Suffrage
Crossing enemy lines
Party divisions fade for MPs when there’s a topic of shared interest and women’s rights is one of those issues for Labour’s Louisa Wall and National’s Jo Hayes.
AudioAndrea Schermoly
All over the country programmes are gathering momentum celebrating the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage. The Royal New Zealand Ballet are among the producers: Strength and Grace performed on 17… Audio
Venus Envy - Are we there yet in the legal profession?
In the third part of Venus Envy - made in association with Are We There Yet?, the new women's suffrage and equality exhibition at Auckland Museum - lawyers Zoe Lawton and Hayden Wilson weigh in on… Audio
Gin and beer it: Parliament's boozy past
Today it's babies and playgrounds but Parliament's early days were more like a drunken party. Jamie Tahana takes a look at Parliament's liquor infused beginning. Video, Audio
Gin and beer it: Parliament's boozy past
Today it's babies and playgrounds but Parliament's early days were more like a drunken party. Jamie Tahana takes a look at Parliament's liquor infused beginning.
Video, AudioVenus Envy - Are we there yet in the world of creative arts?
In the second part of Venus Envy - made in association with Are We There Yet? - the new women's suffrage and equality exhibition at Auckland Museum - international fashion designer Karen Walker… Audio
Unsung heroes of New Zealand's suffrage movement
The Are We There Yet exhibition pays tribute to women who've advanced women's equality in Aotearoa during that century and a quarter. One of the first Maori suffragists Meri Te Tai Mangakahia is… Audio, Gallery
Tess Redgrave's new novel about the fight for the right to vote
It's 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. Now Auckland journalist Tess Redgrave takes us back to the origins of the suffrage movement in her debut novel, Gone to Pegasus. Audio
The House before Christmas: with added joyful and triumphant
The House previews the last four parliamentary weeks till Christmas, with a few joyful and triumphant motions for good measure. Audio
The House before Christmas: with added joyful and triumphant
The House previews the last four parliamentary weeks till Christmas, with a few joyful and triumphant motions for good measure.
AudioSprinting to the polls: Suffrage Day's 124th anniversary
Opinion - Women literally raced each other to the polling booths after they won the right to vote, writes Charlotte MacDonald.
Why no government funding to celebate women's suffrage?
Why aren't next year's celebrations marking the 125th anniversary of New Zealand women winning the right to vote, getting government funding? Hundreds of thousands of tax-payers' dollars have been… Audio
David Verrall: Richard "King Dick" Seddon
Kim Hill talks to Hokitika local historian David Verrall who is "infatuated" with Richard Seddon, and is involved in celebrations in November commemorating the life of "King Dick" on the Coast. Audio
Kate's Klassic: My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst
Kate Camp discusses My Own Story, the 1914 memoir by suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst. Audio
Playing Favourites with Luke Di Somma
Freelance conductor, musician, composer, musical director, and founder of the Christchurch International Musical Theatre Summer School and Christchurch Pops Choir. He is co-creator of That Bloody… Audio
Ellie Stewart and Michael Ness: BLUE STOCKINGS
Two starring actors from the Bacchanals' production of Blue Stockings by Jessica Swayle. Audio
He Rourou for 27 September 2010
In He Rourou today Ana Tapiata talks with a great grandniece of Meri, Irene Frost at a function to pay homage to the Maori women in the Suffrage movement.. Audio
He Rourou for 23 September 2010
Their names are unfamiliar to many, yet Meri Manga-Kahia, Areta Mahu-Puku, Akene Tomoana and Sophia Herangi were some of the women of New Zealand's Suffrage movement. Ana Tapiata talks with Tania… Audio
He Rourou for 22 September 2010
The 19th of September, last Sunday to be exact, was the 117th anniversary of Suffrage Day, when New Zealand women won the right to vote. Ana Tapiata talks with Tania Simpson from the Ministry of… Audio
