RaySchofield
- Newsreader
Gisborne-born reporter/newsreader Ray Schofield added TV to his resume in 1962, when the NZBC launched a TV station in Dunedin. Schofield interviewed PM Keith Holyoake, tutored a teen Dougal Stephenson, and was rushed in to announce the death of John F Kennedy. He was also a champion shooter. Schofield left broadcasting in late 1970, and reinvented himself with data-processing company Databank. He died in 1997.
Screenography
1963 - 1975 Presenter Series
“He was a perfectionist, probably close to a genius. Taught himself to speak five languages for the hell of it. Took a sewing machine apart, and taught himself to sew. He didn’t suffer fools. He also had an absolutely magnificent, superb voice. ”
— Cindy Schofield, on her father
Related images
Newsreader Ray Schofield in action, circa sometime in the 60s.
Kindly supplied by Cindy Schofield
Publicity shot of newsreader Ray Schofield, circa sometime in the 60s.
Kindly supplied by Cindy Schofield.