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aunties.co.nz
Stand in your power.
www.givealittle.co.nz/org/theaunties
0275228115
whaeapower@aunties.co.nz
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@theaunties.bsky.social
· Mar 7
The Aunties Silent Auction
Please use this form to complete your bids in our silent auction. The highest bid will will win the item. Some items (art prints and Aunties Undies we have more than one, and this will go to the highe...
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Are you looking for designer clothes? Want yr $ to benefit us?
❤️ ppl have given range of designer 👗 + 🛍️ to sell on ….check out silent auction form + get bids in…
Bids close 8pm 21 Mar + we email you following week. Payment by 28 Mar. Any ? to admin@aunties.co.nz
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
❤️ ppl have given range of designer 👗 + 🛍️ to sell on ….check out silent auction form + get bids in…
Bids close 8pm 21 Mar + we email you following week. Payment by 28 Mar. Any ? to admin@aunties.co.nz
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sorry! My number is 027 522 8115 - or email whaeapower@aunties.co.nz
Kia Ora community. We’re doing a blanket drive at the mo- whanau women won’t use heaters/heat pumps bc $ solution is blankets. WH has sale on www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/living-co-...
Text me 02753228115 and I’ll give you my address to deliver to.
Ty x
Text me 02753228115 and I’ll give you my address to deliver to.
Ty x
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July 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sorry! My number is 027 522 8115 - or email whaeapower@aunties.co.nz
Kia Ora community. We’re doing a blanket drive at the mo- whanau women won’t use heaters/heat pumps bc $ solution is blankets. WH has sale on www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/living-co-...
Text me 02753228115 and I’ll give you my address to deliver to.
Ty x
Text me 02753228115 and I’ll give you my address to deliver to.
Ty x
Living & Co Ultra Soft Plush Blanket Black | The Warehouse
Buy Living & Co Ultra Soft Plush Blanket at The Warehouse
www.thewarehouse.co.nz
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Kia Ora community. We’re doing a blanket drive at the mo- whanau women won’t use heaters/heat pumps bc $ solution is blankets. WH has sale on www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/living-co-...
Text me 02753228115 and I’ll give you my address to deliver to.
Ty x
Text me 02753228115 and I’ll give you my address to deliver to.
Ty x
If everyone could please repost this and share it on ur social media please….
Until we figure out how to link it from our website main page…
This is absolutely everything the women need right now - furniture etc…
aunties.co.nz/pages/wants-...
Until we figure out how to link it from our website main page…
This is absolutely everything the women need right now - furniture etc…
aunties.co.nz/pages/wants-...
Wants and Needs
This is our current list of wants and needs (May 2025). Please message Jackie at whaeapower@aunties.co.nz and she'll put you directly in contact with the woman who needs whatever you have. We are ab...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If everyone could please repost this and share it on ur social media please….
Until we figure out how to link it from our website main page…
This is absolutely everything the women need right now - furniture etc…
aunties.co.nz/pages/wants-...
Until we figure out how to link it from our website main page…
This is absolutely everything the women need right now - furniture etc…
aunties.co.nz/pages/wants-...
This morning I had two very special visitors.
And they coincidentally came pretty much at the same time.
It was such a special and joyous thing. Bc the aunties whānau women v rarely see each other offline.
These photos are used with their express permission.
And they coincidentally came pretty much at the same time.
It was such a special and joyous thing. Bc the aunties whānau women v rarely see each other offline.
These photos are used with their express permission.
May 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This morning I had two very special visitors.
And they coincidentally came pretty much at the same time.
It was such a special and joyous thing. Bc the aunties whānau women v rarely see each other offline.
These photos are used with their express permission.
And they coincidentally came pretty much at the same time.
It was such a special and joyous thing. Bc the aunties whānau women v rarely see each other offline.
These photos are used with their express permission.
Clementine Fraser is a history teacher and scholar.
She wrote this piece yday -long form - about our plunging into fascism. What it looks like. What history teaches us. Pls read it and share it.
clementinefraser.com/2025/04/24/w...
She wrote this piece yday -long form - about our plunging into fascism. What it looks like. What history teaches us. Pls read it and share it.
clementinefraser.com/2025/04/24/w...
Warnings from the past
I wish people knew more history Every year I teach about Nazi Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, Stalin’s Russia. I teach about Slavery in the USA and the evils of segregation. I teach about the long impa…
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April 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Clementine Fraser is a history teacher and scholar.
She wrote this piece yday -long form - about our plunging into fascism. What it looks like. What history teaches us. Pls read it and share it.
clementinefraser.com/2025/04/24/w...
She wrote this piece yday -long form - about our plunging into fascism. What it looks like. What history teaches us. Pls read it and share it.
clementinefraser.com/2025/04/24/w...
My friend Clem is a history teacher and scholar.
She’s written this astounding piece which draws direct correlation btw the Nazis and what’s happening right now….
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She’s written this astounding piece which draws direct correlation btw the Nazis and what’s happening right now….
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April 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My friend Clem is a history teacher and scholar.
She’s written this astounding piece which draws direct correlation btw the Nazis and what’s happening right now….
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She’s written this astounding piece which draws direct correlation btw the Nazis and what’s happening right now….
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And I’d add this.
If you’re against all this anti trans bullshit, you need to speak out. Do it for the kids. So many trans kids frightened right now.
Some of them will have loving families, some will not.
I think they need to hear your voices. I think that’s important.
Just a challenge x
If you’re against all this anti trans bullshit, you need to speak out. Do it for the kids. So many trans kids frightened right now.
Some of them will have loving families, some will not.
I think they need to hear your voices. I think that’s important.
Just a challenge x
April 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
And I’d add this.
If you’re against all this anti trans bullshit, you need to speak out. Do it for the kids. So many trans kids frightened right now.
Some of them will have loving families, some will not.
I think they need to hear your voices. I think that’s important.
Just a challenge x
If you’re against all this anti trans bullshit, you need to speak out. Do it for the kids. So many trans kids frightened right now.
Some of them will have loving families, some will not.
I think they need to hear your voices. I think that’s important.
Just a challenge x
The moment Peters and his ilk start addressing our rates of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, pay equity, safeguarding access to abortion…is the moment I say
Well done, now you’re addressing women’s rights.
Cis men are the biggest predators of cis women.
The end.
Well done, now you’re addressing women’s rights.
Cis men are the biggest predators of cis women.
The end.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The moment Peters and his ilk start addressing our rates of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, pay equity, safeguarding access to abortion…is the moment I say
Well done, now you’re addressing women’s rights.
Cis men are the biggest predators of cis women.
The end.
Well done, now you’re addressing women’s rights.
Cis men are the biggest predators of cis women.
The end.
1/4
One of the auntie’s Whānau women in abusive rship. It’s been a yr but he indicated v early on that he was abusive.
She messages me that he smashed her phone, the 2nd one.
She comes to see me, we talk 2 hrs.
One of the auntie’s Whānau women in abusive rship. It’s been a yr but he indicated v early on that he was abusive.
She messages me that he smashed her phone, the 2nd one.
She comes to see me, we talk 2 hrs.
April 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
1/4
One of the auntie’s Whānau women in abusive rship. It’s been a yr but he indicated v early on that he was abusive.
She messages me that he smashed her phone, the 2nd one.
She comes to see me, we talk 2 hrs.
One of the auntie’s Whānau women in abusive rship. It’s been a yr but he indicated v early on that he was abusive.
She messages me that he smashed her phone, the 2nd one.
She comes to see me, we talk 2 hrs.
1/4
Trauma stays in the body.
This morning she messages to ask me to take her to the medical clinic. She has been super anxious for a while. Overwhelmed. Tried all her strategies. Nothing works. Can’t breathe. Nausea. Dizziness. She’s scared. Thinks she will die.
Trauma stays in the body.
This morning she messages to ask me to take her to the medical clinic. She has been super anxious for a while. Overwhelmed. Tried all her strategies. Nothing works. Can’t breathe. Nausea. Dizziness. She’s scared. Thinks she will die.
March 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
1/4
Trauma stays in the body.
This morning she messages to ask me to take her to the medical clinic. She has been super anxious for a while. Overwhelmed. Tried all her strategies. Nothing works. Can’t breathe. Nausea. Dizziness. She’s scared. Thinks she will die.
Trauma stays in the body.
This morning she messages to ask me to take her to the medical clinic. She has been super anxious for a while. Overwhelmed. Tried all her strategies. Nothing works. Can’t breathe. Nausea. Dizziness. She’s scared. Thinks she will die.
I haven’t seen her in person for over a year.
Major depression. Anxiety. CPTSD kicking her arse. A lot of kids, both hers and whangaied. An older teen who externalises his pain and anger in harmful ways.
But since last yr she’s been seeing an ACC accredited therapist.
And that is huge.
Major depression. Anxiety. CPTSD kicking her arse. A lot of kids, both hers and whangaied. An older teen who externalises his pain and anger in harmful ways.
But since last yr she’s been seeing an ACC accredited therapist.
And that is huge.
March 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I haven’t seen her in person for over a year.
Major depression. Anxiety. CPTSD kicking her arse. A lot of kids, both hers and whangaied. An older teen who externalises his pain and anger in harmful ways.
But since last yr she’s been seeing an ACC accredited therapist.
And that is huge.
Major depression. Anxiety. CPTSD kicking her arse. A lot of kids, both hers and whangaied. An older teen who externalises his pain and anger in harmful ways.
But since last yr she’s been seeing an ACC accredited therapist.
And that is huge.
1/3 Today Arena Williams, the MP for Manurewa (Labour) came with her communications advisor Charlotte to my house to talk about the whānau women’s concerns (which they had fed back to me), and to ask my thoughts on everything that’s going on under this government.
March 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
1/3 Today Arena Williams, the MP for Manurewa (Labour) came with her communications advisor Charlotte to my house to talk about the whānau women’s concerns (which they had fed back to me), and to ask my thoughts on everything that’s going on under this government.
Took Iggy to visit Annette today. In her v own house.
First time since she left the violence 8 yrs ago that’s she’s in her own place.
Emergency and transitional housing all this time.
Overjoyed for her.
First time since she left the violence 8 yrs ago that’s she’s in her own place.
Emergency and transitional housing all this time.
Overjoyed for her.
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Took Iggy to visit Annette today. In her v own house.
First time since she left the violence 8 yrs ago that’s she’s in her own place.
Emergency and transitional housing all this time.
Overjoyed for her.
First time since she left the violence 8 yrs ago that’s she’s in her own place.
Emergency and transitional housing all this time.
Overjoyed for her.
It’s only 5 wks til Easter. Wanna be one of our Easter Bunnies?
27 women, 97 kids and grandkids to share chocolatey joy with….
Msg me if you’re keen.
27 women, 97 kids and grandkids to share chocolatey joy with….
Msg me if you’re keen.
March 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s only 5 wks til Easter. Wanna be one of our Easter Bunnies?
27 women, 97 kids and grandkids to share chocolatey joy with….
Msg me if you’re keen.
27 women, 97 kids and grandkids to share chocolatey joy with….
Msg me if you’re keen.
1. A story, told with her full permission.
TW - I allude to CSA without naming it.
Years ago, she tells me about a particular time when a particular unspeakable thing happened, at a time when many unspeakable things were happening to her.
TW - I allude to CSA without naming it.
Years ago, she tells me about a particular time when a particular unspeakable thing happened, at a time when many unspeakable things were happening to her.
March 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
1. A story, told with her full permission.
TW - I allude to CSA without naming it.
Years ago, she tells me about a particular time when a particular unspeakable thing happened, at a time when many unspeakable things were happening to her.
TW - I allude to CSA without naming it.
Years ago, she tells me about a particular time when a particular unspeakable thing happened, at a time when many unspeakable things were happening to her.
I’m occasionally asked to provide guidance and advice to people like Eileen. Around the dynamics of family violence and ways of working that are useful to ppl who staying at a safe house.
She also wants to work on making it a safe space for trans ppl. Disabled ppl. Broadening accessibility.
She also wants to work on making it a safe space for trans ppl. Disabled ppl. Broadening accessibility.
March 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I’m occasionally asked to provide guidance and advice to people like Eileen. Around the dynamics of family violence and ways of working that are useful to ppl who staying at a safe house.
She also wants to work on making it a safe space for trans ppl. Disabled ppl. Broadening accessibility.
She also wants to work on making it a safe space for trans ppl. Disabled ppl. Broadening accessibility.
This morning I went to meet with Eileen who’s just been given the job of running the Te whānau Rangimārie safehouse.
And Matala and Krissy who’ve worked for TWR for yrs.
I’m on the board, and I’ve been involved with TWR for around 8 years.
And Matala and Krissy who’ve worked for TWR for yrs.
I’m on the board, and I’ve been involved with TWR for around 8 years.
March 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This morning I went to meet with Eileen who’s just been given the job of running the Te whānau Rangimārie safehouse.
And Matala and Krissy who’ve worked for TWR for yrs.
I’m on the board, and I’ve been involved with TWR for around 8 years.
And Matala and Krissy who’ve worked for TWR for yrs.
I’m on the board, and I’ve been involved with TWR for around 8 years.
Are you looking for designer clothes? Want yr $ to benefit us?
❤️ ppl have given range of designer 👗 + 🛍️ to sell on ….check out silent auction form + get bids in…
Bids close 8pm 21 Mar + we email you following week. Payment by 28 Mar. Any ? to admin@aunties.co.nz
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
❤️ ppl have given range of designer 👗 + 🛍️ to sell on ….check out silent auction form + get bids in…
Bids close 8pm 21 Mar + we email you following week. Payment by 28 Mar. Any ? to admin@aunties.co.nz
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Aunties Silent Auction
Please use this form to complete your bids in our silent auction. The highest bid will will win the item. Some items (art prints and Aunties Undies we have more than one, and this will go to the highe...
docs.google.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Are you looking for designer clothes? Want yr $ to benefit us?
❤️ ppl have given range of designer 👗 + 🛍️ to sell on ….check out silent auction form + get bids in…
Bids close 8pm 21 Mar + we email you following week. Payment by 28 Mar. Any ? to admin@aunties.co.nz
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
❤️ ppl have given range of designer 👗 + 🛍️ to sell on ….check out silent auction form + get bids in…
Bids close 8pm 21 Mar + we email you following week. Payment by 28 Mar. Any ? to admin@aunties.co.nz
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Linda hasn’t been well for a while so I haven’t seen her for a couple of months.
She is genuinely one of my favourite people in world.
The great great great granddaughter of Tawhiao, the first Māori king.
Used with her permission.
She is genuinely one of my favourite people in world.
The great great great granddaughter of Tawhiao, the first Māori king.
Used with her permission.
March 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Linda hasn’t been well for a while so I haven’t seen her for a couple of months.
She is genuinely one of my favourite people in world.
The great great great granddaughter of Tawhiao, the first Māori king.
Used with her permission.
She is genuinely one of my favourite people in world.
The great great great granddaughter of Tawhiao, the first Māori king.
Used with her permission.
Much love and many thanks to @thisiscorey.bsky.social for putting your body on the line for us today! You reached the goal, and we are so appreciative.
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Much love and many thanks to @thisiscorey.bsky.social for putting your body on the line for us today! You reached the goal, and we are so appreciative.
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Lovely Corey is doing the Round the Bays for us again this year.
Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
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Or maybe you could do it for us too!
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Corey Johnson in Southern Cross Round the Bays Auckland 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Lovely Corey is doing the Round the Bays for us again this year.
Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
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Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
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More than 500 children in state care were physically, sexually or emotionally harmed last year, according to the Independent Children's Monitor.
Oranga Tamariki not meeting minimum care standards five years on
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February 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
More than 500 children in state care were physically, sexually or emotionally harmed last year, according to the Independent Children's Monitor.
For those interested. For those who have wondered exactly what the intensive work I do, looks like. And if it is safe.
February 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For those interested. For those who have wondered exactly what the intensive work I do, looks like. And if it is safe.
Lovely Corey is doing the Round the Bays for us again this year.
Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
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Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
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Corey Johnson in Southern Cross Round the Bays Auckland 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Lovely Corey is doing the Round the Bays for us again this year.
Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
rtbauckland25.grassrootz.com/the-aunties/...
Pop some $ in.
Or maybe you could do it for us too!
rtbauckland25.grassrootz.com/the-aunties/...
She’s starting ACC sensitive claims therapy tomorrow.
She’s terrified that the Therapist won’t believe her. It takes her so much to open up to anyone who’s not me or her sons.
I reassure her that she will be believed. She cries. What if they don’t? she says.
She’s terrified that the Therapist won’t believe her. It takes her so much to open up to anyone who’s not me or her sons.
I reassure her that she will be believed. She cries. What if they don’t? she says.
February 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
She’s starting ACC sensitive claims therapy tomorrow.
She’s terrified that the Therapist won’t believe her. It takes her so much to open up to anyone who’s not me or her sons.
I reassure her that she will be believed. She cries. What if they don’t? she says.
She’s terrified that the Therapist won’t believe her. It takes her so much to open up to anyone who’s not me or her sons.
I reassure her that she will be believed. She cries. What if they don’t? she says.