Whakaohoho ana i ngā Wahine Rakahinonga o Āpōpō.
I Girls Mean Business, e whakapono ana mātou ko te whakamana i ngā kōhine mā te tuku i ngā rauemi, te māia, me te āhua whakaaro kia angitū, he mea matua ki te waihanga i tētahi anamata tōkeke ake. Mā ā mātou hōtaka e whakauru ai ngā kōhine ki te ao pakihi i raro i tētahi taiao pārekareka, tautoko hoki, e tipu ai te auahatanga, te kaiārahitanga me te mōhiotanga ā-pūtea. Mā te whakatipu i ngā pūkenga o te ao tūturu, me te akiaki i ngā whakaaro māia, kei te āwhina mātou ki te whakatupu i te reanga hou o ngā wāhine hāpai i te huringa - he kōhine kua rite ki te ārahi, ki te auaha, me te waihanga pakihi whai tikanga.
Ka tautokohia te Girls Mean Business e te Aotearoa Centre for Enterprising Women hei hōtaka toronga matua.
Ka tuku mihi hoki a GMB ki a Dame Theresa Gattung mō tana tautoko atawhai me tana akiaki.
~ Stacey Yates, Kaiako, Te Atatū Intermediate
"I tino mārama tō whakaputa kōrero, ā, i rungaanō i te taumata o te rōpū pakeke. He kōrero tūturu, he hāngai hoki ki te ao o ngā kōhine. I noho piri koe ki ngā kōhine, i whakamanawanui, i whakawhitiwhiti hoki i ngā whakaaro. I āwhina koe i a rātou i ngā wā e tika ana, kāore i whakautu mō rātou. I akiaki koe i ā rātou urupare, ā, i kitea te tipu o tō rātou māia me te whai wāhi ki te mahi i mua tonu i ō mātou kanohi. I tino rata ahau ki tō neke haere i waenga i ngā rōpū kia rongo ngā kōhine i te tautoko e tika ana mō rātou."
~ Jo McIntyre-Brown, Kaiako, Manurewa Intermediate
"Ko Girls Mean Business he hōtaka whakamīharo, e whakahaerehia ana e tētahi rōpū kaitautoko mīharo, he tauira pai mō ā mātou ākonga. Kua maha ngā wā kua whakahaerehia tēnei hōtaka ki tō mātou kura, ā, ia wā, ka ako ngā kōhine i ngā pūkenga hou, ā, ka taea e rātou te whakawhānui i ā rātou pūkenga. Kei roto i ngā awheawhe ko te mōhiotanga ā-pūtea me ngā uara, me te whakarite, te whakatū, me te whakahaere pakihi. He rā whai wāhi, ngahau hoki, e āhei ai ngā ākonga ki te hono ki ā rātou tirohanga ahurea, me te waihanga pakihi auaha, whai tikanga hoki. I te mutunga o ia rā, ka wehe atu ā mātou kōhine me te mana motuhake me te ngākau pai mō te pānga ka taea e rātou te whai ki te ao, ahakoa tō rātou pakeke."