Education
University of Auckland.
University of Auckland.
She was the first woman to regularly anchor nationwide news bulletins on New Zealand television in 1973, and continued presenting news regularly until 1997 and occasionally until 2001, when failing health forced her to leave her role at Television New Zealand. She was homeschooled and developed a love for languages. D'Audney began her career in broadcasting on the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation's local news broadcasts in 1962, working part-time while studying microbiology at the University of Auckland.
She gave up her studies to become a full-time broadcaster, moving on to national news presentation in 1973. Other roles included hosting the arts programme Kaleidoscope, and current events digest Eye Witness News. She also worked occasionally as an actress, and in 1982 shocked the public by appearing topless in the television comedy play The Venus Touch.
She continued as a current affairs presenter and occasional newsreader until 2001, gradually shifting her focus from television work to radio. In May 2001, D'Audney was diagnosed with a brain tumour, which proved to be cancerous, and underwent an operation two weeks later. She died in February 2002 at the age of 57.
During her last year, she wrote and published her autobiography, Angela: A Wonderful Life. She is buried in the Jewish section of Waikumete Cemetery. After her death, the Angela D'Audney Trust was set up to raise funds for cancer treatment in New Zealand.