Story: Voting rights
Page 7. All images & media
From page 1 - First voting rights, 1852
From page 2 - Miners and Māori
From page 3 - Male suffrage
From page 4 - Votes for women
From page 5 - 20th-century reforms
How to cite this page
Neill Atkinson, Voting rights, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/212977/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Neill Atkinson, published 1 June 2012.