New Zealand
- Mayor – Elizabeth Yates – 1894
- Member of Parliament – Elizabeth McCombs – 1933
- Cabinet Minister – Mabel Howard – 1947
- New Zealand Ambassador – Barbara Angus – 1978
- Mayor of Auckland City – Catherine Anne Tizard - 1983
- Governor-General – Dame Catherine Tizard – 1990
- Deputy Prime Minister – Helen Clark – 1989
- Minister of Finance – Ruth Richardson – 1990
- Mayor of Wellington – Fran Wilde - 1992
- Prime Minister – Jenny Shipley – 1997
- Chief Justice – Sian Elias – 1999
- Attorney-General – Margaret Wilson – 1999
- Speaker of the House of Representatives – Margaret Wilson – 2005
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