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Cat amongst the pigeons : a memoir / Cath Tizard.
- Title
- Cat amongst the pigeons : a memoir / Cath Tizard.
- Author
- Tizard, Catherine, 1931-2021
- Publication
- Auckland, N.Z. : Random House, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DU420.34.T59 A3 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 350 p., [22] p. of plates : col. ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Tizard political dynasty is headed by a woman many would consider a New Zealand matriarch, Dame Catherine Tizard, formerly mayor of Auckland and our first woman Governor General. Feisty, irreverent, shrewd, fun-loving and resourceful, she built the Aotea Centre and lifted Government House out of its stiff and starchy past and into a more relevant present. When she bungy-jumped off the SkyTower for charity the Queen sent her a telegram: 'Well jumped. Elizabeth R.' The daughter of left-wing Scots immigrants and born in a tiny Waikato town, she personifies the New Zealand story: how talent and determination and a zeal to leave the world a better place than you found it can take you to the top. This lively memoir captures her rich and remarkable life and is full of fascinating insights into some of the key social movements and political events and intrigues of our modern history.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Scottish roots -- 2. Life in Waharoa -- 3. High school -- 4. University -- 5. Family life -- 6. My mother -- 7. Family holidays -- 8. Otama -- 9. Moving on -- 10. A juggling act -- 11. A good candidate -- 12. To Wellington -- 13. Ministerial travels -- 14. Norman Kirk -- 15. A devastating loss -- 16. A tilt at the mayoralty -- 17. Beauty and the Beast -- 18. Hat in the ring -- again -- 19. My Worship, the Mayor -- 20. A riot in Queen Street -- 21. Dame Cath -- 22. Sister cities -- 23. The Aotea Centre saga -- 24. Commonwealth Games 1990 -- 25. The decontamination tour -- 26. The swearing-in -- 27. State House One -- 28. A bit of nonsense -- 29. Hobson -- 30. Getting to know New Zealand -- 31. Travels abroad -- 32. 'Reveal the curtains' -- 33. The role of Governor-General -- 34. The monstrous regiment of women -- 35. Relationships with Maori -- 36. Very distinguished guests -- 37. Farewell, Lucas -- 38. Life after Government House -- 39. Aeroplanes and rally cars -- 40. And the jobs went on -- 41. Interludes in the UK -- 42. My lucky life.
- ISBN
- 9781869793005 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2010467328
- OCLC
- 734000264
- SCSB-12418931
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library