Election 2023 Candidates

We are proud of our list of 12 courageous candidates from all walks of life and across the nation who are prepared to stand up for women’s and girls’ sex-based rights and for the right to speak, to hear, and to assemble.

The women of Aotearoa NZ won the right to vote in 1893, the first self-governing nation in the World to legislate women’s suffrage.

We combine this history with the imperative to create a society in which women are autonomous, and all women, men and children can live in  harmony with each other to protect the future for our children and their children.

Our Candidates

Jill Ovens - New Zealand Women's Rights Party

Jill Ovens

Co-leader / National Secretary

List position: 1

South Auckland

Chimene De la Varis: New Zealand Women's Rights Party

Chimene del la Varis

Co-leader

List position: 2

West Auckland

Karen Guilliland - New Zealand Women's Rights Party

Karen Guilliland

List position: 3

Christchurch

Marnie Fornusek - Women's Rights Party, New Zealand

Marnie Fornusek

List position: 4

Bay of Plenty

Prue Hyman - New Zealand Women's Rights Party

Prue Hyman

List Position: 5

Kapiti Coast

Catherine Ormbsy: New Zealand Women's Rights Group

Catherine Ormsby

List position: 6

Wellington

Linde Rose - New Zealand Women's Rights Party

Linde Rose

List position: 7

Central Auckland

Sue Hoskins: New Zealand Womens Rights Party

Sue Hoskins

List position: 8

Wellington

New Zealand Women's Rights Party

Catherine Mann

List position: 9

Central Otago

MacKenzie Clark - New Zealand Women's Rights Party

MacKenzie Clark

List position: 10

South Auckland

Kathleen Lauderdale New Zealand Womens Rights Party

Kathleen Lauderdale

List Position: 11

Taranaki

Adrienne Owen Jones

Adrienne Owen-Jones

List position: 12

Christchurch

We are the only political party in New Zealand that puts women first.

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