Catherine Heather Allan (née Walker, 27 March 1941 – 24 March 2024) was a Palmerston North city councillor, Justice of the peace and recipient of Queen's Service Medal for her community service.
[1] Her mother, Olive Walker, raised her and her sister, Sally, in Palmerston North.
[1] She was later an appointed member to the policy board of the New Zealand Disabilities Resource Centre.
[1] In 1989, she, Nan Kinross and Joan Chettleburgh found a housing for men made homeless with the closure of the Railways Hostel, and started the Mash Trust.
[1][4][5] The trust has found housing for hundreds of people across the lower North Island.