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Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia

In 1893 Meri addressed the Maori parliament to ask that Maori women be allowed to vote for and become members of that body. Read this address

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Keywords

suffrage campaign
women in politics
te rarawa
meri mangakahia
Credit

Davis Collection, Auckland War Memorial Museum C5101
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'Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/meri-te-tai-mangakahia, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 16-Jul-2014

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