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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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A celebration of women and girls being active, developed by Featherston Community Centre, Fab Feathy and Nuku Ora, will be hosted at the Featherston Sports Hub this month, thanks to funding from Manatū Wāhine, the Ministry for Women. The $1 million fund to promote women’s physical activity and wellbeing was launched by Manatū Wāhine to maximise the benefits of last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Hana Makin, former facilitator with the now retired community-led development agency, Fab Feathy, saw the fund as an opportunity to act on something that “I and others in the community had been speaking about for a while – what we can do to encourage more women and girls in sport?” “So we pitched a festival – Wāhine Unite – to the ministry that promoted being active for women and girls and opportunities for that which we have in Pae tū Mōkai [Featherston],” Jo Baldwin, Featherston Community Centre’s manager, said. “We are lucky in
Featherston. We are so rich in sport and recreation, and this festival is a way of letting people know you don’t have to be good at sport to participate or be very coordinated, and of course, there are huge health benefits to being active.” “It’s highlighting that women can be active and still have fun, even when you start feeling a bit self-conscious”, Makin agreed. The festival is Continued page 4
Tiff North [left] and Joanna Baldwin have helped organise Wāhine Unite. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
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