BPW Hawera

20/05/2026

BPW Hāwera Celebrates 40 Years! 🎉

BPW Hāwera marked a very special milestone this week as members, past members and guests gathered at Someday Café to celebrate our 40th birthday — four decades of advocacy, leadership and community impact.

We were honoured to be joined by several past presidents, including our very first president, Diana O’Brian, whose presence made the evening even more meaningful. The room was full of stories, reconnections and the shared pride of how far our club has come.

A highlight of the night was presenting the Taranaki Health Foundation with a cheque to support cancer patients travelling to New Plymouth for treatment. Helping ease travel costs for local families reflects the heart of BPW — women supporting community wellbeing.

To finish the evening with creativity and laughter, members enjoyed a hands‑on activity making flower pots with Grace Hornby and Jo Stevens — a fun way to celebrate growth, colour and the next chapter of BPW Hāwera.

Here’s to the past 40 years, and to many more years of empowering women in South Taranaki. 💛🖤

If you’d like to learn more about BPW Hāwera or get involved, we meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month at Someday Café.
Contact us at [email protected]

17/04/2026

A great night out for our April BPW Hāwera dinner meeting at Someday Café, where we celebrated Gwen Cater’s 15 years of dedicated service to our club.

After dinner we headed to the Hāwera RSA, where President Danny Garrett and Vice President Tara Hogan welcomed us and shared the rich history of the RSA building and its incredible collection of medals, photos, flags and historic fi****ms. Members also enjoyed their special themed cocktail, “The Trench Nurse” — a creamy mix of Sheep Dog, Kahlúa, coconut milk and golden syrup.

BPW Hāwera brings local women together to learn, lead and create positive change in our community. We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month at Someday Café and always welcome new members.

Contact us at [email protected] if you’d like to get involved.

03/03/2026

Come join us at Someday this Friday for an International Women’s Day breakfast

Someday Café in conjunction with BPW Hawera is to host a special breakfast to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Join us on Friday 6th March from 8am for a delicious breakfast, your choice of drink, and a selection of someday sweets to take away.

Bookings are essential. $30 per person

To make the morning extra merry, $5 breakfast bubbles/mimosas will also be available.

Gather your friends and secure your table — we’d love to celebrate with you.

18/12/2025

BPW Hawera would like to thank all members that donated towards the two families we supported for the Salvation Army Christmas boxes.

Inspire, Innovate, Empower, Transform: Together We Shape a Sustainable Future

15/12/2025

Wow, what a fabulous night we had at the rustic Dunlop’s wool shed 🐑

The delicious Christmas dinner brought to us by the Recipe catering 🥗🧁

The bottle auction was so much fun and we hope you are all enjoying your purchases. It did help us pay the bill for the night, so we thank you all 🍾 🙏🏻

And then there was the fabulous Campbell Vibe Entertainment with lots of laughter and sweaty bodies on the dance floor 💃🏻 SO MUCH FUN ❤️❤️❤️

08/12/2025

Today is the last day to secure your tickets for our Woolshed Christmas Party with ‘the Recipe’ dinner and ‘Campbell Vibes’.

If you decide you’d like to to join us after this date, please email [email protected] to check if we can fit you in 🎄

19/11/2025

At our dinner meeting on Monday at Someday we awarded our Women’s Education Scholarship to Emily Werder who will be using the funds for her study in Early Childcare Education. Our scholarship is an important tool in achieving our aim to encourage and support women and girls to undertake lifelong education and training and help develop their professional and leadership potential.

After dinner we welcomed Diane Pentz, general manager of Te Ara Pae Trust. Te Ara Pae Trust is a not-for-profit organisation that provides counselling to individuals and whānau across South Taranaki who are affected by family and sexual violence. Counselling is also provided to young people and includes counselling for the rainbow community. She told us all about the good work they do and community support they need due to lack of funding in the rural areas. This isa subject very close to the hearts of BPW members.

24/10/2025

BPW Hawera party fundraiser for ovarian cancer foundation

24/10/2025

Thank you so much for coming to our “Rock that Frock” party snd donations of your beautiful dresses💃🏻 . What a great night had by all. We would also like to thank Linda – Tairoa Lodge for making it all possible.

Thank you to Marrisa for sharing her story of her very dear friend and to Ricci for her journey and making us aware of what to look out for.

The total raised for the evening was $1400
We are so grateful ❤️

And a little bit about us!!!!

What does BPW stand for?
B is for Business (we mean it),
P is for Professional (we own it),
W is for Women (we celebrate it).

Join us every third Monday of the month at Someday Café, 5:30–8:30pm, for a delicious dinner, brilliant speakers, and networking. Whether you're here for the inspo, the intel, or the pinot, this is your monthly dose of motivation with a side of laughter and maybe dessert.

Come meet the go-getters who’ll lift your spirits. First-timers welcome. Regulars adored. Wine optional (but highly recommended).

Don’t forget to save the date 15th December @ Dunlop Woolshed @ 5.30pm for pre drinks then meal 6pm then dancing

13/10/2025

Reminder for BPW Hawera members and guests, we have our AGM this month, held at Someday Cafe, 6pm start on Monday 20th October. Please RSVP by noon Friday 17th October.