Christine Cole Catley

Dame Christine Cole Catley
Born Christine McKelvie Bull
19 December 1922
Wellington, New Zealand
Died 21 August 2011 (aged 88)
Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand
Alma mater Canterbury University College
Spouse John Reece Cole
James Fowler Catley

Dame Christine McKelvie Cole Catley DNZM QSM (née Bull, 19 December 1922 – 21 August 2011), was a New Zealand journalist, publisher and author.

Working life

Cole Catley was born in 1922 in Wellington, New Zealand. She began her career working for the Taranaki Daily News while still at school. Later she wrote for The Press while attending Canterbury University in Christchurch. She wrote for the Labour Party's daily paper, The Southern Cross, the New Zealand Listener, Radio New Zealand and Australia's ABC Network. She was a member of the Broadcasting Council, but was removed by prime minister Rob Muldoon of the National Party. She wrote for The Dominion (using the pseudonym "Sam Cree") and for the Sunday Times. She died on 21 August 2011 from lung cancer at age 88.[1][2][3]

Honours

In the 1994 New Year Honours, Cole Catley was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.[4]

In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature.

In 2009 Catley's DCNZM was redesignated as a Dame Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit that includes the appellation of Dame.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand journalism pioneer dies". nzherald.co.nz. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Publisher and writer Dame Christine Cole Catley dies". Radio New Zealand. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Acclaimed journalist dies". Stuff.co.nz. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  4. ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 53528, 30 December 1993. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Special Honours List (12 August 2009) 118 New Zealand Gazette 2691