This morning, Dame Cindy returned to her alma mater, Rutherford College, to be inducted into the school's newly-established Hall of Distinction. Her Excellency was joined by fellow inaugural inductees: entertainer Pio Terei, actor and director Oscar Kightley, netball coach Yvonne Willering, and neurologist Professor Alan Barber.
In her speech of encouragement to students, Dame Cindy quoted Queen Elizabeth II: 'Today we need a special kind of courage, not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest.'
You can find more images in the image gallery for the Rutherford College Hall of Distinction Assembly.