The ''Puketapapa Women's Suffrage Memorial'' is located in Rose Park in the suburb of
Three Kings
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Auckland
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. It commemorates the local women who campaigned for
women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
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The memorial was commissioned by the Puketapapa Local Board and Auckland Council, designed by artists Matthew van Sturmer and Carmen Sosich and constructed by MvS Studio.
The design is an abstract depiction of the
camellia
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, which was a symbol of the suffrage movement in New Zealand in the nineteenth century. The base of the flower is inscribed with the names of the local women who signed the 1893 petition to Parliament requesting the vote for women.
It was unveiled on 19 September 2013, the 120th anniversary of women gaining the vote in New Zealand.
See also
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Kate Sheppard National Memorial
The ''Kate Sheppard National Memorial'', located in the city of Christchurch, is New Zealand's first memorial to the women's suffrage campaign, and particularly honours the life of one of the country's leading campaigners for women's suffrage, K ...
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List of monuments and memorials to women's suffrage
Women's suffrage refers to the right of a woman to vote in an election. This right was often not included in the original suffrage legislation of a state or country, resulting in both men and women campaigning to introduce legislation to enable wo ...
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Monuments and memorials in New Zealand
Monuments and memorials to women's suffrage
Women's suffrage in New Zealand
Buildings and structures in Auckland