The Northland Women’s Club is holding a business meeting on May 24 at the Tipsy Oyster restaurant in Paihia where four women will be presenting their experience and ideas in business.
Myjanne Jensen (Ngāpuhi/Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa) is the former editor of The Northland Age. She founded Jensen Media in October 2023 and will talk on helping people successfully work with the media.
Rachael Elliot Jones is a beauty therapist from the UK who now resides in Kerikeri. She advocates for the “power of the brow” through her home clinic.
Angela Stone is a fashion stylist, model, author, and health and fitness advocate. She offers courses in fashion styling, exercise and nutrition.
Grace Falwasser is a Māori entrepreneur who founded Ae Botanicals in Northland. She draws on her father’s teachings in natural practices and food for healing. Her business focuses on sustainability and zero waste practices.
The Northland Women’s Club was founded in 2023 and grew rapidly to reach 190 members in the first 12 months. Its first event was a charity ball held at the Kerikeri Golf Club which raised $61,655 for the Breast Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.
The club also hosts quarterly networking luncheons and regular pop-up support events.
The next event is a charity ball at The Duke of Marlborough Hotel, Russell, on August 17 with the theme “Gangsters and Flappers”. It will raise funds for the Heart Foundation. Everyone who attends will get a goody bag. Tickets are $287.50 each.
Vanessa Bennett, a co-founder of the club, said eight women a day die of a heart-related disease.
“The money we raise will stay in Northland and we will choose some smaller charities in the north to support this year.”
