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The Period Place Teams Up With The New Zealand Food Network To Combat Period Poverty

Thursday, 16 May 2024, 9:29 am | The Period Place

There’s still a bit of a stigma where people don’t talk about it or feel embarrassed to ask for period products so the donations really help. More >>

Period Equity In Aotearoa: Commendations On A Drop In The Ocean

Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 2:38 pm | The Period Place

We commend the Coalition Government for its commitment to funding the continuation of the period products in schools programme - Ikura | Manaakitia te whare tangata - for another year. We urge all stakeholders to join us in congratulating the Coalition ... More >>

How GST Off Fruit And Veges Could Affect Your Menstrual Health

Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 1:17 pm | The Period Place

Since its inception, The Period Place has been advocating for big changes to be made to address systemic menstrual health inequity in Aotearoa while also treating the symptoms of period poverty, including donating of over 1.7 million period products ... More >>

National Period Hui Addresses All Types of Period Poverty

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 6:01 pm | The Period Place

32 academics, nurses, activists, product makers, volunteers, community groups and associations came together in Auckland’s Ellen Melville Centre to share knowledge and first-hand accounts of growing period poverty in Aotearoa, on Saturday 2 November, ... More >>

Ministers call for effort in addressing period stigma

Thursday, 14 November 2019, 6:00 pm | The Period Place

The Period Poverty Solution Petition: The Health and Wellbeing Implications was presented by the Positive Periods campaign team, of which The Period Place is a part of, at a cross-party breakfast, thanks to Louisa Wall MP and Joanne Hayes MP in Parliament ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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