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Kōrero: Voting rights

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. First voting rights, 1852

  3. Miners and Māori

  4. Male suffrage

  5. Votes for women

  6. 20th-century reforms

  7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - First voting rights, 1852

British elections

British elections

Wellington city election, 1853

Wellington city election, 1853

Nelson town roll

Nelson town roll

Election hustings, Christchurch, 1853

Election hustings, Christchurch, 1853

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Miners and Māori

Miners' huts, Thames, late 1860s

Miners' huts, Thames, late 1860s

Goldfield electorates, 1860s

Goldfield electorates, 1860s

Māori and general electoral systems, 1853–2009

Māori and general electoral systems, 1853–2009

Māori and general electorates, 1867–1993

Māori and general electorates, 1867–1993

Gathering to vote, Kaiapoi, 1902

Gathering to vote, Kaiapoi, 1902

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Male suffrage

Election-day effigies, Masterton, 1887

Election-day effigies, Masterton, 1887

Lodgers’ franchise

Lodgers’ franchise

Frederick Whitaker

Frederick Whitaker

A new breed of politician

A new breed of politician

Polling place, 1890

Polling place, 1890

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Votes for women

Kate Sheppard

Kate Sheppard

Petition for women's suffrage

Petition for women's suffrage

Suffrage cartoons: family disaster

Suffrage cartoons: family disaster (1 o 2)

Suffrage cartoons: cleaning up politics

Suffrage cartoons: cleaning up politics (2 o 2)

Election day, 1899

Election day, 1899

Women's suffrage memorial, Christchurch

Women's suffrage memorial, Christchurch

Mai i te whārangi 5 - 20th-century reforms

Getting on the electoral roll

Getting on the electoral roll

The right to vote

The right to vote

Voting in 2011 general election

Voting in 2011 general election

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Neill Atkinson, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/voting-rights/media (accessed 19 May 2022)

He kōrero nā Neill Atkinson, i tāngia i te 20 Jun 2012, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015

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