New Zealand, the first country in the world to give women the vote, now has a unique concentration of women at the helm of the ship of state. This photograph, taken at the swearing-in ofDame Silvia Cartwright as governor-general in April 2001, shows (from left) Margaret Wilson (attorney general), Helen Clark (prime minister), Dame Silvia and Dame Sian Elias (chief justice). The leader of the opposition is also a woman.