Margriet Windhausen, ‘The Kate Sheppard National Memorial to Women's Suffrage’ (1994), CBD, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

Women Towards 2000 Inc.

1993 Suffrage Centennial Year Trust

Whakatū Wāhine

Christchurch City Council

Dame Catherine Tizard

Kate Sheppard

By the Avon River, near 159 Oxford Terrace, CBD, Ōtautahi Christchurch

The Kate Sheppard National Memorial to Women's Suffrage

Kate Sheppard was a prominent member of the women's suffrage movement in New Zealand. 

Born in Liverpool, England, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1868. An active member of various religious and social organisations, including the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ), in 1887 she was appointed the WCTU NZ's National Superintendent for Franchise and Legislation, a position she used to advance the cause of women's suffrage.