Maori Women - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:55:00 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Maori Women - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Maori women imprisoned without conviction nearly doubled after law change https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/07/06/maori-women-in-prison-doubled/ Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:52:05 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=128391 Almost half of the women imprisoned in New Zealand have not been convicted of the crime that is keeping them behind bars. A sweeping 2013 law change designed to create greater bail hurdles for violent offenders has had an outsize effect on women, and Maori women in particular. Continue reading

Maori women imprisoned without conviction nearly doubled after law change... Read more]]> Almost half of the women imprisoned in New Zealand have not been convicted of the crime that is keeping them behind bars.

A sweeping 2013 law change designed to create greater bail hurdles for violent offenders has had an outsize effect on women, and Maori women in particular. Continue reading

Maori women imprisoned without conviction nearly doubled after law change]]> 128391 Call for Maori women to become Catholic priests http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/89080/call-for-maori-women-to-become-catholic-priests Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:30:19 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=14464 The acting head of a Rotorua-based Maori theological college says there are calls for Maori women to become Catholic priests. A Catholic Church spokesperson says there have been calls for women to be ordained but it's the first time he's heard of the particular request for Maori women priests.

Call for Maori women to become Catholic priests... Read more]]> The acting head of a Rotorua-based Maori theological college says there are calls for Maori women to become Catholic priests.

A Catholic Church spokesperson says there have been calls for women to be ordained but it's the first time he's heard of the particular request for Maori women priests.

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