From the suffrage movement to today, we explore the stories of women in NZ Parliament in our new short documentary film. Women parliamentarians, past and present, speak about the challenges they faced and those they overcame.

Featuring (in order of appearance)
Barbara McPhee (Parliamentary Librarian and deputy Chief Executive Information and Research, 2012 - 2021)
Louisa Wall (MP 2008, 2011 - )
Jo Hayes (MP 2014 - 2020)
Hon Nanaia Mahuta (first Māori woman Minister of Foreign Affairs, MP 1996 - )
Golriz Ghahraman (MP 2017 - )
Hon Anne Tolley (Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives 2017 - 2020, MP 1999 - 2002, 2005 - 2020)
Katherine Rich (MP 1999 - 2008)
Hon Ruth Dyson (MP 1993 - 2020)
Nicola Grigg (MP 2020 - )
Dame Marilyn Waring (MP 1975 - 1984)
Hon Dame Fran Wilde (MP 1981 - 1992)
Hon Maryan Street (MP 2005 - 2014)
Melissa Lee (MP 2008 - )
Dr Parmjeet Parmar (MP 2014 - 2020)
Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan (MP 2017 - )
Moana Mackey (MP 2003 - 2014)
Hon Judith Collins (Leader of the Opposition, MP 2002 - )
Hon Margaret Wilson (first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, MP 1999 - 2008)
Jenny Marcroft (MP 2017 -2020)
Hon Tracey Martin (MP 2011 - 2020)
Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy (Governor-General of New Zealand 2016 - )
Hon Marama Davidson (Green Party co-leader, MP 2015 - )
Jan Logie (MP 2011 - )
Hon Julie Anne Genter (Minister for Women 2017 - 2020, MP 2011 - )
Brooke van Velden (Deputy Leader of the Act Party, MP 2020 - )
Hon Jan Tinetti (Minister for Women, MP 2017 - )
Hon Dame Luamanuvao Winnie Laban (first Pacific Island woman MP, MP 1999 - 2010)
Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister of New Zealand, MP 2008 - )