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).
