Suffrage Day
Suffrage 125 celebrated throughout the country
Celebrations kicked off at dawn and haven't stopped, as people across the country came together to mark 125 years since women won the right to vote. Video, Audio
Celebrating Women in Science on Suffrage Day
To celebrate 125 years since women got the vote, The University of Auckland has got special permission to name all their departments and schools after notable women alumni. And keeping on the women in… Audio
Claire Regnault: knickerbockers on a bicycle
Claire Regnault is a senior curator at Te Papa, where she specialises in dress. She is researching and writing a history of women's fashionable dress in colonial Aotearoa New Zealand and is on the… Audio
Sound Archives: Suffrage Day
National Prohibition of alcohol and rowdiness at the polling booths were some of the predictions about what would happen once New Zealand women got the vote for the first time in 1893. In today's… Audio, Gallery
Suffrage Day and the fight for women's rights
On this day in 1893 New Zealand became the first nation in the world to grant women the right to vote. Times have certainly changed since then but the fight for equality in our country continues. We… Audio
What’s the role of feminism today?
On Suffrage Day Claire Regnault, a curator from Te Papa, and Anastasia Burn from Wellington Girls College Feminist Club discuss pressing issues for women today. Te Papa recently acquired a rare medal… Audio