Kate Sheppard
Season 2 Ep 12: Women's Suffrage
NOTE: This episode has been reuploaded to correct some inaccuracies in the original version. We all know New Zealand was the first country in the world where women could vote. But do you know how we… Video, Audio
Kate Sheppard's former house up for sale
The Christchurch house of New Zealand's women's suffrage leader, Kate Sheppard, is up for sale and may be bought by the government.
Claire Regnault: knickerbockers on a bicycle
Claire Regnault is a senior curator at Te Papa, where she specialises in dress. She is researching and writing a history of women's fashionable dress in colonial Aotearoa New Zealand and is on the… Audio
Kate Sheppard’s influence on music
Yesterday was the 125th anniversary of the suffragette movement in New Zealand, and today is International Women’s Day. Upbeat talks to Esther Stephens and Luke di Somma about their musical That… Audio
Upbeat for Thursday 8 March
We celebrate International Women’s Day with NZSO harpist Carolyn Mills, we discuss the importance of Kate Sheppard’s influence on music, and play a wide selection of music composed, performed and…
Marchers mark 124 years since NZ women's suffrage
Women and men have gathered around the country to mark 124 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote.
Sprinting to the polls: Suffrage Day's 124th anniversary
Opinion - Women literally raced each other to the polling booths after they won the right to vote, writes Charlotte MacDonald.
That Bloody Woman!
It's hard to believe coming up to an election that women in New Zealand once couldn't vote at all. These days 31 percent of our MPs are women and the person credited with kicking off that democratic… Audio
Stage and screen
From Kate Sheppard in kiwi made musical That Bloody Woman to Ngaire Munroe in highly successful television show Westside, stage and screen actor Esther Stephens is used to playing strong willed women… Audio
David Verrall: Richard "King Dick" Seddon
Kim Hill talks to Hokitika local historian David Verrall who is "infatuated" with Richard Seddon, and is involved in celebrations in November commemorating the life of "King Dick" on the Coast. Audio
Playing Favourites with Luke Di Somma
Freelance conductor, musician, composer, musical director, and founder of the Christchurch International Musical Theatre Summer School and Christchurch Pops Choir. He is co-creator of That Bloody… Audio