From Albert Park, I decided to explore the rest of Auckland City, starting from Khartoum Place. Here, there is a memorial to the Women’s Suffrage movement.
Women’s suffrage in New Zealand was an important political issue in the late nineteenth century. In early colonial New Zealand, as in European societies, women were excluded from any involvement in politics. Public opinion began to change in the latter half of the nineteenth century and after years of effort by women’s suffrage campaigners, led by Kate Sheppard, New Zealand became the first nation in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
From here I went to Freyberg Square (where there is a statue of Lord Freyberg) and the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Hall. After that I headed to Queen St, stopped briefly at the Library and Town Hall.
Continuing south on Queen St, I found a great record store called Groovy Records. I walked up to the trendy Karangahape Rd, and headed back via Myers Park. I ended at the Viaduct and Auckland Port.
