New Zealand completed qualifications through Learning State, a state owned company.
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28 October 2010

EEO Trust Awards inspiring

Recognising outstanding workplace practices has been the hallmark of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Trust and this evening businesses which demonstrated such practices were acknowledged in its Work and Life Awards.
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20 October 2010

Double Celebration for World Statistics Day

New Zealand is recognising another world first as we celebrate the first United Nations mandated World Statistics Day, Minister for Women's Affairs Pansy Wong says.
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7 October 2010

Gender Pay Gap closest since 1998

The Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong welcomes figures showing the closing Gender Pay Gap.
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21 September 2010

NZ speaks to APEC Women Leaders Network

From an economic perspective it is essential women take their rightful places in leadership roles, Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong told the 15th APEC Women's Leaders Network Meeting in Tokyo.
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16 September 2010

New Zealand women highlighted at Shanghai

The advances made by New Zealand women over past decades will be highlighted at the WTCA Women Leadership Forum 2010 Conference in the historic Shanghai World Trade Expo in Shanghai, China this Saturday.
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14 September 2010

Suffrage Day a national day of pride

New Zealand led the world in September 1893 when it became the first nation to allow women to vote in general elections and it is an anniversary the Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong wants widely recognised.
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13 September 2010

Maori women's suffrage struggle celebrated

Maori women's efforts in the fight to win New Zealand women the right to vote have been celebrated on a new web resource which highlights the major role they played.
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26 August 2010

Women's Affairs stocktake data goes online

'The Ministry of Women's Affairs will now publish its annual state sector stocktake results on its website', says Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong.
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25 August 2010

CEDAW – Four-yearly ‘report card' on women's status underway

Preparation of New Zealand's seventh report to the United Nations on the status of women is well underway, says Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong.
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5 August 2010

Focus on Gender Pay Gap Trend

The use of a consistent measurement standard over time allows for accurate comparisons of the gender pay gap figures.
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3 August 2010

Shareholders' Association congratulated for women on boards focus

The number of women on company boards should get a welcome boost following a decision of the New Zealand Shareholders' Association (NZSA) to make it a priority. Read more>

 

14 July 2010

Mobilise ethnic communities to speak up

Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong launched the Office of Ethnic Affairs and Ministry of Women's Affairs' joint Intimate Partner Violence Project's brochure - Speak Up, Seek Help, Safe Home yesterday.
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13 July 2010

Brochure to raise domestic violence awareness

Ensuring ethnic communities have practical information about domestic violence and how to access support is the objective of the Intimate Partner Violence brochure launched today by Ethnic and Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong.
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5 July 2010

NZ welcomes consolidated UN gender agency

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong said today that strong advocacy from New Zealand was a factor in the announcement at the weekend that UN member states have agreed to establish a single entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women.  
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2 July 2010

Progress on gender pay gap work

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong joined the Certified Builders' Third year Apprentice Challenge winner and other Auckland tradeswomen for breakfast this morning to share stories about their work lives in male-dominated trades.
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25 June 2010

Māori women's leadership in the performing arts acknowledged

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong hosts today's He Wāhine Pūmanawa at the Lincoln Green Conference Centre in Henderson.  For 17 years since 1993, this annual event organised by the Ministry of Women's Affairs has celebrated the achievements of Māori women as tangata whenua.
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1 June 2010

New Ministry of Women's Affairs' Chief Executive Announced

The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today announced the appointment of Rowena Phair to the position of Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women's Affairs.
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21 May 2010

Progress on gender pay gap work

The Ministry of Women's Affairs will soon receive its second tranche of funding of $500,000 to continue work to address the gender pay gap.
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13 May 2010

Room for women's roles in dairying to grow

There is room for New Zealand women's significant contribution to the dairying industry to extend to greater representation at board level, Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong said yesterday.
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15 April 2010

A catalyst for change

The dismal record of having just 8.6 percent women directors in our top 100 listed companies' boardrooms needs to be changed, Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong told the Institute of Directors' AGM in Wellington today.
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26 March 2010

UN makes progress on streamlined gender agency

Women's Affairs Minister Pansy Wong is pleased that the United Nations has made rapid progress on an issue that New Zealand lobbied strongly for at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York earlier this month.
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8 March 2010

Equal rights, equal opportunities and progress for all

A recent study by the Ministry of Women's Affairs has revealed that only one year after entering employment an income gap of up to six percent develops between men and women with a bachelor's qualification or above.
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4 March 2010

Minister lobbies for streamlined UN gender entity

New Zealand's support for the formation of a streamlined United Nations' (UN) gender entity is a central lobbying point for Minister Pansy Wong's visit to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York this week.
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2 March 2010

NZ Champions Women at UN Commission

A record turnout of 9,000 participants to the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is second only to the 10,000 participants at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.
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