Mothers' Day
May It Be Happy For All
In honour of those who have come, those who are, and those who will come to be.
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard is famous for leading the successful campaign that made New Zealand the first self-governing nation to grant women the right to vote in 1893.
Correspondence
Marilyn Waring
Dame Marilyn Joy Waring DNZM is an internationally-renowned New Zealand public policy scholar, environmentalist, author, activist and former National Party politician.
Dame Whina Cooper
Te Rārawa leader Dame Whina Cooper spent her whole life fighting for Māori land rights. At almost 80, she led Māori land protest marchers as they walked approximately 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) from Te Hāpua (in the far north) to Parliament.
1975 Māori Land March, Hīkoi
Rest up, and have a good Mothers’ day, everyone.
There’s still a long way to go.
This is a magic reminder of how far we’ve come and how far we have still to go. Thank you.
Thank you for this collectiontion of wise words from courageous women.