Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Hear a kōrero from the He Tohu exhibition with Hon Lianne Dalziel, Vanisa Dhiru, Kirsten Thomlinson, Prof Katie Pickles, and Dr Arini Loader about the Women's Suffrage Petition.
"So what I think is amazing about the petition is that there were over 32,000 thousand women at one point in time in our history that got together and did something that they felt was so important."
Find out more at natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu
He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of 3 iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand.
The documents are:
* 1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni – Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand
* 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Treaty of Waitangi
* 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition – Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine
He Tohu is presented by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, both of which are part of the Department of Internal Affairs.
Hear a kōrero from the He Tohu exhibition with Hon Lianne Dalziel, Vanisa Dhiru, Kirsten Thomlinson, Prof Katie Pickles, and Dr Arini Loader about the Women's Suffrage Petition.
"So what I think is amazing about the petition is that there were over 32,000 thousand women at one point in time in our history that got together and did something that they felt was so important."
Find out more at natlib.govt.nz/he-tohu
He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of 3 iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand.
The documents are:
* 1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni – Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand
* 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Treaty of Waitangi
* 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition – Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine
He Tohu is presented by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, both of which are part of the Department of Internal Affairs.
