Christine Cole Catley

Dame Christine Cole Catley
Born	Christine McKelvie Bull 19 December 1922(1922-12-19) Wellington, New Zealand
Died	21 August 2011(2011-08-21) (aged 88) Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Alma mater	Canterbury University College
Spouse(s)	John Reece Cole James Fowler Catley

Dame Christine McKelvie Cole Catley, DNZM, QSM (19 December 1922 – 21 August 2011) was a New Zealand journalist, publisher and author. In 2006 she was awarded the Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. In 2009 the award was redesignated Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) after the New Zealand government decided to restore the titles of knights and dames to the honours system. She died 21 August 2011 from lung cancer aged 88.^[1][2]

Working life

She started working for the Taranaki Daily News while still at school and then The Press while she attended Canterbury University in Christchurch. She also 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 Robert Muldoon of the National Party. She also wrote for The Dominion (as Sam Cree) and for the Sunday Times.

While working as an advertising copywriter she coined the name Kiwi berry for Chinese gooseberries which evolved into kiwifruit.

She was instrumental in setting up memorials for writers Frank Sargeson (the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship) and Michael King.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Publisher and writer Dame Christine Cole Catley dies". Radio New Zealand. 21 August 2011. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/83091/publisher-and-writer-dame-christine-cole-catley-dies. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Acclaimed journalist dies". Stuff.co.nz. 21 August 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5481400/Acclaimed-journalist-dies. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
3. ^ "New Zealand journalism pioneer dies". nzherald.co.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10746555. Retrieved 22 October 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Catley, Christine Cole
Alternative names	Bull, Christine McKelvie (birth name); Cole, Christine (first married name)
Short description	New Zealand journalist, writer and publisher
Date of birth	19 December 1922
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death	21 August 2011
Place of death	Auckland, New Zealand