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What's Happening? 19th July - Chick Flick Movie night is our monthly meeting for July - $30 and you get a movie, nibbles and a drink. Please invite somebody as this is our fundraiser to help a woman back into study. More details here and get your tickets from Hawera iSite.  Sheryl's Message
I am very mindful of how busy you all are in the day to day busy life you all have and how you are finding yourself often stretched and maybe a little stressed out? You are being pulled in different directions with various demands and priorities. Then take a pause, a deep breath, focus first on your breathing then once you are relaxed you can then focus on the rest of this month’s newsletter! I like things that are simple, speedy and free, like the latest hottest trend in business known as “Mindfulness meditation”. Other words are you in the here and now or is your mind also thinking about your endless to do list and 20 thousand other things. Mindfulness meditation focuses on improving work-related stress, work-life balance and self-care. We like things that are clearly helpful and good for wellbeing, that also help keep one focused on the here and what is important right here right now. Here are three exercises (from a much longer list) that you may like to try. Why not give one or two ago?
And don't forget yoga is great for the mind, body and soul. Yours in kindness Sheryl Read our full newsletter here...
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Welcome to Joyous June
Well it’s the start of winter and what better way to enjoy the season then with each other at Tairoa Lodge. This month we have Candle Lighting, when we celebrate the formation of BPW and acknowledge the women who came before us. This is a wonderful event which allows all our new members to gain knowledge about BPW and to renew our bonds with our sisters around the world. If you have anything from your travels that you would like to share with us then please bring it along. Our Southern Regional Meeting is being held in Foxton on the 30th of June, we encourage you all to attend. Please fill out your registration forms and email them to us or bring them along to our June meeting, cost is $30.00 per person. Desiree Bond BPW Hawera Vice President View full Newsletter here...  Hawera Wins Awards
Congratulations to us, we won several top awards at this years BPW National Conference held in Warkworth:
Welcome to Magnificient May Wow couldn’t believe it when we were being called up to accept these awards at conference from all of your hard work. Thankyou so much you great club! Sheryl Wallis BPW Hawera President About the awards we won. BPW NZ Executive instituted Club of the Year Award to commence at Conference 2007, and is given to the club that has best demonstrated the BPW International Aims over the previous year. The Harrison-Lee Membership Award is made annually at Conference to the club that has had the highest percentage increase in membership for the calendar year ending 31st March prior to Conference. And the Brooker Marketing Award is a trophy presented at Conference each year to a Club that has been the most effective in marketing BPW through an activity they have completed during the previous year. Download full newsletter here...  Anzac Day is another biggie this month and we are celebrating it with an important woman. So wear your badge and bring a guest and enjoy the evening.
Here we are in April already with the lovely foolish April weather. Apparently it stems from April fool’s day or rather April fool’s day stems from it. As the nights cool and the days shorten, there’s no denying that autumn is here. Armed & Feminine – Our fighting fit female Women have played many roles in the military, from ancient warrior women like the Amazons to the women currently serving in conflicts in the Iraq War. Despite various roles in the armies of past societies, the role of women in the military, particularly in combat, is controversial, and it is only recently that women have begun to be given a more prominent role in contemporary armed forces… View our full newsletter here  What happens in March? – St Patricks Day and Easter, a time for new beginnings.
Our next dinner meeting;Monday 19th March Tairoa Lodge Church Hall 5.30pm – pay moneys, get a drinks and find a seat, catch up chat 6.00pm – formalities followed by dinner 7.30pm – guest speakers – Maple & Wild and Hello You View our full newsletter here…  Equal Pay Day marks the period of extra days in the current year which women need to work to achieve the same wages that men earned during the previous financial year!
When we look at the statistics from the 2017 year we find women need to work an additional 30 days to earn the same as men earned (based on average hourly pay) up to 31st December 2017. That takes us through to February 15th2018 and this is Red Bag Day or Equal Pay Day for this year. Equal Pay Day is marked in many countries around the world and the day varies depending on the gender pay gap in any particular country. In New Zealand Equal Pay Day has not varied much over the previous six years but maybe, just maybe, it is starting to slightly improve: 2013 21 February 2014 20 February 2015 18 February 2016 18 February 2017 17 February 2018 15 February One of the reasons for the gender pay gap is that historical occupational segregation has caused structural gender discrimination. There is systemic undervaluation of the work performed by women in many fields. It is such good news that the Joint Working Party on Pay Equity Principles is now being reconvened under the facilitation of Traci Houpapa to establish fair pay equity principles for women dominated industries. 2018 is shaping up to be an interesting year with opportunities for BPW NZ to use the publicity generated by the work of the Joint Working Party to advocate strongly for equal pay. The aim is to reach January 1st as Equal Pay Day! And when that happens we can throw our red bags away!It’s not going to happen by itself! So the challenge for all BPW women is to take advantage of the opportunity Red Bag Day provides to promote this issue and build awareness in the community and through businesses. Together with other committed women and organisations through New Zealand we can improve the remuneration of working women! Source: BPW New Zealand  Welcome back to another great year full of fun, networking, mentoring and helping each other grow in ourselves.
To those of you who have not had a break away from work and have “kept the country running”, thank you for keeping on, keeping on, I know you will have time planned at another time to reboot and refresh. Our next dinner meeting; Monday 19th February Tairoa Lodge Church Hall 5.30pm – pay moneys, get a drinks and find a seat, catch up chat 6.00pm – formalities followed by dinner View our full February newsletter here… |
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