Shona McFarlane

Shona Graham McFarlane CBE (27 March 1929 – 29 September 2001) was a New Zealand artist, journalist and broadcaster.

McFarlane was born in Gore and educated at Otago Girls' High School, and studied teaching at the Dunedin Teachers' College.

[1] As a journalist during the period from 1960 to 1974, McFarlane was women's editor of the Dunedin Star, one of the two major daily newspapers in that city.

McFarlane became a public figure as an original panellist of the long-running chat show Beauty and the Beast, appearing alongside Selwyn Toogood and Catherine Tizard from 1976 to 1985.

McFarlane wrote six books, and her paintings appear primarily in museums, art galleries, and private collections.