Trailblazers: Celebrating Women
![REPLAY: PM Jacinda Ardern joins NZH for our Suffrage 125 broadcast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=784)
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
![TRAILBLAZERS: Beatrice Tinsley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=784)
TRAILBLAZERS: Beatrice Tinsley
Beatrice Tinsley was a world-renowned astrophysicist and trailblazer for women in science.
Business and Education
![Trailblazers: Mira Szászy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Mira Szászy
Pioneer for Māori women's rights and the first Māori female university graduate
![Trailblazers: Wendy Pye](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Wendy Pye
The first woman inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame
![Trailblazers: Theresa Gattung](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Theresa Gattung
The first female CEO of a major public company in New Zealand
Health and Science
![Trailblazers: Edith Farkas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Edith Farkas
Pioneering meteorologist who helped discover the hole in the ozone layer
![Trailblazers: Ingrid Visser](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Ingrid Visser
World-leading expert in Orca whales and animal welfare advocate
![Trailblazers: Pamela Young](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Pamela Young
Pioneering researcher and one of the first women to set foot on the South Pole
![Trailblazers: Kathleen Curtis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Kathleen Curtis
Pioneering scientist and the first female fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Law and Politics
![Trailblazers: Mabel Howard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Mabel Howard
New Zealand's first female trade union leader and first female cabinet minister
![Trailblazers: Dame Georgina Te Heuheu](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Dame Georgina Te Heuheu
First Māori woman to gain a law degree and be admitted to High Court
![Trailblazers: Dame Catherine Tizard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Dame Catherine Tizard
Auckland's first female mayor and New Zealand's first female Governor-General
![Trailblazers: Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia
The first wahine to address the Kotahitanga Parliament
![Trailblazers: Jacinda Ardern](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Jacinda Ardern
The youngest female head of state in the world and trailblazer for working mums
![Trailblazers: Dame Silvia Cartwright](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Dame Silvia Cartwright
The first woman to become a High Court judge in New Zealand
Public Service
![Nancy Wake: Super spy who killed Nazis with her bare hands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Nancy Wake: Super spy who killed Nazis with her bare hands
World War II hero and the Allies' most decorated servicewoman
![Trailblazers: Lady Victoria Plunket](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Lady Victoria Plunket
Pioneering child welfare advocate and namesake of the Plunket Society
![Trailblazers: Rebecca Kitteridge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Rebecca Kitteridge
The first female director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
Sport and Adventure
![Helen Thayer: First woman to walk solo to the magnetic North Pole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Helen Thayer: First woman to walk solo to the magnetic North Pole
World record-setting adventurer and top sportswoman.
![Trailblazers: Ruia Morrison](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Ruia Morrison
Pioneering tennis champion and trailblazer for Māori in sport
![Trailblazers: Annelise Coberger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Annelise Coberger
The first person from the southern hemisphere to medal at the Winter Olympics
![Trailblazers: Raelene Castle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Raelene Castle
Pioneering sports administrator and the first female boss of an NRL club
![Trailblazers: Farah Palmer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Farah Palmer
World Cup-winning rugby captain and the first woman elected to the New Zealand Rugby board
Social Justice
![Trailblazers: Wanda Messam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Wanda Messam
Foster mother who helped change the lives of more than 300 children
![Trailblazers: Dame Miriam Dell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Dame Miriam Dell
New Zealand's first president of the International Council of Women
![Trailblazers: Kristine Bartlett](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Kristine Bartlett
Trailblazing campaigner who launched a five-year court battle for equal pay
![Trailblazers: Falema'i Lesā](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Falema'i Lesā
Pioneering protester who fought for Samoans' right to New Zealand citizenship
![Trailblazers: Dame Whina Cooper](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Dame Whina Cooper
Celebrated Māori leader and advocate for Māori rights and welfare
Culture
![Trailblazers: Merata Mita](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Merata Mita
Trailblazing filmmaker and first Māori woman to direct a feature film
![Trailblazers: Julia Yates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Julia Yates
Fashion pioneer and the woman who brought ladies trousers to New Zealand
![Trailblazers: Lynley Dodd](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Lynley Dodd
Award-winning author and creator of national icon Hairy Maclary
![Trailblazers: Selina Tusitala Marsh](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Selina Tusitala Marsh
Award-winning poet and champion of Pasifika literature
![Trailblazers: Parris Goebel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Parris Goebel
World hip hop dance champion and world-renowned choreographer
![Trailblazers: Margaret Urlich](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=784)
Trailblazers: Margaret Urlich
First female solo artist to record a number one single on the official NZ Music Chart