Episodes

  • Fighting the Same Fight

    Fighting the Same Fight
    Nov 9 2018
    Feminised or gendered roles in the workforce were carved out in our past and still impact on the lives of women in the workplace today. Find out more in Episode 8 of Beyond Kate.
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    52 mins
  • Sure to Rise

    Sure to Rise
    Nov 4 2018
    Mathematics, science and English might be what we consider the core elements of a good education today, but back when women won the right to vote, learning to bake the perfect scone was considered an essential for girls…Find out more in the latest episode of Beyond Kate.
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    51 mins
  • Women Should Be Seen and Heard

    Women Should Be Seen and Heard
    Oct 26 2018
    Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate.
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    50 mins
  • Women Caught Between Two Worlds

    Women Caught Between Two Worlds
    Oct 18 2018
    Being a woman of colour in a predominantly white society brings with it a complex set of rules and expectations that are often not spoken about. Episode Four of Beyond Kate looks at some of the Maori suffragists who fought for women's rights and explores how decisions made in our history have impacted on women from non-Pakeha backgrounds today.
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    53 mins
  • Rights and Ownership Over the Female Body

    Rights and Ownership Over the Female Body
    Oct 14 2018
    From crotch-less bloomers and women’s fashion in the late 19th century to contraception, menstruation and abortion. Episode Four of Beyond Kate explores the politics and double standards around the female body, and women's access to public space.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Standing their ground

    Standing their ground
    Oct 7 2018
    Episode Three of Beyond Kate explores property and divorce rights for women, the age of consent, and even the right for women to wear what they want... early social reforms still being debated today.
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    54 mins
  • The Useful Woman

    The Useful Woman
    Sep 28 2018
    Episode Two of Beyond Kate explores politics, the reality of women at the polling booths, and Victorian attitudes that kept women in the home.
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    52 mins
  • Unwrapping the Suffrage Petition

    Unwrapping the Suffrage Petition
    Sep 19 2018
    Gaining the vote was a battle hard won for New Zealand women. Episode one of Beyond Kate visits the petition, hears about the woman whose name sits atop it & looks at the lives of rural women then and now.
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    52 mins