# Canonical recap data for New Zealand Women's Suffrage (1893)
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slug: new-zealand-suffrage
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1893/new-zealand-suffrage"
title: New Zealand Women's Suffrage
subtitle: New Zealand became the first nation to grant women the right to vote, setting a precedent that challenged global gender hierarchies.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1893-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1893
decade: 1890
country:
name: New Zealand
slug: new-zealand
summaryShort: Women's suffrage was an important political issue in the late-nineteenth-century New Zealand. In early colonial New Zealand, as in other European societies, women were excluded from any involvement in politics. Public opinion began to change in the latter half of the nineteenth century and after years of effort by wome
summaryLong: Women's suffrage was an important political issue in the late-nineteenth-century New Zealand. In early colonial New Zealand, as in other European societies, women were excluded from any involvement in politics. Public opinion began to change in the latter half of the nineteenth century and after years of effort by women's suffrage campaigners, led by Kate Sheppard, New Zealand became the first nation in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/1280px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "New Zealand"
importance: 83
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_New_Zealand"
  title: New Zealand's women's suffrage
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
- protest
metaDescription: Women's suffrage was an important political issue in the late-nineteenth-century New Zealand. In early colonial New Zealand, as in other European societies, wom
wikidataQid: Q3447247
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260608122955/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_New_Zealand"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-08
  label: New Zealand's women's suffrage
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_New_Zealand"
