She'll be a huge miss to so many people - the way this country operates will suffer without her such was her influence and importance - though she'll have hated to admit or recognise that.

Kia ora e hoa Vicky x

She was feisty and passionate character who wore her heart on her sleeve. I thankfully was allowed in to her friendship as one of few Brits who could pronounce "Whangarei" properly - never mind know where it is.
Accessibility, culture, travel, people - her zest for life put all this before herself.

This is so sad.
Vicky & I worked in the same DWP team a few yrs back. She was an enormous influence & inspiration to how we worked then - & to how I continue to help teams work to their best today. I still quote her wisdom today.

We had many good chat together, often in Spanish to help her practice