Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, ONZ,GCMG,GCVO,DBE,QSO,DStJ (néeMaclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 Oktober 2021) adalah politikus Selandia Baru yang menjabat sebagai Wali Kota Auckland sejak 1983 hingga 1990 dan Gubernur Jenderal Selandia Baru ke-16 sejak 1990 hingga 1996. Ia adalah wanita pertama yang menyandang kedua jabatan tersebut.
Kehidupan masa kecil
Catherine Anne Maclean lahir di Auckland, Selandia Baru pada 4 April 1931 dari imigran Skotlandia bernama Neil dan Helen Maclean. Catherine tumbuh di Waharoa, dekat Matamata, Waikato.[1] Neil adalah seorang pekerja pabrik di pabrik susu setempat Waharoa.[2] Ia berkuliah di Matamata College dan mendapatkan University Bursary pada tahun 1948. Pada tahun 1949, Catherine mendaftar di jurusan zoologiAuckland University College.[3]
While at university, Catherine met Bob Tizard, then president of the Auckland University Students Association. On their second date, Bob told Catherine he was "going into politics. And I'm going to marry you."[4] They married in 1951 and had four children in six years; their daughter Judith Tizard also had a career in New Zealand politics.[5][6]
During these years, she served on the committee of her local Playcentre and later became its president. She was also elected to the Board of Governors of the Eastern Suburbs Secondary Schools.[5]
In 1961 Tizard returned to university to complete her degree in zoology.[7][5] She then taught and worked at Auckland University from 1962 to 1983,[5] during which time she co-authored at least two papers with Patricia Bergquist on sponges,[8][9] and provided technical assistance as preparator for a third.[10]
Kematian
Catherine meninggal pada usia 90 tahun di Auckland pada 31 Oktober 2021 karena penyakit yang dideritanya.[11]
Lambang
Lambang Catherine Tizard
Keterangan
The arms of Dame Catherine Tizard, granted on 9 December 1994 consist of:
Jambul
Upon a helm with a wreath argent and azure within a circlet upon the rim eight New Zealand ferns (five manifest) argent a Cat a Mountain guardant sable holding in its foreclaws a "Kate Sheppard" Camellia slipped and leaved proper mantled azure doubled argent.
Perisai
Barry wavy argent and azure overall a lymphad oars in action the sail sable charged with a representation of the royal crown proper pennons gules between three escallops or.
Penunjang
Two New Zealand Wood Pigeons wings elevated addorsed proper that on the dexter supporting with its interior foot a representation of the mace of the House of Representatives of New Zealand and that on the sinister likewise supporting with its interior foot a representation of the mace of the City of Auckland
Kompartemen
All on a compartment comprising a grassy mount from which grow New Zealand fern and thistles all proper.
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^Bergquist, PR; Tizard, CA (1967). "Australian Intertidal Sponges from the Darwin Area". Micronesica (dalam bahasa Inggris). 3 (2): 175–202. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 31 October 2021. Diakses tanggal 21 September 2020.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
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