Catherine Tizard Quotes

New Zealand viceroy, academic, public administrator (1931–2021)

Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first woman to hold either office.

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Birth Name: Catherine Anne Maclean

Alternative Names: Dame Catherine Anne Tizard • Dame Catherine Tizard • Cath Tizard • Dame Cath Tizard • Catherine Maclean • Cath Maclean • Catherine Anne Tizard • C.A. Tizard

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I would hope that we’re not going to be, on the one hand, encouraging young people into a healthy lifestyle, and at the same time promoting a way of life that is demonstrably unhealthy.

I hope we’ll have as much pride as the Americans had, but I don’t think it’ll be done in quite the same way. It’s not our style to let everything hang out.

To the best of my ability I tried to do some good, tried to make people's lives better in whatever way I could? Without sounding sanctimonious about it. Perhaps just that I tried not to do any harm.