The Women's Suffrage Mural

Flowing down the walls around the water feature and stairs of Te Hā O Hine Place, this tile mural tells the story of the struggle for recognition of equal rights and freedoms for the women of Aotearoa / New Zealand. The mural is made up of 2,000 coloured tiles, in 12 panels, and depict New Zealand icons: the huia bird, the pōhutukawa tree, a silhouette of Rangitoto Island and the Southern Cross constellation. Some panels are bordered with a Māori linen kete (woven basket or bag) pattern, representing the weaving together of cultures.

Two main motifs symbolise the efforts and success of women: the Kate Sheppard scroll, representing the petition signed by more than 25,000 New Zealand women and presented to parliament in 1893, and the white camellia, a flower presented to members of parliament who supported the Women's Franchise Bill.

The women depicted in the mural include: Amey Daldy - President of the Auckland Women's Franchise League, Anne Ward - Women's Christian Temperance Union, Lizzie Frost Rattray - journalist, Matilda Allsopp - one of the first seven women registered to vote, Elisabeth Yates - first female mayor of New Zealand and the British Empire, Annie Jane Schnackenberg - president of the Christian Missionary and Women's Temperance Union, Fanny Brown - one of the first seven women registered to vote, Ida Wells - first national secretary of the National Council of Women and a recent University of New Zealand graduate who studied in England (to represent the London contingent).

The mural was designed by Auckland ceramicist Jan Morrison and artist Claudia Pond Eyley and unveiled by Dame Catherine Tizard, Governor-General, on 20 September 1993. It was commissioned by Auckland City Council and the Suffrage Centennial Year Trust to mark the 100th anniversary of New Zealand women's right to vote.

In 2016, Waitematā Local Council voted to change the name of the lower part of Khartoum Place, to recognise its location. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei gave the name Te Hā o Hine Place, from the whakataukī (proverb): Me aro koe ki te Hā o Hine-ahu-one (pay attention to the dignity of women).