If Kate Sheppard is the best-known face of New Zealand’s suffrage story, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia reminds us that the story was always broader, deeper… Read More »Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia and the wider meaning of suffrage
Every Suffrage Day (19 September), Kate Sheppard is rightly remembered as the organiser whose discipline, courage and political imagination helped change the course of New… Read More »Kate Sheppard: Change is not inevitable. It is made
Aotearoa New Zealand holds a proud place in democratic history. On 19 September 1893, this country became the first self-governing nation in the world where… Read More »Suffrage was never just history. Enrol and vote!
This election, we’re asking everyone to be part of the campaign for pay equity. What is pay equity? It’s a way to get people in… Read More »Talk Pay Equity Vote Pay Equity
Today, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi released the 2026 Work for Free Calendar which shows the scale of systemic pay… Read More »Gender pay gap widens — women work for free from 27 November
A group of organisations has lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations, asking it to investigate whether the government’s changes to New Zealand’s pay… Read More »NZ pay equity rollback triggers United Nations complaint
There will be those who read that headline and scratch their heads and wonder, what does resolving Pay Equity have to do with Disability Rights?… Read More »Resolving Pay Equity for Care and Support workers is a Disability Rights issue
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges is calling on political parties to adopt the recommendations of the People’s Select Committee and ensure that women… Read More »Government must reverse disastrous pay equity changes
53 years since the Equal Pay Act 1972 was passed, NZCTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges is calling on political parties to reverse the recent changes to… Read More »53 years of the Equal Pay Act
The 2025 “Work for Free” calendar shines a harsh light on pay inequity for women and marginalised communities across Aotearoa. Each year, these dates symbolise… Read More »Women should not be working for free
Newly released Government documents reveal the lengths to which ministers went to avoid scrutiny and ignore official advice on their decision to gut the Equal… Read More »Documents reveal Government efforts to avoid scrutiny on pay equity
On Saturday 20 September communities across Aotearoa will unite for a Women’s Day of Action for Pay Equity – taking place 132 years after New… Read More »Not Done Yet: Women’s Day of Action for Pay Equity