Michal McKay

Michal Louise McKay (née: Walker; 23 August 1942 – 16 March 2024), was a New Zealand journalist and fashion editor.

Early life McKay was born on 23 August 1942 in Wellington, New Zealand. McKay was the daughter of Bill and Paddy Walker. She grew up in Christchurch as her father recovered from tuberculosis at the Hanmer Sanitorium.

Career As a child, McKay modelled for the Milne & Choyce department store and was photographed alongside her mother for L'Officiel.

As a teenager she joined The New Zealand Herald as a cadet reporter and worked as a model. McKay was sent there by New Zealand Vogue editor-in-chief Sheila Scotter to be "Voguerised". She returned to London and joined Estée Lauder.

In 2005, McKay returned to New Zealand, following the invitiation of Fairfax Media to edit New Zealand House & Garden. In 2009, McKay founded Maiki, a creative communications consultancy, through the firm she would consult the Royal New Zealand Ballet. McKay was a trustee of the New Zealand Fashion Museum. They married in 1968 and divorced in 1973.