Powerful wahine PANIA’S MISSION FOR MUMS

There was a time, adjusting to solo motherhood while grappling with depression, unaddressed grief and family turmoil, that Pania Te Paiho felt her only reason to live was her children. But after turning her life around through learning to hunt, the 38-year-old Kiwi mum has found her purpose – helping other women rise above their lows through empowering, bonding and healing hunting trips.

‘I saw the benefits of the freezer being filled and the exercise value’

“The peacefulness and having to be present is so powerful,” says Pania about the weekend trips she hosts through Wahine Toa Hunting. “As women, we juggle so much, but going into the bush and hunting, you have to be 100% present – listen, smell, feel, look. You can’t be thinking about the school run, lunches or money worries! Those moments of clarity