Dame Dorothy Gertrude Winstone (née Fowler, 23 January 1919 – 3 April 2014) was a New Zealand educationist and academic. She sat on the Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion which ran from 1975 to 1977. The Dorothy Winstone Centre Theatre at the

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, New Zealand is named in her honour. The theatre was built in 1988 and designed by architect Ivan Mercep. Winstone was appointed a

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George I ...

, for public services, in the

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. In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a

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, for services to the community. In 1993, Winstone was awarded the

New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 was established by Royal Warrant on 1 July 1993. It was created to commemorate Women's suffrage in New Zealand and to recognize those New Zealand and Commonwealth citizens who had made a significant ...

. Winstone died on 3 April 2014. Her ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.

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1919 births 2014 deaths New Zealand Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George New Zealand academics New Zealand women educators Academics from Auckland Burials at Purewa Cemetery Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub