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Women's Leadership
Waiata
Ka anga atu ōku kanohi ki ngā maunga –
nō reira nei te āwhina mōku.
Nō Ihowā te āwhina mōku,
nō te kaihanga o te rangi, o te whenua.
I lift my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
– Waiata | Psalm 121:1,2
The Anglican Church commits to working to change our own historic and current prejudice against, and limitation of, women; particularly wāhine Māori and Pacific women.
Kurahautū is exploring ways to provide support and resources that are grounded in and informed by Moana theology, Mātauranga Mihinare and Oranga Ake. We promote work that supports women in leadership as they investigate and experience what women’s leadership grounded in a theology of flourishing could look like.
Read our articles on women’s leadership here
Photo Credit: Julanne Clarke-Morris, Anglican Taonga
Within our Hahi we have a whakapapa that includes many strong women leaders who have shaped, challenged, encouraged and cared for us. Women are integral to the leadership of our church and we tautoko those who nurture the women who currently lead us and those who will lead us in the future.
Photo Credit: Julanne Clarke-Morris, Anglican Taonga
The Anglican Women’s Studies Centre
One of those spaces has been The Anglican Women’s Studies Centre (AWSC). For over fifteen years AWSC has worked to ensure equitable access to theological education for women in the Anglican Church in these islands. AWSC enables this access for women through support and mentoring, by networking, encouraging, promotion, advocacy and publishing.
You can find their website here
Kūrahautu facilitated a wānanga on women’s leadership during the Te Hinota Whānui/General Synod in May of 2024. During our wānanga we celebrated how far we have come as women leaders in the church and we recognised the cost with which that progress as come. During our time together a litany of women’s leadership was read out by women in our church. If you would like to download a copy of the litany you can find it here. Litany
Photo Credit: Julanne Clarke-Morris, Anglican Taonga