Tools and Resources

There is a wide range of websites that offer tools and resources to help you in your career; your profession; your home life; your social time; or just for the sake of knowing or sharing information. If you think there is other information of particular importance to women that should be here, please share it with us. Email me at mwa@mwa.govt.nz.

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The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

• AnyQuestions.co.nz helps you find useful, accurate, online information for your homework www.anyquestions.co.nz/.

• Aotearoa Ethnic Network http://aen.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/aotearoaethnicnetwork_aen.org.nz AEN is an electronic mailing list for everyone involved in ethnic community issues in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. AEN has been developed so that members of ethnic communities around the country can talk to each other and for those involved in delivering Government or NGO services to get in touch with our communities for consultation and to provide information.
  

• Employment Question? Email your employment law questions in 200 words or less to careers@nzherald.co.nz with 'Your Rights' in the subject line. Lyndal Yaqub is a lawyer in the employment team with trans-tasman law firm DLA Phillips Fox. [April08]

• Entrepreneur-ette - an online community for women in business. www.e-ette.com or http://www.entrepreneurette.com/

• Flokka – Where women in business blog... http://flokka.com/

• Foodlovers.co.nz – We have a large online forum where women around NZ share their recipes and cooking tips. It is also a nice way for women to make friends online. www.foodlovers.co.nz

• Gender for Journalists toolkit produced by the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU): http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/. This toolkit includes eight chapters focusing on gender-related media trends and research resources such as 'Gender Violence', 'Women's Inequality', 'Gender Tools, and 'Gender Agenda'.

• GM Resource & Referral Directory is designed to enable you to reach services simply and swiftly in crisis situations http://www.gmd.net.nz/.

• Her Business Network holds monthly meetings featuring a high profile speaker, aiming to improve the professional status of women in Wellington www.currentevents.co.nz/herbusiness.

• Herceptin Heroes online support for breast cancer fight; come together and share experiences and help each other. www.31heroes.co.nz.
  

• Homeworks Trust has launched a new website for men and women who have mental health or drug and alcohol problems because of domestic violence. This website provides a safe place to share, discuss and ask and answer questions www.hedrovememad.com.

• Interpreters - The Asian Health Support Service: has Mandarin, Cantonese and Korean interpreters. Phone 09 4868314.

• Kidspot www.kidspot.co.nz is a pregnancy and parenting resource to help find activities for baby & children, clothing, baby equipment and furniture, birthday party ideas and supplies, educational resources, plus recipes, kids holiday ideas and forums for mums.
  

• Law Access www.lawaccess.lsa.govt.nz for resources and information regarding lawyers and legal aid.
  

• Legal information for pregnant teenagers – provides legal information for all pregnant women and their families. The booklet can also be downloaded as a PDF at www.communitylaw.org.nz/Free-Downloads.43.0.html.

• Maori Events http://www.panui.co.nz. This site aims to inform you of the upcoming hui/events/happenings in Maoridom throughout the motu.

   

   

• Migrant Action Trust www.migrantactiontrust.org.nz. This site offers information for migrants on: employment; enterprise development; mentoring; voluntary work experience; parenting; counseling; household items to new settlers; MiBuddy for ages of 13 to 17; Treaty of Waitangi, and much more.
  

• New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse http://www.nzfvc.org.nz/. The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse is the national centre for collating and disseminating information about domestic and family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of the clearinghouse is to provide resources for people interested in working towards the elimination of family violence.

• New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women has useful links to NZ voluntary organisations, professional associations, and government agencies promoting women's interests http://www.nzfgw.org.nz/links.htm.

• Queenstown Businesswomen's Network QBN www.qbn.co.nz is a non-affiliated, non-profit group whose goal is to offer a cost effective promotional medium for companies of all sizes and present a broad selection of services and advice currently on offer in Queenstown for business orientated people.

• Realwomen is a site dedicated to all the beautiful +size women of the world. www.realwomen.co.nz

• Rotary New Zealand Rotarians provide assistance through mentoring programmes, mock job interviews, work experience, scholarships, community events and many more http://www.rotary.org.nz/.

• Shakti in Auckland has safe houses available for Migrant women in crisis. You can ring the crisis line that has volunteers that speak many languages: 0800 742584 www.shakti.org.nz.
  

• Sorted www.sorted.org.nz.  See the calculators that can help you with your finances with your goals, saving, debt, mortgage, investments, retirement, help for students and those that are 60 plus.

• Sortme www.sortme.org.nz  How sorted are you? By answering a few easy questions Sort Me can guide you along the road to financial fitness. Start your on-line financial check-up now.

• Te Awe - Wellington Maori Business Network is a non-profit organisation committed to assist Maori in business and Maori business success. www.teawe.maori.nz

• Teen Parent Units – Teen Parent Units are units attached to some secondary schools to cater for students for whom becoming pregnant or raising a child has created barriers to learning in a mainstream school. Students are eligible to attend the units up until the January following their 19th birthday. Flollow link for locations and contact details. www.teamup.co.nz/Teen/SchoolEducation/SchoolBasics/TeenParentUnits.aspx
  

• The Couch The Families Commission online panel want to know what you think about the issues facing New Zealand families. www.thecouch.org.nz
  

• The Low Down A new website for youth on depression. Stories by NZ musicians and TV celebrities - Scribe, Boh Runga, Jaquie Clarke and more - talking about their experiences of depression. www.thelowdown.co.nz
  

• They Work for You is a website for you to find out what your elected representatives are doing in Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/

• Victims Information Website Victims Charter; Support for Victims; Your involvement; Compensation and Reparation; Protection for Victims; Legal Information; The Justice System. www.victimsinfo.govt.nz
  

• Wikigender is your online platform to find and exchange information and experiences and to learn from each other's knowledge related to gender equality. www.wikigender.org/wiki/
  

• Wonder Walkers has been designed to become a one stop shop for women and walking. This is just the beginning and we need your involvement to do something that's good for the body-the soul-the planet and that's free. WALK! www.wonderwalkers.co.nz/
  

• Women Lawyers Association contact details for Women Lawyers Association throughout New Zealand http://www.lawyers.org.nz/wcg/wla.asp.

• Women's Business Web A networking and support group for women in business in the Tauranga/Mt Maunganui and surrounding region. We have monthly meeting with networking, dinner and a guest speaker.  Our website has articles, and information about WBW, the meetings and joining the group. www.womensbusinessweb.co.nz.

• Women's Phone Book is an Online Women's Directory focused on the requirements of women's lifestyles as they vary from home to business and also the juggling of the two together, providing both commercial and community information. www.womensphonebook.co.nz.
  

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