Auckland City Mayor Dick Hubbard has stepped in to save the tiled suffrage centenary memorial in Khartoum Place ahead of a visit today by Women's Affairs Minister Lianne Dalziel and several prominent Dames. The Dames, who include Catherine Tizard, Thea Muldoon, Dorothy Winstone and Georgina Kirby, are gathering to save the memorial, threatened by the council's redevelopment of Khartoum Place. Documents obtained by the Herald under the Official Information Act show council officers have spent $200,000 on consultants and a design competition for Khartoum Place. Entrants were told they could remove the memorial. None of the 12 entries kept the 2000-tile mural and water feature celebrating the struggle for the emancipation of women. 23.11.05By Bernard Orsman
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