Clare de Lore

Clare de Lore
De Lore in 2018
Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In role
1995  16 December 1996
Preceded byPeter Davis (1990)
Succeeded byDiana Marie Creech (1998)
Personal details
Born
Clare Frances de Lore

(1959-11-07) 7 November 1959
Christchurch, New Zealand
Spouse
(m. 1995)
Children1
OccupationJournalist

Clare Frances de Lore, Lady McKinnon (born 7 November 1959) is a New Zealand journalist.

De Lore was born in Christchurch on 7 November 1959, the daughter of Jim and Moya De Lore. She grew up in Riccarton in Christchurch, and attended St Teresa's School and Villa Maria College. After completing a journalism course, she worked at Radio New Zealand and in the State Services Commission. She is the author of Every Kitchen Tells a Story, a book of interviews of mainly women about their kitchens. From 2010, de Lore has been Rwanda's Honorary Consul General to New Zealand, and is an International Ambassador for Hope and Homes for Children, a charity working in 13 countries in eastern Europe and Africa.

De Lore married New Zealand politician Don McKinnon in 1995, and they have one son.