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Story: 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

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

Story by Caroline Daley, published 17 December 2009.