Kate Sheppard National Memorial, Suffrage memorial sculpture in Oxford Terrace, New Zealand.

Kate Sheppard National Memorial is a bronze and stone sculpture beside the Avon River in Christchurch that depicts six life-sized female figures. The composition includes relief panels showing scenes from daily life in the 1890s, documenting what people experienced before women gained voting rights.

Artist Margriet Windhausen created this sculpture in 1993 to mark one hundred years since New Zealand granted women the right to vote. The memorial honors a turning point in the nation's history when women first gained political voice.

The six figures are suffrage leaders from different regions: Meri Mangakāhia of Te Tai Tokerau, Amey Daldy of Auckland, Kate Sheppard, Ada Wells, Harriet Morison and Helen Nicol of Dunedin. They are shown pulling a wooden cart with the suffrage petition toward Parliament, and the flanking panels carry text on the campaign.

The memorial sits right beside the Avon River and is easy to reach on foot, with clear views from the nearby street. The informational panels are well positioned for reading and offer a good spot to pause in this quiet area.

The memorial was unveiled on 19 September 1993, exactly 100 years after New Zealand women won the vote, by Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard. A time capsule holding news articles and information on women's lives in 1993 was sealed inside the monument. In March 2025 the memorial was listed as a Category I entry on the Heritage New Zealand register.