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

[1] In 1956, the family spent two years in Indonesia where John was posted as a UNESCO library advisor to the Indonesian government and Cole Catley was appointed by Australia's ABC Network to establish an office there.

[1][3] When television came to New Zealand, Cole Catley was the country's first TV reviewer, writing for The Dominion (using the pseudonym "Sam Cree") and for the Sunday Times (under the name "Hillary Court").

[2] In this role, she insisted that half of the students accepted into the school must be female, a move which was considered to greatly accelerate the movement of women into the industry.

The imprint specialised in New Zealand works and authors, and published over 100 titles, including notable writers such as Michael King and Archibald Baxter.

[2][7][8] In 1952, Cole Catley and Helen Brew founded Parents Centres New Zealand, an organisation committed to providing education and support for pregnant women and their husbands.

[6] Cole Catley promoted the cause through public talks, newspaper articles, and the informational Bulletin of the Parents' Centre, and was national president of the organisation in 1962-1963.