Dame Cindy Kiro becomes New Zealand’s first female Māori governor-general
Dame Cindy, the first in her family to graduate from university, rose to become a pro-vice chancellor at the University of Auckland
The first Māori woman to be named governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Cindy Kiro, has been sworn in at an intimate ceremony in parliament, where she said she hopes to use the role to reach out to marginalised communities.
Dame Cindy, who is of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu and British descent, became the country’s 22nd governor-general – Queen Elizabeth’s representative in New Zealand.
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