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Mitre 10 New Zealand Community of the Year 
2023 Semi Finalist -Christchurch Aunties

The Christchurch Aunties are honoured to be recognised as 2023 Semi-Finalists in the Mitre 10 New Zealand Community of the Year

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Podcast with Heather M and Priestess Lilly, PlainsFM, 2021
​"A raw, vulnerable heart opening conversation about some of the powerful and life changing work the Christchurch Aunties provide to our community. Plus Lilly shares her own personal journey.
​Interviews with inspiring women to empower and help create healthy connections". 
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Interview with Board Secretary, Sati Ravichandiran, New Zealand Law Society, 2021
​"It’s really cool to be involved in the Christchurch Aunties and be part of helping bridge that gap and help some of the most vulnerable people in our community. As Secretary, I organise the meetings and agendas, take the minutes and make sure we’re doing things by the constitution. It’s an organisation and community that I really love and am very privileged to be a part of".
 
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Video of Heather M with the Rata Foundation, 2020
“By providing support to the organisations they work with, the Christchurch Aunties are making a significant contribution to the security and wellbeing of vulnerable women and their families.  It helps reduce the stress load so they can focus on their recovery, personal growth, and fuller participation in their communities.” 
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YouTube chat with Heather M, Government Women's Network, 2020
​"Founder of the Christchurch Aunties, documentary photographer, and Southern GWN Coordinator, Heather Milne has some thoughts to share about how we can start measuring success and identity by our values – and sometimes the unpaid work is the best reflection of that. Heather challenges us to think differently about how we position ourselves and and how we place value on the contributions we make to society, our families and our own mental health". 
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Interview with Heather M, Bay Harbour News, 2020
​"As a society, we can't make any real impact until we stop and listen. I urge people to get educated on family violence and poverty in New Zealand. Be open-minded and learn about your unconscious bias. Listen to those who speak from experience - they know more than you do on this subject. It's ok to change the way you think about things". 
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Video of Heather M and Chairperson Reetah, Frank Films, 2019
​". . . And you have to be ok with us being a little bit sweary at times.” As Milne reveals to Frank Film, the Aunties’ unofficial motto is “we don't take shit but we get shit done.”
 
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Article in The Press, 2019
Milne says people in Christchurch know what it's like to go without.
"We have a little idea of what it must be like for women and children who have to leave their home in the middle of the night. "We can't have their experience but we get an idea of the grief and loss they're experiencing, and I think that motivates people to donate."
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Article in The Record, 2019
Article in The Record, 2017
Article in the Northern Outlook, 2014
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