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![Naida Glavish: The telephone operator who risked being fired for greeting callers with 'Kia ora'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Naida Glavish: The telephone operator who risked being fired for greeting callers with 'Kia ora'
An interview with the staunch matriarch who's been leading change since the 1980s.
![Shameful history of NZ in Samoa a revelation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Shameful history of NZ in Samoa a revelation
A proud legacy from the women's Mau movement in Sāmoa revealed.
![Conversations: Bitter history of sewage spills, land grabs and broken graves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Conversations: Bitter history of sewage spills, land grabs and broken graves
The young activist who's leading the fight against the Fletcher development at Ihumātao.
![Conversations: 'Why NZ Pacific kids don't understand their parents'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Conversations: 'Why NZ Pacific kids don't understand their parents'
She had to leave her home and family to find her identity.
![Tapu Misa: Time to rethink 'brown issues' in the media](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Tapu Misa: Time to rethink 'brown issues' in the media
Tapu Misa says we need to hear more from inspirational Maori and Pacific women.
![Pasifika poet: Girls 'just wanted to touch her hair'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Pasifika poet: Girls 'just wanted to touch her hair'
When Selina Tusitala Marsh goes to schools young Pasifika girls come up for bear hugs.
![Our New Zealander of the year is...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Our New Zealander of the year is...
All year, we have watched as Kiwi women have fought for their rights. Our winner is....
![Ardern, Shipley and Clark and how we made that photo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Ardern, Shipley and Clark and how we made that photo
This summer we look back at the best stories of the year. This is from September.
![Local Focus: Māori women's suffrage day celebrated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Local Focus: Māori women's suffrage day celebrated
20 December was the anniversary for Māori women to vote. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Your say: Those who came before Kate Sheppard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Your say: Those who came before Kate Sheppard
Readers have their say on women's suffrage; ratepayers' burden; and pokie problems
![Comment: Let's not forget another September anniversary](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Comment: Let's not forget another September anniversary
We were world leaders on social security in 1938. We can be so again, argues Mike O'Brien
![The power of three: How we made THAT photo](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The power of three: How we made THAT photo
Behind the scenes at a history making photo operation.
![The realities of life in a corset](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The realities of life in a corset
Leimomi Oakes will be using historical costumes to explore women's lives 100 years ago.
![Soper: Dame Fran Wilde is a true trailblazer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Soper: Dame Fran Wilde is a true trailblazer
COMMENT: There's one woman who missed out on the adulation yesterday.
![Female MPs mark 125 years of suffrage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Female MPs mark 125 years of suffrage
Parliament marks New Zealand's anniversary of women's suffrage.
![Wikipedia focuses world's attention on Kate Sheppard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Wikipedia focuses world's attention on Kate Sheppard
Suffragette Kate Sheppard featured on Wikipedia's home page today.
![REPLAY: PM Jacinda Ardern joins NZH for our Suffrage 125 broadcast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
REPLAY: PM Jacinda Ardern joins NZH for our Suffrage 125 broadcast
PM Jacinda Ardern joins the New Zealand Herald editorial team as the guest editor of the 125th Suffrage edition. Video / Chris Tarpey
![Great-great-granddaughter of suffrage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Great-great-granddaughter of suffrage
Madeleine, 16, wants to follow in her footsteps. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Women of Parliament: Kicking in the door of old boys' club](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Women of Parliament: Kicking in the door of old boys' club
Marilyn Waring, Ruth Richardson, Dame Annette King and Dame Tariana Turia share a story.
![Suffrage 125: The 'world of men' no longer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Suffrage 125: The 'world of men' no longer
The political campaign for women's suffrage was marked by double dealing and subterfuge
![Stacey Morrison: Mana wāhine embedded in Māori world view](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Stacey Morrison: Mana wāhine embedded in Māori world view
COMMENT: Respect for the mana of all people breeds equality.