Pages tagged “Circular_May2022”

  • NCW Manukau Branch 125th Celebration

    On Saturday, 7 May 2022, the Manukau Branch of National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) held an event at the Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manurewa to celebrate the 125th anniversary of NCWNZ and also to acknowledge and celebrate the suffragists. A special area had been created there in 1993 to mark the centenary of women's suffrage by the NCW - a plaque marks the spot.

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    15 June 2022

  • Milestones - New Zealand women and electoral politics

    1867. New Zealand women ratepayers in Nelson and Otago Provinces begin voting at the local level.1875. NZ Parliament made compulsory in all provinces for women ratepayers to be allowed to vote in municipal elections.1893. NZ women at least 21 years of age – property ownership not required for suffrage since 1879 - vote in the national general election (28 November – and on 20 December 1893, women vote in Māori seats for first time).

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    15 May 2022

  • NCW Hibiscus Coast Presents Life Memberships

    Newly Inducted Life Members: Colleen Edward (left) and Belinda Manus McGeehan (right), with NCWHC President Jenny Brittain (center). Image courtesy of Jenny Brittain. In April 2022, at a lunch in Orewa, forty members and family friends of Colleen Edward and Belinda Manus McGeehan gathered to celebrate the ladies being honoured with Life Membership of the NCW Hibiscus Coast (NCWHC) branch. Both Colleen and Belinda were presented with framed certificates acknowledging their service to NCWHBC that has ensured the branch has...

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    14 May 2022