Cathy Odgers

Cathy Odgers
NationalityNew Zealand
Other namesCactus Kate
Occupation(s)Blogger, columnist, lawyer
Known forCactus Kate blog

Cathy Odgers is a New Zealand-born, Hong Kong–based former blogger and lawyer who is best known for running a smear campaign against the head of the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office.[1][2] She published the Cactus Kate blog,[3][4] and wrote the fortnightly Cactus Kate column in The Dominion Post from 2006 to 2009.

In 2009, Odgers was declared one of New Zealand's "hottest singles" by The Sunday Star-Times.[5]

In 2011, it was reported in that Odgers was expected to be approved as a list candidate for the ACT party,[6] however she was not included on ACT's eventual party list for the 2011 general election.[7]

In 2013, Odgers was part of a group of three pranksters who taped New Zealand flags on the house of America's Cup defender Oracle Team USA principal Larry Ellison in San Francisco, as an act of support for Emirates Team New Zealand.[8]

  1. ^ Nippert, Matt (31 August 2014). "All the financier's men". Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ^ Bilby, Lynley (31 August 2014). "Judith Collins resigns: The money men and how they toppled her". Herald on Sunday. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Cathy's Blog". DPF Wikiblog. 8 May 2005.
  4. ^ Bennett, Adam (14 August 2014). "Dirty Politics: Who are the key players?". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ^ "New Zealand's Hottest Singles". The Sunday Star-Times. 10 January 2009..
  6. ^ Young, Audrey (25 June 2011). "'Cactus Kate' may push Heather Roy to quit". New Zealand Herald.
  7. ^ Act party 2011 candidate list announced Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today ACT party website. 28 Aug 2011.
  8. ^ "Kiwis flag ninjas: 'Our getaway plan was running really, really fast'". NZ Herald. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.