
- Apr 3
30 Years of Self Defence - now we need your help!
After 30 years of providing free and accessible empowerment self-defence training to girls, women and members of the LGBTTQIA+ community...

- Jan 11
Power through Movement
Our kaiarahi, Roxy Coervers and one of our kaiako, Vivian Chandra were guests on the Guilty Feminist Podcast! Episode 288 Power through...

- Nov 22, 2021
Kia Haumaru - King Country News
Two years of ongoing and occasionally prolonged lockdowns are taking their toll on women in relationships and their children. Family...

- Aug 26, 2020
Year 3 and 4 Girls Self Defence
Instilling confidence in our 7 and 8 year old girls. On Monday and Wednesday the Year three and four girls from the Middle Syndicate went...

- Dec 4, 2019
Self-defence, workplace harassment and men who yell from cars
Fasten your seat-belts and hold onto your tits, this episode we’re talking all about safety. What did we learn about safety when we were...

- Nov 26, 2019
Spike in demand for New Zealand self-defence courses
A New Zealand self-defence network is seeking more funding after a large increase in demand for classes. The Women's Self-Defence Network...

- Jun 27, 2019
Free self-defence class for Muslim women
The Christchurch mosque attacks have sharply highlighted issues faced by New Zealand's Islam community. Both before and after the...

- Apr 30, 2019
Women's Self Defense w/ Vivian Chandra
The Women’s Self-Defence Network Wahine Toa hosted a free self defence session for refugee and migrant women and other marginalised...

- Jun 26, 2018
Enabling routes to escape violence
Ending a violent relationship requires courage, planning and support, writes Bell Murphy. From the day they are born, girls are told to...

- Mar 8, 2018
Orienting Feminism - featuring Bell Murphy
One of our wonderful kaiako, Bell Murphy, has been published in this amazing edited collection of essays which explores the meaning of...

- Jul 6, 2017
Invercargill hosts Women's Self Defence Network national training event
A group of women keen on teaching girls self defence have descended on Invercargill as the city plays host to a Women's Self Defence...

- Feb 28, 2017
Self-defence course for mums and daughters
There will be a one-day Mothers and Daughters self-defence workshop in North East Valley on March 11th, taught by Bell Murphy, an...

- Dec 7, 2016
Girls Self Defence
The girls from Year Ten classes 10L and 10M were given the important opportunity to take a girls self defence course for the whole day on...

- Jun 21, 2016
Five hours of self-defence lessons could save your life
As investments go, self-defence courses cost little, and have been proven to offer real protection against sexual assault or violence....

- May 7, 2016
Sexual violence workshop’s focus
Tackling the "complex issue'' of sexual violence was the aim of agencies that attended a workshop at the Edgar Centre on Thursday. About...

- Apr 7, 2016
More funding needed to teach Kiwi women self defence, says group
Ana Pereira teaches self defence in Invercargill, once used her skills in a home invasion, as says the skills could save your life....

- Mar 26, 2016
Class aims to give women confidence
Women of the Otago Peninsula have an opportunity to take part in a free self-defence class next month. The class is being run by an...

- Nov 17, 2013
Self Defence courses help victims to live without fear
Self Defence courses help victims of violence to live without fear A self protection programme for female victims of domestic violence...

- Nov 3, 2012
Spectrum for 4 November 2012
Spectrum's Jack Perkins records at a self defence course for 11 to 13 year-old girls at Wellington's Holy Cross school. In 2011 alone,...