Rural Women Celebrate Xmas!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Glenorchy Rural Women recently  had their Christmas function at Punatapu.    Read More

Congratulations Billy!

Friday, December 02, 2011

This year (for the first time) RWNZ is  excited to be able to offer the opportunity for a RWNZ member to build on their leadership skills at an Outward Bound Discovery Course.  Read More

Time to get creative!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

It is that time of year again, the Cora Wilding Compeition 2012 has been launched!   Read More

Tutaenui Plant Auction - Great Success!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Tutaenui Rural Women recently held their annual plant auction. The event was a great success!   Read More

"No Mo, No go!"

Thursday, November 03, 2011

The annual men's health initiative Movember is upon us! Men across the nation are ditching the clippers and embracing facial fleeces in support of the annual men's health initiative Movember. Men will have November's 30 days to cultivate the finest farming follicles in the land. Read More

6 x $2000 Rural School Grants up for grabs!

Monday, October 31, 2011

RWNZ is excited to be working with Farmlands again during the Ladies’ Nights following last year’s successful partnership. $12,000 from this year’s events will be given to Rural Women New Zealand to distribute to six North Island rural schools for road and traffic safety projects. Read More

‘Chica’ the bright red car

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Children expecting a visit from Rainbow Place’s nurses and therapists can now look forward to shorter waiting times, thanks to the gift of a bright red Nissan car to be named ‘Chica’, donated by Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) at the weekend. Read More

A New car for Rainbow Trust

Friday, October 14, 2011

Two cars into three therapists just won’t go!  This was the dilemma facing Rainbow Place, an arm of Hospice Waikato that supports children and young people coping with serious illness.  Read More

Farmlands Ladies Nights

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Enjoy an evening full of fabulous fashion, girly gossip and super stylishness! Direct from her stints on TVNZ’s Breakfast show and the pages of several magazines, join New Zealand’s own Style Doctor, Jackie O’Fee, as she steps out of her closet and shares her secrets of effortless style at the North Island Farmlands Ladies’ Nights. Read More

Pink Posh Pot-luck Lunch

Monday, October 03, 2011

Rural Women NZ Kenepuru Branch recently held a ‘President's Pink Posh Pot-luck Lunch’, chaired by Kenepuru branch president Glen Eatwell to raise funds for the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation. Twenty ladies, three men and a baby from Kenepuru Branch, plus four ladies from the Mahakipawa Branch all joined in for the ‘PPPP’ lunch. Read More

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Walking Access seeks feedback on mapping system

Monday, February 20, 2012

The New Zealand Walking Access Commission wants your feedback on its Walking Access Mapping System (www.wams.org.nz).  Read More

Mobile coverage a reality for three rural communities

Monday, February 20, 2012

Three small rural communities, two in the South Island and one in the North, will get mobile phone coverage this year, as the first successful applicants in the Vodafone community cellsite scheme.  Read More

FREE Rural Leadership Course

Friday, February 10, 2012

Generate Rural Leadership Course is FREE for RWNZ members around New Zealand. A great chance to improve your leadership skills and gain a nationally recognised Certificate in Rural Leadership. Read More

RWNZ National Conference 2012

Monday, January 09, 2012

Have you registered for our RWNZ National Conference 2012 yet? An exciting programme is being planned for our National Conference this year, to be held in Hawera, Taranaki from 21-24 May 2012, around the theme "Share the Knowledge". Find out more here... Read More

New cookbook - in stores 2 march!

Friday, January 20, 2012

A Good Harvest - Recipes From The Gardens Of Rural Women New Zealand will be available from 2 March 2012!  Read More