Aunty to the nation DAME CATH WAS ONE OF A KIND
To her family, Dame Cath Tizard was a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. To many more New Zealanders, she was a feminist trailblazer, who smashed glass ceilings with aplomb. She was also one of the funniest and most down-to-earth politicians of her generation.
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard – Auckland’s first female mayor and New Zealand’s first woman Governor-General – died on October 31, aged 90.
For the woman who made no secret of her love of an evening gin, happily took the bus to
