She joined the BBC in 1997, after twelve years in print and television in New Zealand. In addition to her work as one of the team of BBC World presenters, she is a reporter on the BBC's flagship international current affairs programme 'Correspondent', writes occasionally for The Times on environmental issues, and broadcasts regularly on events in the UK for Radio New Zealand.

At BBC World, she has handled many unscheduled breaking news events, as well as regular broadcasts. She anchored rolling coverage of the entry of UN forces into Kosovo and Kofi Anan's peace mission to Baghdad which averted a second Gulf War.

She covered the death of Princess Diana for NZ television.

She also worked as a presenter/interviewer on the BBC2 arts and culture programme 'Open Minds' made in association with the Open University, and as a presenter/reporter on the Channel 4 investigative series 'Clear My Name', looking into miscarriages of justice with the 'Trial and Error' team.

Born and educated in the UK, she left for New Zealand in 1985. Working initially as a network news reporter at Television NZ, at the age of 23 she was reporting and presenting the specialist business programme 'Business World'. Returning always to news and current affairs between presenting jobs, she has researched and reported on numerous current affairs and documentary programmes. In 1991she launched a nightly news analysis programme 'Tonight with Anita McNaught'.

In 1994, she joined the team of current affairs reporters on the high-profile NZ investigative programme '20/20', travelling and reporting from around the Asia-Pacific region. She focussed particularly on medical/ethical investigations.

She was a founding board member of WIFT - Women in Film and Television - in New Zealand. She maintains strong professional and personal links with New Zealand.

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