Mayor of Auckland City
Catherine decided to run for Mayor of Auckland City again at the 1983 local elections. She successfully defeated incumbent Colin Kay. She was the first female to serve as Mayor of Auckland, In 1984 Catherine was made a Dame. Later in 1984 there was a major riot in Queen Street.
During her term as Mayor, the Aotea Centre next to Aotea Square was developed. She was also the patron of the 99th Police recruit wing in 1985 in which all 75 recruits after graduation were sent to Auckland to serve. She was re-elected in 1986, and once again in 1989 following a major amalgamation of local authorities. In 1990 Auckland hosted the Commonwealth Games, an event Dame Catherine had worked to secure for Auckland.
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“Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.”
—Dudley Nichols, U.S. screenwriter. Jean Renoir. Mayor (Thurston Hall)
“Here far from the city we make our roadside stand
And ask for some city money to feel in hand
To try if it will not make our being expand,
And give us the life of the moving-pictures’ promise
That the party in power is said to be keeping from us.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)