Facts: - name: rosemary mcleod - ethnicity: pakeha new zealander - occupation: journalist , writer , feminist - gender: female Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rosemary mcleod .
rosemary margaret mcleod -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- is a new zealand writer , journalist , cartoonist and columnist .mcleod has written for new zealand 's major publications , including '' north & south '' , the '' dominion '' , '' sunday star-times '' , and the '' listener '' .mcleod was devisor and principal writer of iconic tv soap '' gloss '' , which won the award for best tv drama in 1989 .from 1995 to 2000 , she was a member of the broadcasting standards authority .mcleod has been a judge of the moviefest competition since its inception in 2003 .her book , '' thrift to fantasy : home textile crafts of the 1930s-1950s '' won a montana book award in 2006 .