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Kōrero: Men and women in the city

‘Reclaim the night’ poster

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‘Reclaim the night’ poster

In the 1970s feminists began ‘reclaim the night’ marches demanding that city streets be made safer for women. This poster advertises a Wellington march in 1979.

Courtesy of Wellington Rape Crisis

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-C-WOMEN-1979-04

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Caroline Daley, Men and women in the city – Nights, sex and love, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/24615/reclaim-the-night-poster (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Caroline Daley, i tāngia i te 17 December 2009.