Jackie Clark

Jackie Clark (born 1964) is a New Zealand philanthropist and advocate for women. She established The Aunties, a charity helping vulnerable women and children who have experienced domestic violence.

Biography Clark was born in Grey Lynn's Bethany Hospital, owned by her great-grandmother, and raised in Takapuna. She was one of ten children; her mother Patricia (née France) was her father Tom's third wife.

When Clark was 12 years old she left home for boarding school at her own request; she attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington.

In 2018 Clark was awarded a Queen's Service Medal for services to women. The same year, she won two awards at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards: Supreme Award and Community and Not-for-Profit.

In 2021, Clark launched a book of stories by survivors of domestic violence, told in their own voices, Her Say.

Personal life Clark met her husband Ian in 1991 and they married shortly after. He was diagnosed with leukaemia in 1996 and died on 31 December 2018 of liver failure.

Clark's great-great-grandfather was Rice Owen Clark, and her father was Sir Tom Clark, founders of the Crown Lynn ceramics business. Clark has spoken about the family legacy of industrial success.