Kōrero: Voting rights

Election day, 1899

Election day, 1899

When New Zealand women voted for the third time in the 1899 general election, they were still unique – no other country’s franchise allowed women to vote in national elections. Those gathered in this 1899 photograph were going to the polling booth in the Drill Hall in Rutland Street, Auckland.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: 7-A12353

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Neill Atkinson, 'Voting rights - Votes for women', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36439/election-day-1899 (accessed 29 March 2024)

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