at Objectspace in Auckland. In the 2022 New Year Honours, McLeod was appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to journalism and television. Bibliography A Girl Like I (1976) Thank You for Having Me (1979) The Rosemary McLeod Bedside Book (1981) a collection of articles from The Listener Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s–1950s (2006) With Bold Needle & Thread (2013) Awards PEN Best First Book of Prose (1976) A Girl Like I Jubilee Prize for Investigative Journalism (1986) for a North and South magazine article on a Wellington murder of a young woman. Best TV Drama (1989) Gloss Qantas Feature Writer of the Year (five times, in 1986 and 1990 to 1993) for articles in North and South. References External links Interview with Rosemary McLeod, Dominion Post, 3 June 2010 Interview with McLeod, Dominion Post, 26 April 2011 Interview recorded for Funny As: The Story of New Zealand Comedy, 2019 1949 births Living people New Zealand women journalists People educated at Onslow College 20th-century New Zealand women writers 21st-century New Zealand women writers 20th-century New Zealand writers 21st-century New Zealand writers Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit