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Unveiling of the Kate Sheppard National Memorial in Christchurch

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Unveiling of the Kate Sheppard National Memorial in Christchurch

Crowds of women surround the newly unveiled memorial to women's suffrage leader Kate Sheppard in Christchurch on 19 September 1993 – the 100th anniversary of women gaining the vote in New Zealand. The sculptor of the memorial was Margriet Windhausen, a Dutch-born New Zealander who had also sculpted a memorial to Abel Tasman.

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Jock Phillips, Anniversaries – Anniversaries since 1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43037/unveiling-of-the-kate-sheppard-national-memorial-in-christchurch (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 14 October 2013.