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The Action Plan for Women outlines the government's five year agenda to improve women's lives.
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Status of Women in new zealand
New Zealand's 6th CEDAW report to the United Nations has been released.
1950
1950
The Joint Family Homes Act made it less costly for house titles to be transferred to wives after their husbands death, by exempting them from gift duty.
1951
The government-sponsored Māori Women's Welfare League was established by Māori women, to address the social problems arising from the increasing urbanisation of Māori.
1952
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Long-jumper Yvette Williams won gold at the Olympics. Image: ATL 1/2-046728 © copyright conditions |
1953
The first Family Planning clinic opened in Auckland, moving into school and community education programmes in the 1970s.
1955
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An all woman protest against the closure of the Nelson railway line, failed after a week long sit-in. Sonja Davies was one of the protesters. Image: ATL EP_1985_2023 © copyright conditions |
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1957
Samoan Fanaafi Ma'ai'I was the first Pacific woman in New Zealand to gain a Bachelor of Arts, at Auckland University.
The Council for Equal Pay and Opportunity comprising women's organisations, trade unions and employer organisations was established.
1959
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Phyllis Guthardt was the first woman ordained in New Zealand on an equal status with men, in the Methodist Church. In 1965, Margaret Reid became the country's first woman Presbyterian minister and in 1976 the Anglican General Synod admitted women to the priesthood. Four women were ordained in 1977. Penny Jamieson, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin, was ordained the first woman Anglican Bishop in the world. |
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