Election days

This NZHistory feature looks at the history of elections in New Zealand.

History of the Vote

This section of the Elections New Zealand website gives a history of voting and elections in New Zealand.

Maori and the vote

Provides information about Māori involvement in the electoral system.

New Zealand women and the vote

A feature on the NZHistory website about women gaining the vote in New Zealand.

The road to MMP

Looks at New Zealand’s change from the first past the post voting system to the mixed-member proportional (MMP) system.

Women's suffrage petition

A digital version of the largest of the 1893 petitions, showing signatories’ names and locations.

Atkinson, Neill. Adventures in democracy: a history of the vote in New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press in association with the Electoral Commission, 2003.

Grimshaw, Patricia. Women's suffrage in New Zealand. 2nd ed. Auckland: University of Auckland Press; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Lovell-Smith, Margaret (ed.). The woman question: writings by the women who won the vote. Auckland: New Women's Press, 1992.

McRobie, Alan. New Zealand electoral atlas. Wellington: GP Books, 1989.

Rei, Tania. Māori women and the vote. Wellington: Huia, 1993