Future events
Thursday 11 July, 12:10–12:50pm: SWC Kōrero – A conversation with Associate Professor Diane Kenwright
Staff Women’s Caucus invites you to join us either in person (UOW campus) or via Zoom for our next SWC Kōrero – a series of short interview style talks with women at Otago doing interesting things in their chosen fields.
We are delighted to have Associate Professor Diane Kenwright (HoD Pathology and Molecular Medicine (UOW), and co-Chair of the Science, Research and Scholarship Curriculum Domain group) as our next guest. Diane has worked for the University of Otago for over thirty years in a number of roles associated with teaching and learning. She is an anatomic pathologist with a research interest in student engagement with technology.
Diane aims to bring an open mind, a positive attitude, and high expectations to the workplace each day. She brings enthusiasm, diligence, and warmth to her job in the hope that she can inspire and encourage such traits in others as well. She upholds the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi by aiming to take care of her students in a way that supports and acknowledges and protects their culture, and aims to work with her Māori colleagues in partnership in a way that respects their tikanga.
Zoom link: Contact Staff Women's Caucus
In-person (UOW campus): Room C48, Link Block
Wednesday 28 August, 12:30–1:30pm: Lunchtime Casual Catch-Up – Hunter Centre
Join us in the Hunter Centre (opposite the Dental School) for the second of our informal BYO lunches providing an opportunity to meet the committee and meet/catch up with other women staff from around the Dunedin campus.
Monday 16 September, 5:15pm: Suffrage Lecture 2024 – Mana Wāhine Mana Motuhake
This year's presenter is Metiria Stanton Turei – social activist, lawyer, and former co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Mana Wāhine Inquiry was initiated by the Waitangi Tribunal in 2018 , nearly 25 years after the first statement of claim was filed by the past presidents of Te Ropu Wahine Māori Toko i Te Ora, the Māori Women's Welfare League. The Tuapapa foundational hearings have been completed and we await a number of research reports and the resumption of hearings. The evidence follows four themes, Atua Whaea, Relationality and Balance, Wāhine Mana and Rangatiratanga and Domains of Wāhine Authority. Wāhine Māori have waited decades for this Tribunal opportunity to speak to the colonising experience of wāhine and to correct the patriarchal assumptions that have undermined mana wāhine for nearly two centuries. The Inquiry is at its early stages just as the Waitangi Tribunal faces its most voracious political threats. So what are we going to do about that?
Venue: Archway 1 lecture Theatre
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Past events
22 May – Lunchtime Casual Catch-Up
An informal BYO lunch providing an opportunity to meet the committee and meet/catch up with other women staff from around the Dunedin campus. We plan to have some more of these over the year in other locations around the Dunedin campus.
14 May – The Underestimated Power of Doing Stuff for Free
Sze-En (Manager, Social Impact Studio) shared her personal journey to a career in volunteering. Working across students, staff, community organisations, funders, and local government, Sze-En brings people and resources together to realise the power of doing stuff for free and the positive impact it has on the University, the Ōtepoti community, the environment and our individual and collective wellbeing!
Watch the recording (30 minutes)
24 April – Medieval Women: Surprisingly Human
Women in medieval literature might be assumed to be figures of silence, obedience, good breeding and manners. The women in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poetry, however, show a great deal more complexity and humanity than is popularly ascribed to medieval women including characteristics of: anger, humour, intelligence, slyness, rashness, prudence and physical strength, among other things.
Professor Simone Marshall (Head, School of Arts) examined a selection of Chaucer’s women to show the wide range of humanity exhibited in their personalities, and why Chaucer appears to show such an interest in women.
Watch the recording (41 minutes)
11 April – Celebrating Women in Tertiary Education
In conjunction with the Tertiary Education Union ( TEU ) we welcomed the TEU ’s Te Pou Whirinaki / National Women’s Officer, Bronwyn Larkins, to Ōtepoti Dunedin. Bronwyn introduced herself and shared aspects of the TEU Women’s Officer role, a few short-term goals, and updates on the Pay Equity campaign.
Bronwyn was supported by President Tāngata Māori of the TEU : Hūhana Wātene, and the Vice-President of the TEU ’s National Women’s Committee: Siân Halcrow (University of Otago) and Jodi Hawe (Otago Polytechnic|Te Pūkenga).
8 March – International Women's Day (IWD)
We again partnered with Graduate Women Otago to celebrate IWD with breakfast at Ombrellos Cafe and Bar and excellent guest speaker Trish Oakley, a member of University Council and an executive at Forsyth Barr.
Find out more about events we've organised for our members in previous years