Hi there, I'm a student at Auckland University and I have just written an essay on the suffrage movement. I can't remember where I found it, but here is the speech Kate Sheppard made after women had finally won the vote: “The General Elections have come and gone. For the first time the women of New Zealand have joined with men in choosing members of Parliament, and we have waited with bated breath for the deluge of calamities which it was prognosticated would follow the admission of women into the political arena.” hope this helps :) Scylla