Portrait of a New Zealand suffragist (c. 1880s). She has a white camellia (the NZ symbol of Women's Suffrage) and short hair, an action of protest during the period.
Women in New Zealand are women who live in or are from New Zealand. Notably New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world where women were entitled to vote. In recent times New Zealand has had many women in top leadership and government roles, including three female Prime Ministers, most recently Jacinda Ardern.