Women’s Suffrage 125 Years

It is exciting to have a busy year of activities for the 125th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, and celebrating the diverse women who have been championing social change in New Zealand?

125 years ago New Zealand women were vigorously campaigning to achieve the right to vote and would finally win that right in September of 1893. Now, as we remember, celebrate and look to the future, the Ministry for Women, Te Minitatanga mō ngā Wāhine is proud to be coordinating activities and events which will mark this significant milestone. These celebrations will recognise New Zealanders from diverse cultural backgrounds that have contributed to progressing women’s rights.

Organisations throughout New Zealand – and the world – are preparing to lead events. There will be range of events for people to take part in and contribute in their way to the celebrations.

The Suffrage 125 Events Page and supporting pages can be found on the Ministry for Women’s website and acts as a hub for all Suffrage 125 celebrations. These are across the country and provide a launchpad for pointing traffic to the home locations for each of the submitted activities.

To show your interest, please submit your events to be included on the page. They will be sharing events on their social media pages (Facebook, Twitter) so be sure to keep up to date with what’s going on.

Hold a Suffrage 125 event

As part of our work, we are connecting national and regional activities celebrating the anniversary under the umbrella key phrase of “Suffrage 125”. We invite all New Zealanders to get involved by hosting Suffrage-related events, sharing those with us and being part of a nationwide celebration of our history and our future.

If you are planning an event or activity related to Suffrage 125 you can:

• submit a Suffrage 125-related activity on our event page
• share your Suffrage 125 event details and other information on our Facebook page (/Suffrage125) or use the hashtag #Suffrage125
• use the Suffrage 125 symbol to help promote your event
• connect with other organisations in your region or city celebrating Suffrage 125.

If you have not already, like the Suffrage 125 Facebook page where you can follow for updates and post your events.

Bring on the 2018 Suffrage celebrations!

(Image source: www.nzhistory.govt.nz)