New Horizons For Women Trust

Marie Hook

2012-02-09T11:13:11Z

My career prior to motherhood was a photo-lithographer. I was one of the first female apprentices in the Government Print.

During the time I was at home with my children, I pursued my passion for cooking and attended courses at Wellington Polytechnic, which gave me the confidence to cook in restaurants and also run my own catering business.

Ten years ago I went back to the Open Polytechnic and qualified as a Real Estate agent, a position I still hold.

I am on the Board of the Zonta Club of Mana as fundraising convenor and I have represented the club on the selection panel for various 2^nd chance education scholarships we support. I am also a volunteer for Women’s Refuge.

I am very interested in people from all walks of life and I believe this, accompanied by my mantra that ‘girls can do everything’ puts me in good stead as a Trustee for NHWT.

Sally Hasell

2011-12-14T09:12:03Z

Sally Hasell is a microbiologist specialising in the area of food safety and food regulation. Currently she is a member of the council of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology and the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Sally is a member of the Wellington Branch of the Federation of Graduate Women and manages their awards portfolio. She has served as a trustee on the board of New Horizons from Women for two previous terms.

Jo Innes

2011-12-04T08:32:50Z

Jo brings to the Trust over 20 years experience in business management. Much of her experience was gained as a service manager in health, followed by a period in university teaching and research, and since 1992 as the director/principal consultant of STRATUM Ltd, a consultancy and research company.

Jo values education and has personally experienced how tertiary education provides opportunities and choices. Jo has had a number of careers, using education to intentionally change direction from an occupational therapist, to service manager, lecturer and more recently a business management consultant and researcher.

Jo has held a number of governance roles within the not-for-profit sector from school boards to community organisations. Along with her involvement with the New Horizons Trust for Women, Jo is also President of Zonta Club of Manawatu. Jo believes the Trust has a strong role in supporting education, innovation and research which benefits women.

2012-02-07T21:15:01Z

Patricia Sivertsen (Chair)

2011-12-04T08:29:03Z

Pat brings a wide range of business skills to the Trust in her role as chair, having recently retired after more than twenty years of operating an Inbound Tourism Business.
Pat attributes her business success to her second chance education having both a Law Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism completed as a mature student. She wants as many women as possible to have similar opportunities.
Pat is an active supporter of community projects in her community of Karitane. She is a trustee of the Otago Mental Health Foundation Trust which provides peer support services for people with bipolar condition.
Pat is a past Marketing Convenor for the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs.

Pat brings a wide range of b

usiness skills to the Trust in her role as chair, having recently retired after more than twenty years of operating an Inbound Tourism Business.
Pat attributes her business success to her second chance education having both a Law Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism completed as a mature student. She wants as many women as possible to have similar opportunities.
Pat is an active supporter of community projects in her community of Karitane. She is a trustee of the Otago Mental Health Foundation Trust which provides peer support services for people with bipolar condition.
Pat is a past Marketing Convenor for the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs.

sidebar-content-fundraising

2010-11-02T09:58:30Z

The New Horizons for Women Trust supports education, innovation and research which benefit women.

The Preloved Fashion Sale and Eva’s Attic helps us to achieve this.

20 years on …

2012-01-17T10:48:33Z

2012 sees the celebration of 20 years of awards to women for second chance education and research from New Horizons for Women

The trustees are planning a celebratory dinner and invite you to put the date into your diary NOW:

Date: Friday 23 March 2012

Time: 6pm (For AGM) and 7.30pm (for dinner)

Where: Massey University, Wellington

We’ll send you a formal invitation in a few weeks with the detailed information. At this stage we expect the dinner to cost $70. Places are limited.

Please pass this message on to your friends and contacts in case we don’t have their email address.

Twenty years of raising money and providing monetary awards to women who aspire to reach their goals and new horizons. That’s quite a milestone that the New Horizons for Women Trust has reached!

However over time we’ve lost track of many of you and we’d like to keep you in touch with current events and hope you can join us next March. So please contact us to let us know where you are now. Even if you can’t make it in March 2012, then we can send you newsletters so you can see how the Trust has grown and what it has achieved over 20 years.

Pre-loved Fashion Sale

2012-01-17T21:19:31Z

The 8th Pre-loved Fashion Sale will be held on 10 March – 9am to 1pm at the Wesley Church Hall, Taranaki Street, Wellington

We need your pre-loved clothes and accessories to help us to make this year’s sale another huge success!

For more information go to the Second Chance Group web site.

If you can’t help with donations for the Pre-loved Fashion Sale, we welcome donations directly. You can Download our Donation Form (PDF)

We appreciate your contribution

Ria McBride Public Service Management Award

2010-09-12T02:49:24Z

Elizabeth Innes receiving the 2010 Ria McBride Public Service Management Award from Peter Brown, Deputy Commissioner, State Services Commission.

Dunedin Playback Theatre – Sonja Davies Peace Award 2011

2011-12-04T09:49:57Z

The Sonja Davies Peace Award promotes women’s initiatives to advance the cause of peace. The award is made to a woman or group of women seeking more knowledge and skills, or developing an activity which will help them build a more peaceful world – at home, school, the workplace, or in the community.

Peace is broadly defined as – elimination of violence within families, lessening of conflict between groups within society, freedom from civil disorder, and cessation of war. It extends to activities which foster mediation or resolution of conflict by means other than violence.

Dunedin Playback Theatre Company receives the award for its project “Moving Forward”. This is a series of workshops the company will run in various locations using playback and socio-drama to raise awareness of the subtleties of family violence, and work to reduce the isolation of those affected by family violence.

The company consists of Sandra Turner, Cinnamon Boreham, Penny Warren, Glenda Wallace, Chrissy Hollamby, Karen Jacquard, Tui Cleary, Miriam Noonan and Faye Garman.