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Kōrero: Anniversaries

Summits for suffrage, 1993

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Summits for suffrage, 1993

The first major event in women's suffrage centennial year was the 'Summits for Suffrage' project, which encouraged women all over New Zealand to climb to the top of a major hill or mountain on 13 February 1993. Here, Taranaki women celebrate the achievement of climbing to the top of Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont).

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: ABKH W4437 7366 Box 92 NF779

Courtesy of Fairfax NZ, Taranaki Daily News

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Jock Phillips, Anniversaries – Anniversaries since 1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43039/summits-for-suffrage-1993 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 14 October 2013.