in per cent of members of parliament were female compared with per cent in in the early twentyfirst century women have held each of the country s key constitutional positions prime minister governorgeneral speaker of the house of representatives attorneygeneral and chief justice it will further examine the contribution status and role of women after a period of extensive social and political change in new zealand and how this has translated into womens voting and representation womens role in conflict and cooperation participation and protest equal access to power institutional culture and feminism