Background
She was born in London, England, and her family emigrated to New Plymouth in 1891.
She was born in London, England, and her family emigrated to New Plymouth in 1891.
During the 1920s Daisy broadcast programmes on the lives of composers illustrated with song. She was initially on the Government YA network and the private Friendly Road station in Auckland run by Colin Scrimgeour (Uncle Scrim), but she is remembered for her time on the ZB network (commercial, but run by the government) from 1933 to 1963. she averaged 202 words a minute during her shows and her morning show opened to the song "Daisy Bell" and the greeting "Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning everybody". lieutenant ran to several editions, and is still being reprinted almost 40 years after her death.
Seven others of her cookery books were also published.
2010 saw the 22nd reprint of the book
In 1963, Aunt Daisy died at the age of 84 years. She was still broadcasting up to a few days beforehand.
In the 1956 New Year Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services in the fields of entertainment and broadcasting.