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In 1869, under a pseudonym, Mary Müller wrote An appeal to the men of New Zealand, the first pamphlet on the issue of women's suffrage to be published in New Zealand. [11] In the 1870s, Mary Ann Colclough (Polly Plum) was an active advocate for women's rights in general and women's suffrage. [12]
Three of the heritage items on this list — The Treaty of Waitangi, the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition, and the Sir Edmund Hillary archive — are also included on the Memory of the World international register, which highlights documentary heritage of global importance.
Women's suffrage in New Zealand; Women's liberation movement in Oceania#New Zealand; Women in New Zealand; Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny, an 1889 novel written by a former Prime Minister who foresaw a time when women would have the vote and hold positions of authority; Category:New Zealand suffragists; Category:New Zealand feminists
Marian Evans, Bridie Lonie and Tilly Lloyd co-edit A Women's picture book : 25 women artists of Aotearoa New Zealand. [38] The authors intend to include a number of Māori artists, including Irihapeti Ramsden, Jacqueline Fraser and Robyn Kahukiwa but several withdraw after concerns about material included in the book which they felt to breach tapu.
The Global Gender Gap Index ranks countries on how far women are behind men in regards to health, education and economic and political indicators. Instances where women have rated ahead of men, are not counted as inequality. [3] New Zealand is a party to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the OECD's final ...
The first vote is the electorate vote. It determines the local representative for that electorate (geographic electoral district). (See also: Electoral boundaries). The electorate vote works on a plurality system whereby whichever candidate gets the greatest number of votes in each electorate wins the seat. The second vote is the party vote ...
The first sheet of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition. Archives Reference LE1 1893/7a The 1893 women's suffrage petition was the third of three petitions to the New Zealand Government in support of women's suffrage and resulted in the Electoral Act 1893, which gave women the right to vote in the 1893 general election. The 1893 petition was substantially larger than the 1891 petition, which had ...
The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 was established by Royal Warrant on 1 July 1993. It was created to commemorate Women's suffrage in New Zealand and to recognize those New Zealand and Commonwealth citizens who had made a significant contribution to women's rights or women's issues in New Zealand. The medal was only awarded in 1993.