Clare de Lore

De Lore in 2018

Clare Frances de Lore, Lady McKinnon (born 7 November 1959) is a New Zealand journalist.

De Lore was born in Christchurch on 7 November 1959, the daughter of Jim and Moya De Lore.[1] She grew up in Riccarton in Christchurch, and attended St Teresa's School and Villa Maria College.[2] After completing a journalism course, she worked at Radio New Zealand and in the State Services Commission.[2] She is the author of Every Kitchen Tells a Story, a book of interviews of mainly women about their kitchens.[3] From 2010, de Lore has been Rwanda's Honorary Consul General to New Zealand, and is an International Ambassador for Hope and Homes for Children, a charity working in 13 countries in eastern Europe and Africa.[4]

De Lore married New Zealand politician Don McKinnon in 1995, and they have one son.[2]

  1. ^ "Births". The Press. Vol. 98, no. 29048. 10 November 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2024 – via PapersPast.
  2. ^ a b c Warner, Kirsten. "From royalty to Rwanda". The Listener. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Every Kitchen Tells a Story". www.amazon.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ de Lore, Clare (4 January 2010). "Clare de Lore: A country striving to rise again after genocide". ISSN 1170-0777. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2019.