What we doWe provide an annual awards programme to support women in Aotearoa New Zealand who:
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It is much easier conquering the world when you have the strong support group. This award gave me some additional motivation and confidence which I was lacking. Something tells me that after this course my life will never be the same!
- Anastasija Taranenko, Outward Bound Classic Course Award, 2021
Our Team
The Trust is governed by volunteer Trustees, and managed by a paid National Trust Manager and Operations Coordinator.
We are honoured for Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO to be our Patron.
We are honoured for Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO to be our Patron.
Frances Sheriff
Chair Frances is based in Wellington where she graduated with a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in marketing and minoring in linguistics. With a key interest in intercultural communications and fiction writing, she gained a marketing internship at AFS Intercultural Programmes, a voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. Frances was recently the Fundraising and Alumni Co-Ordinator at Hutt Valley High School, and is now an Advertising Executive for a large creative agency.
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Anna Whalan-Bell
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Alison Kuiper
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Karen Shepard
Trustee - Partnerships, People, Promotions Karen is passionate about making a positive difference in the world. She has worked in various fields, including non-profit, NGO, and local government, for over 25 years. She successfully built her own marketing and communication partnership business for 10 years, helping both new and established organisations with their branding. and business development needs. Currently, Karen works in the healthcare sector, supporting older people in Aotearoa. Karen loves nature and animals. She lives on the Canterbury Plains with family including too many rescue pets, and enjoys gardening, pottery, and spending time with her friends and family.
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Katherine Dickerson
Trustee Katherine is from New York and is now based in Wellington where she has worked in the New Zealand public sector for nearly ten years. Her current work involves regulatory policy and international engagement in aviation with a strong focus on advancing gender equality in the aviation industry. She previously worked in the tertiary education and training space implementing and monitoring government funding and initiatives. Katherine is currently the Vice President of the Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women New Zealand and also volunteers with the Citizens Advice Bureau. She enjoys spending time with her partner and dog and is an avid reader and cook. Katherine is delighted to be blending her passions for tertiary education and training as well as gender equality through the work of New Horizons for Women.
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Marie Schmidt
Trustee - Governance & Finance Marie Schmidt is from West Auckland and is of Samoan and Tongan ethnicity.
Marie is currently the National Secretary of the national women’s Pacific collective called “PACIFICA Inc” and is a member of the PACIFICA West Auckland Branch and the Aro'a Tunoa Brance in Porirua. Marie is a co-opted committee member for the Porirua Pasifika Community Patrol since 2017. Marie worked for the public sector for 36 years and is now a freelance sole trader. She has experience in governance, being on many reference and advisory groups, and demonstrated abilities in developing constitutions, strategies, programmes and policies. Her outside interests are staring at her idle motorbike and E-bike, swimming lengths at the pools to de-stress, attending church events and supporting her favourite rugby team, THE BLUES. |
Marion Ferguson
Trustee As a social analyst, community development specialist and trained teacher Marion spent 30 years planning, managing and mentoring non-government organisations and individuals in education and community development programmes in Nepal, Nauru, Papua New Guines, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, other Pacific Nations and in Porirua East. Her recent Board experience is with the Cambodia Trust, the Solomon Islands Association of Rural and Vocational Training Centres and the Kiribati Catholic Women’s Association.
Marion is passionately committed to ensuring that people have sufficient information, skills and confidence to take an active part in managing their lives and achieve their dreams. She is very excited that she can continue this commitment through New Horizons for Women, Marion volunteers with the Kaibosh Food Recovery programme and as a Refugee Support Volunteer with Red Cross She lives in Wellington with her partner and is currently missing the presence of cats and dogs in her life. |
Ani Stace
National Trust Manager Kia ora, I am Ani Stace and I live in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. After many years of living in Europe I returned home in 2011. I have worked and volunteered for a variety of charitable organisations and ran my own small business for a while too. I am so excited to be working with New Horizons For Women as the Trust Manager and with the wahine toa that make up this awesome organisation.
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Amanda Earl
Operations Coordinator Hi - I’m Amanda and I am based in the Bay of Plenty. I have worked for non-profit organisations for the past 10 years and have been studying part-time over the past three years. I know the challenges and triumphs that come with balancing work, study, family and life! I’m passionate about lifelong learning and I’m so excited to be part of an organisation that helps wahine to fulfil their learning goals.
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Our History
Our organisation exists because of the hard work of many dedicated, skilled, and accomplished people over the past 30+ years. Read about our challenges and achievements in our history pages.
Dame Catherine Tizard, Awardee Roslynne Lovell, and Valerie Rhodes at the first award ceremony.
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Our Moko Kauae
The moko kauae is traditionally acquired by women on the basis of their mana, established through their whakapapa. To receive such design is an honour to the wearer, their iwi, hapu and whanau. It is a connection to our ancestors in knowing where we come from and allows a directive path of where we are going. As a right of Māori women to wear such design, moko kauae is extremely sacred.
In this context, this design represents the importance of Mana Wahine (prestigious strong women) and the opportunities they embrace. The design shows two faces coming together as one to share and pursue knowledge. This is also represented by the three points depicting Ngā Kete o the Wānanga (the three baskets of knowledge). The Moko Kauae was designed and gifted to New Horizons Trust for Women: Hine Kahukura by the artist Jim Wiki, Te Aupōuri.
In this context, this design represents the importance of Mana Wahine (prestigious strong women) and the opportunities they embrace. The design shows two faces coming together as one to share and pursue knowledge. This is also represented by the three points depicting Ngā Kete o the Wānanga (the three baskets of knowledge). The Moko Kauae was designed and gifted to New Horizons Trust for Women: Hine Kahukura by the artist Jim Wiki, Te Aupōuri.
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