Raymond, Cherry

Educated in Birmingham and at sixteen went to work in London in the theatre; family emigrated to Auckland after the war.

The New Zealand career in broadcasting started at 1ZB; then for New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation where she compiled women's programmes for National Radio and also produced some documentaries.

With the emergence of television in 1960 she was drawn into that medium as a presenter, interviewer, and directed a television series about expatriate New Zealanders called Close Up in Australia.

In the mid-1960s was asked to write a column for Woman's Weekly which she tried to make thought-provoking and controversial; through this column she became interested in legal and social reform issues for women.

She also began public speaking on similar issues as well as appearing on magazine programmes on television such as Beauty and the Beast and Personality Squares.

Later roles included Public Affairs Officer for the Mental Health Foundation, President of ZONTA.