Meriam Findlay of the Manawatu Multi-Cultural Council helps to plant a "Kate Sheppard" camellia in the Esplanade Gardens. The occasion marked 125 years of women gaining the right to vote, and took place at the Esplanade Gardens in Palmerston No...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          September 19, 2018

To celebrate 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand, three Kate Sheppard camellias were planted in the Esplanade Gardens on Wednesday, 19 September 2018. These white camellias decorated one of the seats close by.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney, for Ian Matheson City Archives

Date:          September 19, 2018

To mark the Suffrage 125 celebration in Palmerston North

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          Victoria Esplanade Gardens, Palmerston North
Date:          September 19, 2018