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In 2017, Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand's third female prime minister. She was re-elected in 2020. In January 2019, women made up 40.8% of the unicameral New Zealand Parliament. There are 120 members, 49 of whom are women. [26] In the 2020 election the percentage rose to a new high with close to 48% women.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Jacinda Ardern. Dame Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern [1] GNZM ( / dʒəˈsɪndə ɑːrˈdɜːrn / jə-SIN-də ar-DURN; [2] born 26 July 1980) is a former New Zealand politician who served as the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023. She was a Labour member of Parliament (MP) as a list MP from 2008 to ...
The demographics of New Zealand encompass the gender, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 5.2 million people living in New Zealand. New Zealanders predominantly live in urban areas on the North Island. The five largest cities are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, and Tauranga.
The New Zealand women's national football team (recognised as Aotearoa New Zealand by FIFA) [3] is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). They are nicknamed the Football Ferns . The New Zealand national team has taken part in the FIFA Women's World Cup six times, making their debut in 1991. [4] New Zealand co-hosted the 2023 World Cup ...
Fiona Clark (born 1954), photographer. Suzanna Clarke (born 1961), photographer, photojournalist, writer. Emily Florence Cazneau (c. 1861–1892), Wellington photographer [2] Harriet Sophia Cobb (1855–1929), Hawkes Bay photographer and studio owner [3] Norah Carter (1881–1966), New Zealand photographer, photographic studio owner and painter.
The National Council of Women of New Zealand ( Māori: Te Kaunihera Wahine o Aotearoa) was established in 1896, three years after women in New Zealand won the right to the vote, as an umbrella organisation uniting a number of different women's societies that existed in New Zealand at that time. Its founding president was Kate Sheppard, who had ...
New Zealand is a party to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the OECD's final report on Gender Equality in Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship it was found that women in New Zealand do more unpaid work than men and new women-owned enterprises outperformed those formed by men.