Women Together – Ngā Rōpū Wāhine o te Motu

To mark the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2018, we prepared an online version of Women together: a history of women’s organisations in New Zealand / Ngā rōpū wāhine o te motu.

This important reference work was published in 1993 to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage. For the online edition we've worked with the original editor, Anne Else, to update both the entries on individual organisations and the thematic overview essays. Entries on 23 significant new organisations formed since 1993 have also been added.

Read an introduction to the history of women's organisations in New Zealand.

Follow the links below to find histories of organisations and theme-based overviews. The themes included are: Māori; Political; Welfare; Religion;  Employment; Health; Service; Education (early childhood and girls and women); Rural; Sport; Arts (arts and crafts and performing arts); Immigration; and Lesbian. The table can be sorted by organisation name, theme, and start and end dates.

 

Organisationsort descending Theme Start year End year
1966
1977 2011
2011
2001
1896
1921 1990
1974
1980 1998
1892 1898
1979 1991
1984
1894 1925
1947
2003
1972 1997
1939
1892 1920
1931
2007
1955
1945
1957
1982
1985
2002
1929
1969
1998
1890 1942
1932 2018
1999
1971 1982
1889 1945
1936
2013
1957 1978
1982 1988
1937
2008
2015
1908
1928
1882
1921
1983
1978
1887
1936
1990
1978 1985
1965 2018
1964
1975
1876 1911
1915 1921
1926 1996
1984
1994
1987 1993
1979 1992
1975 1991
1985 1992
1987
1997
1970
1929 1952
1945
2012
2012
1987
1986
1896
1972 1999
1936
1924
1992
1975
1928 1965
1987
1945 1973
1893
1921
1954
1926
1921 2003
1902
1909
1987
1894 1894
1901 1964
1932 1991
1948 1996
1885
1933 1992
1937 1948
1908 1988
1961
1975 1980
1993
1930
1863 2017
1983
1954
1975
1925 1982
1931
1952
1948
1990
1896
1899
1895 2015
1901
1907
1941
1925
1911
2018
1997
1973 1977
2017
1916 1927
1966 2006
1925
1986
1939
1975
1986 1996
1983
1982
1983
1937
1951
1963
2011
2013
1880
1980 2012
1979 2005
2001
1990
1960 1969
1982 1990
1893 1902
1945 1960
1977 1990
1984 1987
1985 2014
1980 2018
1985 1995
2013
1943 1960
1975 2003
1911 2005
1984
1921
1916
1973
1914 1945
1976
1931 1939
1980 1998
1878
1940
1965