Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua kī tētahi tohunga taihara matua, nāna i whakaoho i te tautohetohe i muri i tana whakapuaki i ngā tākuta wahine e hiahia ana ki te haere tahi me te tūkino ā-ira i te mahi mō te painga o a rātau mahi, e tū tonu ana ia ki tana tohutohu. I roto i tētahi uiuinga reo irirangi ABC i te Paraire, ka mea a Dr Gabrielle McMullin, he tohunga taihara ā-roto i Hītini, he tino nui te whakahāwea ā-ira i waenganui i ngā tohunga taihara tāne i ngā hōhipera o Ahitereiria, kia pai ai te ataata me te whakamanawanui o ngā wāhine taitamariki. Ko ana korero i whai ake i te whakatupato i tukuna e ia ki nga waahine taiohi i te Whare Paremata o Sydney i te Paraire, i te wa o te whakarewatanga o te pukapuka i tuhia e ia mo te taurite ira tangata. 'Ko tāku e mea atu ai ki aku ākonga, mēnā ka whakatata atu ki a koe mō te moepuku, tērā pea ko te mea haumaru rawa hei mahi i te wā o tō mahi, ko te whakaae ki te tono,' i mea ia. Ka mea a Dr. Gabrielle McMullin, he tohunga i te pokepokea ai o te mate pukupuku o Sydney, he nui rawa te whakahāwea i waenga i nga tohunga pokepokea ai i Ahitereiria, ko nga wahine taitamariki e hiahia ana ki te mahi i te rongoa ka pai ake te 'taurite' I te whakarewatanga o 'Pathways to Gender Equality in Australia' i te Paraire, i tohutohu a Dr. McMullin ki nga kaiwhakaako wahine kia kaua e tuu i a raatau ki nga ahuatanga whakaraerae. Engari he māmā ake te tuku ki ngā whakatikatika ā-ira kāore i hiahiatia, i te whai i ngā kaitukino, i whakatūpato ia, nā te mea he tino pakari te whakahāwea ā-ira. I korerotia e Dr. McMullin ki te hōtaka AM o ABC te kōrero o Dr. Caroline Tan, he tākuta taitamariki i wikitoria i tētahi take tukino ā-ira i te tau 2008 ki tētahi tohunga mātai pātata i whakatārewatia ia i a ia e whakangungu ana i te Whare Hauora o Melbourne. Kāore a Tākuta Tan i kōrero ki tētahi atu he aha te mea i tupu kia tīmata ra ano te taote ki te tuku i ngā pūrongo kino rawa ki a ia, e whakawehi ana i te mahi i whakapau kaha ai ia. Engari e whakatūpato ana a McMullin ko te amuamu ki te rōpū mātakitaki te mea kino rawa e taea e ngā ākonga. 'Ahakoa te wikitoria, kaore ia i tohua ki tetahi tūranga tūmatanui i roto i te hohipera i Australasia,' i kii ia mo te keehi. 'I whakangaromia tana mahi e tenei tangata kotahi e tono ana mo te moepuku i tenei po.' A, i te mea pono, he pai ake pea ki te hoatu e ia ki a ia he kopu i taua po. 'I whakangaromia tōna mahi e tēnei tangata kotahi i tono mo te moepuku i tēnei pō.' Ko Tākuta McMullin, nāna i āwhina...
Kua whakahētia a Tākuta Gabrielle McMullin mō tana kī atu ki ngā kaikōkiri wahine e hiahia ana kia whakamana rātou ki ngā whakatikatika ā-waha i te mahi. Ahakoa ngā whakahe mai i te umanga hauora me ngā rōpū mana wahine, e kī ana a Dr McMullin e tū tonu ana ia ki ōna tohutohu 'pragmatic' nā te mea he pono. Ko ana korero i muri i te whakarewatanga o te pukapuka i tuhia e ia mo te taurite ira tangata me te haere mai i mua o te ra o nga Wahine o te Ao i te Poutu-te-rangi 8.