2023 - Auckland NZ - 82 - Women’s Suffrage Memorial
Auckland Women’s Suffrage Memorial honours New Zealand women who worked towards the goal of women's suffrage achieved on 19 September 1893.
New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote.
Made of over 2000 brightly coloured tiles, the suffrage memorial was designed and built in 1993 by artists Jan Morrison and Claudia Pond Eyley.
Pictured on the memorial next to the set of steps are nine women linked or representative of the New Zealand suffrage movement.
The memorial is sited in Lower Khartoum Place (re-named “Te Hā o Hine Place” in 2016) between High Street and Kitchener Street.
Prior to 1993, the rather drab but formidable site housed three sets of stairs and a multi-level water feature. The water feature is incorporated in the memorial.
In 2016, the Auckland Women’s Suffrage Memorial was scheduled as a heritage site through Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan, giving it protection in perpetuity as “a historic heritage place”.
In addition, in 2016, Waitematā Local Board re-renamed Lower Khartoum place as Te Hā o Hine Place, the name was gifted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and is derived from the Maori proverb ‘Me aro koe ki te Hā o Hine-ahu-one’ translating to 'pay heed to the dignity of women’.
New Zealand celebrates Suffrage Day yearly on 19 September.
2023 - Auckland NZ - 82 - Women’s Suffrage Memorial
Auckland Women’s Suffrage Memorial honours New Zealand women who worked towards the goal of women's suffrage achieved on 19 September 1893.
New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote.
Made of over 2000 brightly coloured tiles, the suffrage memorial was designed and built in 1993 by artists Jan Morrison and Claudia Pond Eyley.
Pictured on the memorial next to the set of steps are nine women linked or representative of the New Zealand suffrage movement.
The memorial is sited in Lower Khartoum Place (re-named “Te Hā o Hine Place” in 2016) between High Street and Kitchener Street.
Prior to 1993, the rather drab but formidable site housed three sets of stairs and a multi-level water feature. The water feature is incorporated in the memorial.
In 2016, the Auckland Women’s Suffrage Memorial was scheduled as a heritage site through Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan, giving it protection in perpetuity as “a historic heritage place”.
In addition, in 2016, Waitematā Local Board re-renamed Lower Khartoum place as Te Hā o Hine Place, the name was gifted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and is derived from the Maori proverb ‘Me aro koe ki te Hā o Hine-ahu-one’ translating to 'pay heed to the dignity of women’.
New Zealand celebrates Suffrage Day yearly on 19 September.