Nothing is Permanent

with Rachel Mackintosh Recorded at Auckland Unitarian Church 8 March 2026 Today is International Working Women’s Day In 2017 the tide was in. It was a tide of transformation. One small second-hand car dealer in Invercargill sold 40 cars in a month. In Invercargill. The women who bought those cars each had one less worry. The stress of wondering if the car would get them to their next job without breaking down evaporated. The tension leading up to the six-monthly warrant of fitness check eased. They could all breathe more easily. They could replace a tyre if it went bald. It was a transformation. The second-hand car dealer also experienced transformation, as his income increased dramatically in that month. Because he and we are all part of an interdependent web. And he went out to dinner more often, and the local restaurants’ takings increased, and so on, and so on … The tide was in because the government had agreed to fund the transformation after the Supreme Court ruled that care and support work had been historically undervalued because it was predominantly performed by women. The ruling was the final decision from a claim for pay equity under the Equal Pay Act 1972. For those women who bought new cars, and for other care and support workers, there were other transformations. For more information see:- https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/nothing-is-permanent/ 00:00 Titles & Prelude 03:50 Welcome 05:32 Karakia Timatanga 05:48 Opening Words 07:30 Chalice Lighting & Covenant 09:01 Joys and Concerns 10:47 Reading 11:35 Bread & Roses 14:22 Nothing is Permanent 29:52 Extinguishing the Chalice 30:42 Closing Words 31:50 Introduction & Postlude 38:12 Meditation / Discussion Questions