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.

 

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