GordonMcLauchlan

Journalist and prolific author Gordon McLauchlan, ONZM, edited The New Zealand Encyclopedia for a decade. His 1976 bestseller The Passionless People dissected the Kiwi psyche. In the 1980s McLauchlan presented Sunday morning magazine show Weekend for six years — aside from a tour of the United States, hosting series American Pie. In 1987 he won a GOFTA Award as Best Presenter. He repartnered with Weekend's Kerry Smith for weekday show 5.30 Live. McLauchlan was also a television critic, and set questions for the first two seasons of Sale of the Century. He died on 26 January 2020, at the age of 89.