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