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I move this motion before the principle member and all honourable members so that a law may emerge from this parliament allowing women to vote and women to be accepted as members of the parliament.

— Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia

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Perhaps the Queen may listen to the petitions if they are presented by her Māori sisters, since she is a woman as well.

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