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Dame Catherine Tizard was New Zealand's first female Governor-General (1990-6). The effervescent Mayor of Auckland punned that she had gone 'from old grey mare to a GG'. Courtesy of Government House
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'Dame Cath Tizard', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/dame-cath-tizard, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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