CONFERENCE 2015 ROTORUA SEPTEMBER 18th 20th Zonta International - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CONFERENCE 2015 ROTORUA SEPTEMBER 18th – 20th

Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.

50 years in New Zealand and Australia

The start …… 15 November 1965 Zonta Club of Auckland chartered

Zonta Club of Auckland • First of post-WW2 Australasian clubs • 25 charter members • Cherry Raymond, charter President • Charter application cost £7 15s 6p • Member dues were about £2

Zonta Club of Auckland The foundation board of Zonta Club of Auckland

Zonta Club of Auckland • First Club with a mother and daughter as members at same time – Gwen Culverwell & Joan-Mary Anderson (now Longcroft) . • 3 charter members still members – Lillian Chrystall, Anne Gambrill and Joan-Mary Longcroft • Chartered by Dorothy Thompson, Zonta Club of Toronto 1 •

Dorothy Thompson also organised: • Wellington 1969 • Hamilton-Waikato 1970 • Christchurch-Canterbury 1970 • Dunedin-Otago 1970 • All Australian State capitals Clubs Loes Walker with Dorothy in 1991

What was happening in New Zealand while Zonta was being established …..

A Woman’s Place …… Until the 1960s, the prevailing opinion in New Zealand was that a woman’s place was in the home, running the household and raising children. A man’s domain, on the other hand, was the paid workforce, the pub, and the garden.

1960’s 1960’s Prime Minister - Sir Keith Holyoake 1960 Mrs Helen Garrett of Christchurch first woman to serve on a jury in a criminal case 1960 Television starts 1961 Death penalty abolished 1961 Contraceptive Pill available 1962 Outward Bound School opened 1964 Auckland’s urban population surpasses the 500,000 mark 1965

1960’s 1964 Peter Snell's double gold in 800 and 1500m at the Tokyo Olympics 1964 The Beatles visit New Zealand 1965 Benmore Dam

1960’s 1965 NZ sends combat forces to Vietnam 1965 Ray Columbus and The Invaders win the first Loxene Golden Disc Award for Till we kissed 1965 Kiri Te Kanawa wins Mobil Song Quest

1960’s 1966 Country Calendar first screened 1966 Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu, becomes the first Maori Queen. 1967 New Zealand adopts decimal currency on 10 July

1960’s 1968 Wahine sinks claiming 53 lives 1969 For the first year (other than during a major war) the number of females exceeds the number of males. There were 99.8 men per 100 women

1960’s 1969 20 year-olds vote in general elections for first time 1969 Men land on the moon 1969 Margaret Mahy’s career starts with A Lion in the Meadow

1970’s ‘Not the church and not the state! Women must decide our fate!’

1970’s Women’s liberation movement demanded: • better representation in Parliament, • equality in the workplace and education, • contraception and abortion rights • an end to violence against women.

‘Girls can do anything’ - the slogan of the 1980’s 1982 Sue Wood first woman president of National Party 1984 Margaret Wilson, first woman president of Labour Party 1989 Catherine Tizard first woman Governor- General of NZ

1990’s …… • 1995 Improvements to anti-domestic violence legislation • 1997 Jenny Shipley becomes first woman Prime Minister of NZ • 1999 Sian Elias becomes the first woman Chief Justice of NZ

2005 New Zealand the first country with all of the highest offices occupied by women: • Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II • Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright • Prime Minister Helen Clark • Speaker Margaret Wilson • Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias

2015 Women’s demands continue to include: • Gender Equality • An end to violence against women

Back to Zonta …… November 1969 • First Area Meeting of New Zealand and Australian Clubs • Held in Canberra • Auckland and Wellington Club members attend

First Area Meeting November 1969

1972 • Area 3 becomes Zonta Region 3 • Cherry Raymond, Auckland becomes Regional Representative • First Regional Conference held in Auckland • International dues $4 per member

1974 • District XVI is established during the International Convention in Boston • 18 clubs: 9 in NZ and 9 in Australia • Dr Judith Dey, Sydney, the first District XVI Governor

1976 D16 Governor Beverley Shore Bennett at Zonta International Convention Weisbaden

1977 • Beverley Shore Bennett Governorship (1976-1978) • District divided into 4 Areas at second Regional Conference in Wellington • Valerie Webster (Hawke’s Bay) and Ann Mallinson (Wellington) appointed first New Zealand Area Directors

1977, Second Regional Conference, Wellington

1979 Beverley Shore Bennett member of the Zonta International Nominating Committee

1984 • Zonta International Convention, Sydney • Zonta Rose is introduced • Idea conceived by Valerie Webster, D16 Lt. Governor • Who proposed Zonta have its own rose as a living symbol of our organization ‘Hartanna’ Rose donated by Harkness & Co, England

1989 • District Conference held in Auckland • Sue Laidlaw Governor • Australian & New Zealand clubs vote to separate to smaller Districts • New Zealand retains District 16 (22 clubs) • Districts 23 & 24 formed in Australia • Cherry Raymond first D16 Governor

International Directors 1990 Sue Laidlaw becomes the first elected D16 International Director at Dallas Convention 2002 Jan Bowman , elected as D16’s second International Director at Gothenburg 2004 Lynn McKenzie elected in New York

2008 • Kakahu - Tohu Aroha (Gift of Love) • Kakahu woven by Ranui and Te Aue Davis • Commissioned by Governor Lynette Grave in May 2008 • Paid for entirely by donations from members and Clubs • Named Tohu Aroha in recognition of the work Zonta does for women

1st July 2012 Lynn McKenzie starts her term as Zonta International President for 2012-2014 biennium, the first D16 Zontian to hold this office

2012 D16 Zontians and friends at the Turin Convention before the Gala Dinner and Lynn’s installation as President

Zonta Woman of Biennium

Zonta Woman of Biennium 2002-2004 Dame Margaret Sparrow Zontian of the Biennium 2002-2004 Ruth Filler Zonta Woman of the Biennium 2006-2008 Annah Stretton 2008-2010 Adrienne Lady Stewart 2010-2012 Deborah Bush 2012-2014 Heather Henere

Zonta International Honorary Members (New Zealand)

Zonta International Honorary Members (New Zealand) 2001 Dame Silvia Cartwright • First woman appointed Judge of High Court of New Zealand; • Governor-General of New Zealand 2001-2006

Zonta International Honorary Members (New Zealand) 2014 Dr. Marilyn Waring • Activist for female human rights • principle founder of feminist economics • author and academic • NZ MP (1978-84) at 23 • nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

District XIV and 16 Governors

Governors 1974-1976 Judith Dey , (Sydney) 1976-1978 Beverley Shore Bennett , (Wellington) D16 chartered the most new clubs during the 1976-78 biennium

Governors 1978-1980 Elizabeth Todd , (Sydney) With Beverley Shore Bennett in Rotorua , 1977

Governors 1980-1982 Jeanne Edgar , (Christchurch- Canterbury) 1982-1984 Leneen Forde , (Brisbane) 1984-1986 Valerie Webster , (Hawke’s Bay) By the end of Valerie Webster’s biennium she is responsible for almost 80 clubs throughout the District Valerie Webster

Governors 1986-1988 Val Sarah , (Ballarat) 1988-1990 Susan Laidlaw , (North Canterbury) 1990-1992 Cherry Raymond , (Auckland) 1992-1994 Joan-Mary Longcroft , (Auckland)

Governors 1994-1996 Mary Kincaid , (Christchurch South) 1996-1998 Joan Ready , (Auckland) 1998-2000 Jean Corbin-Thomas , (Manawatu) 2000-2002 Jan Bowman , (Auckland)

Governors 2002-2004 Lynn McKenzie , (Wellington) 2004-2006 Maxelyn Tudman , (Ak North Shore) 2006-2008 Lynette Grave , (Metro Dunedin) 2008-2010 Anne Walker , (Manawatu)

Governors 2010-2012 Anne McMurtrie , (Chch South) 2012-2014 Maureen Heine , (Auckland) 2014-2016 Janette Irvine , (Rotorua)

District 16 Clubs

District 16 Clubs 1. Auckland November 1965 2. Wellington May 1969 3. Hamilton-Waikato November 1970 4. Christchurch-Canterbury November 1970 5. Dunedin-Otago December 1970 6. Hawke’s Bay June 1973 7. Whangarei June 1973

District 16 Clubs 8. Rotorua July 1973 9. Manawatu August 1975 10. Auckland West February 1976 11. Christchurch North June 1977 12. South Auckland July 1977 13. Mana July 1979 14. Auckland North Shore August 1979

District 16 Clubs 15. Christchurch South September 1979 16. Wanganui October 1980 17. East Auckland July 1987 18. Tauranga September 1988 19. Timaru July 1989 20. Hibiscus Coast December 1989 21. Waimakariri 29 May 1991