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Only one. Dame Jenny Shipley assumed the role of Prime Minister of New Zealand on December the 8th 1997. She took over the office of Prime Minister after assuming leadership of the National Party from Jim Bolger. Since Dame Jenny Shipley there has only been one other female Prime Minister, Helen Clarke, who, as leader of the Labour Party, led the Government from 1999 to 2008.
The first woman MP was Elizabeth McCombs elected in 1933, 40 years after women first got the vote in New Zealand. She was elected to represent the Lyttleton electorate in a bye-election after her husband James McCombs the previous MP died while in office. Unfortunately she died herself only 2 years later in 1935. She was a great advocate for women's rights in New Zealand.
The cast of The First Day Without Jenny - 2008 includes: Devario Hannah as Mark Quintana Jones as Gina Sharita Leon as Tamara Alshay Southerland as Randy Ermite Vilaire as Jenny
The population first reached 1 million in 1908.
Violet Jessop (a first-class stewardess who survived on lifeboat 16) mentions in her journal that there was a ships cat named Jenny and that Jenny had a litter.
Jenny Shipley (National Party) was New Zealand's first female prime minister. (1997-1999.)
She became New Zealand's first prime minister
Helen Clarke was the first elected female Prime Minister. Jenny Shipley was the first female Prime Minister but took over from Jim Bolger while in office.
Jenny Shipley - in office from December 1997 to December 1999.
NZ's First Female Prime Minister was Jenny Shipley, although she wasnt NZ's first elected Prime Minister. Jenny Shipley ousted the previous Prime Minister Jim Bolger in mid-1997. She was succeeded by the first elected Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in 1999.
Helen Clark (Jenny Shipley only became Prime Minister after replacing Jim Bolger as head of the governing party, and so was not elected to office).
Only one. Dame Jenny Shipley assumed the role of Prime Minister of New Zealand on December the 8th 1997. She took over the office of Prime Minister after assuming leadership of the National Party from Jim Bolger. Since Dame Jenny Shipley there has only been one other female Prime Minister, Helen Clarke, who, as leader of the Labour Party, led the Government from 1999 to 2008.
The first woman MP was Elizabeth McCombs elected in 1933, 40 years after women first got the vote in New Zealand. She was elected to represent the Lyttleton electorate in a bye-election after her husband James McCombs the previous MP died while in office. Unfortunately she died herself only 2 years later in 1935. She was a great advocate for women's rights in New Zealand.
A list of the world's most powerful 'unheard-of' women. In 2009, Clark became the first female adminstrator of the U.N. Development Programme. She had previously been the first female "elected" prime minister of New Zealand, following Jenny Shipley who was the first female prime minister following the resignation of Jim Bolger in 1997.
The Maori are the original inhabitants of New Zealand.
Russell, then Auckland, but now Wellington.
The Pavlova-which was first made in New Zealand