New Zealand is marking 133 years since women won the right to vote, with the Government using Suffrage Day to highlight its focus on women's economic security, health and safety.
ON this day, 133 years ago, something happened in remote New Zealand that was revolutionary in its time. In 1893, Parliament passed a law giving women the right to vote in elections. New Zealand thus became the first country in the world to grant women full voting rights. Today it is quite normal for us [...]