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Dame Catherine Tizard (1990–6), a former mayor of Auckland, was New Zealand's first female Governor-General.
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'Dame Catherine Tizard', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/dame-catherine-tizard, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 14-Jul-2014
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