In the Media
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Migrant women empowered by learning self-defence
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A long-running self-defence programme that claims to have reached more than half a million women nationwide is adjusting to life with reduced funding. Kia Haumaru – Personal Safety Education’s network of trained instructors has delivered self-defence education to schools and communities throughout New Zealand for more than 30 years. However,…
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Te Araroa: Teaching while tramping
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If you or someone you know is out hiking Te Araroa this summer, you might strike it lucky and stumble upon Imogen Coxhead – empowerment self-defence kaiako/instructor out in the wild. She’s been out in the backcountry since 5 December 2022 hiking the 3000 km trail on her Hikoi Whakamana…
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Labour Tukituki MP Anna Lorck gives self-defence training a go
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A programme of self-defence classes for young women in Hawke’s Bay is proving popular, with one of the region’s MPs even tagging along to pick up some skills. The Kia Haumaru programme, which has been taught across the region, is run by instructor Brie Sergeant, who says that along with…
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Imogen’s Hīkoi Whakamana – Walk for Empowerment
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Imogen is a Kia Haumaru Personal Safety Education kaiako walking the length of Aotearoa to raise funds for and awareness of Kia Haumaru. She writes: “I am walking Te Araroa to raise funds for and awareness of Kia Haumaru – Personal Safety Education, which works to promote a safe and…
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30 Years Of Self-defence, Now We Need Your Help
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After 30 years of providing free and accessible empowerment self-defence training to girls, women and members of the LGBTTQIA+ community across Aotearoa, Kia Haumaru – Personal Safety Education is launching its first Crowdfunder! Recipients of the 2022 “Generosity Generator” mentorship programme run in partnership by The Funding Network, Givealittle and…
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Power through Movement
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Our kaiarahi, Roxy Coervers and one of our kaiako, Vivian Chandra were guests on the Guilty Feminist Podcast! Episode 288 Power through Movement with Jessica Fostekew, Lexy Seedhouse, Greer Forde-MacNaughton, Roxy Coervers and Vivian Chandra Recorded 7 December via Zoom. Released 10 January 2022 The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark…
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Kia Haumaru – King Country News
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Two years of ongoing and occasionally prolonged lockdowns are taking their toll on women in relationships and their children. Family violence notifications have increased in volume, frequency and severity, so much so that intervention workers and agencies are calling it the “Shadow Pandemic”. Roxy Coervers is kaiarahi (manager) of Kia…
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Year 3 and 4 Girls Self Defence
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Instilling confidence in our 7 and 8 year old girls. On Monday and Wednesday the Year three and four girls from the Middle Syndicate went to a girls self defence course to learn to keep ourselves and other people safe if we were ever in a bad situation. We had…