🌟 Join us for a ride through history—where every turn of the wheel is a revolution! 🌟
This 'herstory' cycle tour follows the wheel tracks of New Zealand's most famous suffragist, Kate Sheppard.
Christchurch was the home of Kate Sheppard. Her courage and tenacity fought strong opposition and brought voting equality to all women in 1893— giving NZ boasting rights for being the first country in the world to do so!
What to expect:
- A maximum of 8 riders and a guide - the 1-hour cycle tour visits key city sites in Sheppard’s suffrage journey
- You will see an array of photo-worthy sites and hear the insights of herstory
- A Victorian-style morning tea served in the Camellia Room at Kate Sheppard House - her former home & hub of the suffrage campaign.
- Your ticket also includes a tour of the museum where Sheppard organised her national suffrage petition with 1/4 of all women living in New Zealand signatures.
What you'll need:
- a bicycle & comfortable clothing (dress for the weather!)
- Special prizes for those embracing dress reform—so rock those knickerbockers!
Length of tour: 2.5 hrs
📍 Meet at 9:15AM on Plymouth Lane beside the Lichfield Street carpark and behind Riverside Market (accessed via Cashel Street Mall or Lichfield St)
⏳ Cycling tour length: 1 hour with stops at 12 fascinating locations. Ends in Ilam.
Level: easy
☕️Includes Victorian-style morning tea at Kate Sheppard's former home
🏡 Includes a tour of the house museum at approx. 11.15am and ends at 11.45am
“Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. ... every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel – the picture of free, untrammelled womanhood."
— Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga reserves the rights to change schedules depending on numbers. For questions, please email us at katesheppardhouse@heritage.org.nz.
