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Pause Breathe Smile Kuaka Tahi 2023

Pause Breathe Smile

Pause Breathe Smile is a mind health programme designed to equip children aged five to 12 with tools to manage the ups and downs of life and set them up for a healthy future. The Kuaka Hub is continuing its focus on well-being with all students completing the Pause Breath Smile programme.

Women and the Vote

What Is Suffrage?If you had to vote for your favorite Wonder of the Day, would you vote for today’s?

Kate Sheppard(1847–1934). English-born activist Kate Sheppard was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement in New Zealand. She was active in the struggle to make New Zealand the first…

New Zealand women and the voteOn 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

Voting rightsSince its first election in 1853 New Zealand has been world-leading in voting rights. All Māori men were able to vote from 1867 and all European men from 1879. In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world where women were able to vote in national elections.

Season 2 Ep 12: Women's SuffrageWe all know New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote. But do you know how we got there? The path to suffrage is littered with alcohol, hidden heroes & dirty tricks

7: Votes, Depressions and RefrigeratorsAfter the wars, politicians had to figure out how to run the new country. Bold choices saw huge spending on infrastructure, the right of women to vote and the start of refrigeration, helping us out of The Long Depression. A new politics arose but old values remained.

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