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Several well known women politicians and Maori women, leaders in their field, speak of the struggles women have had in order to make it to the top. Women are surveyed in various roles and occupations: politics; business; law; health; and motherhood. The film is interspersed with archival footage and stills.
Episode 1 - Power. The history of female suffrage, protest, political issues and the treatment of women in parliament is explored through interviews with Pakeha and Maori women across the political spectrum:
Helen Clarke, Marilyn Waring, Ruth Richardson, Eva Rickard (Tainui), Meri Mangakahia (Ngāti Te Reinga, Ngāti Manawa, Te Kae Tutae, Te Rarawa), Mira Szaszy (Ngāti Kuri), Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan (Kai Tahu), Hekia Parata (Ngāti Porou), Donna Awatere (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Hinetapora, Te Arawa), Annette Sykes (Te Arawa), Lianne Dalziel, Jenny Shipley, Esme Tombleson, Christine Fletcher, Margaret Wilson, Fran Wilde, Vicki Buck.