We can do this! And have been able to for a longtime.
New Zealand has a long, proud history of backing
women into positions of power and taking up their
call for action on all manner of issues. When the New
Zealand Governor General, Lord Glasgow signed a new
electoral act on Sept 10, 1893, New Zealand became
the first country in the world to grant women the right
to an equal vote. This was largely due to a great New
Zealand woman called Kate Sheppard (03/13/1847-
13/09/1934) who was globally recognised and in
turn revered as the leader of the Women’s Suffrage
Movement. Little did current New Zealand’s 40th
Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern know the pertinence
of this to her rallying election campaign call some 150
years later; ‘We Can Do This!’ At just 37 years-old she
is the country’s youngest Prime Minister since 1856.
Black Magazine have a history of celebrating women.
Many of our crew and teams are women, leading,
not following. This issue BACK IN BLACK, welcomes