The National Council of Women of New Zealand
Te Kaunihera Wahine o Aotearoa
Save the Auckland Suffrage Memorial
Get Involved
- NZ Suffrage Day Celebration invite
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Read the Petition Coversheet and Sign and Circulate the Petition Form
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Join the facebook page “Friends of the Auckland Suffrage Memorial”
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Write to the Auckland City Council
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Write to the NZ Herald
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Contact your friends, and family and let them know that they could support this campaign and make a difference!
Related Information
Links
- 17 January 2011Suffrage memorial to stay - Mayor
- 6 October 2010Heated mural debate continues
- 15 September 2010Back to suffragette city
- 9 September 2010NZ Herald, Bernard Orsman: Banks' role riles women
- 7 September 2010Keep Suffrage Memorial in Khartoum Place
- 22 June 2010Mayor joins fight on suffrage tribute site
- 27 May 2010Council hesitant to protect suffragette memorial
- 22 April 2010Editorial: Council must let suffrage memorial stay
- 21 April 2010Council won't promise on suffrage tiles
- 5 April 2010Battle stations over resiting of suffrage centenary memorial
The outcome of NCWNZ's "Save the Auckland Suffrage Memorial" Campaign is that it will stay at its present site in central Auckland. The new Super City Mayor - Len Brown followed up a commitment to the National Council of Women, where he signed a petition to protect the "national treasure for future generations" in Khartoum Place. He says "The memorial will remain in place. We are not making any changes to the memorial." NCWNZ is very pleased with this outcome, as its membership ran a strong campaign to save the Auckland Suffrage Memorial.
The National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) has launched a petition to ensure that the Suffrage Centenary Memorial remains where it was built in Lower Khartoum Place, Auckland in 1993.
For the second time, the tile mural "Women Achieve the Vote", is under threat of being removed.
What is the Suffrage Tile Memorial?
It is the centenary celebration of New Zealand women being the first to gain the vote in the world.
Where is it?
In Auckland - but it is a national treasure.
What is the Problem?
Urban developers plan to develop Khartoum Place as an open approach to Auckland Art Gallery and wish to remove the Suffrage Memorial to allow an open vista from Lorne St. The site was given by Council for the Suffrage memorial in 1993 and it was especially designed for this space.
The tile mural "Women Achieve the Vote" is a unique public artwork, with historical significance, that must remain in its original site.
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