Women's Suffrage

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote. Explore resources that cover the history of the campaign, petitions, leading suffragists, anti-suffrage challenges, the final victory and women’s issues and rights today. SCIS no. 1867870

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Image: The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition

Suffrage petition

The 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Women's suffrage (New Zealand)

Women's suffrage (New Zealand)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Women vote at their first election, Tahakopa

Women voting

Women vote at their first election, Tahakopa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Women's suffrage stamp

Women's suffrage stamp

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: What Really Happened - Votes for Women

What really happened – votes for women

What Really Happened - Votes for Women

NZ On Screen

Image: Petition for women's suffrage

Petition for women's suffrage

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Sound Archives: Suffrage Day

Sound archives: suffrage day

Sound Archives: Suffrage Day

Radio New Zealand

Image: National Council of Women

National Council of Women

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia

Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Ring out the old, ring in the new

Ring out the old, ring in the new

Ring out the old, ring in the new

Auckland Libraries

Image: How Far We've Come

How far we've come

How Far We've Come

Alexander Turnbull Library

Voting rights

Voting rights: Votes for women

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Voting rights

Voting rights cartoon

Voting rights

Alexander Turnbull Library

New Zealand's first woman MP elected

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Women in the archives

Services to Schools

Jenny Shipley

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Women's suffrage

Services to Schools

Women vote in Māori seats for first time

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Women’s suffrage

Services to Schools

Saudi Arabia women

Services to Schools

Votes for women

Services to Schools

NZ’s suffragettes

Services to Schools

Image: Digitising the 1893 women's suffrage petition

Digitising the 1893 women's suffrage petition

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage