Kia Haumaru

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Both before and after the shootings of March 15, Dunedin Muslim"},{"id":"255","link":"https:\/\/kiahaumaru.org.nz\/womens-self-defense-w-vivian-chandra\/","name":"womens-self-defense-w-vivian-chandra","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/kiahaumaru.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bfm.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Women's Self Defense w\/ Vivian Chandra","author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/kiahaumaru.org.nz\/author\/admin_ilm899fb\/"},"date":"May 1, 2019","dateGMT":"2019-05-01 10:24:00","modifiedDate":"2025-11-05 10:29:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-05 10:29:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kiahaumaru.org.nz\/category\/radio-broadcast\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radio Broadcast<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kiahaumaru.org.nz\/category\/radio-broadcast\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Radio Broadcast<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":36},"status":"publish","content":"The Women\u2019s Self-Defence Network Wahine Toa hosted a free self defence session for refugee and migrant women and other marginalised genders along with free lunch"}]