Diane Davidson comes from a background of secretarial / administrative / word-processing positions in an extensive career.

Born and educated in Wellington, Diane specialised as a legal secretary, gaining experience in this field in New Zealand, Australia and London. Upon her return to Wellington and marriage to Keith, who has been in the newspaper industry for 25 years, she was employed for a number of years as PA to a well-known Police Association personality and left that position when her husband took up a position in Hamilton.

During her decade in Waikato Diane raised a family and was involved in a number of community organisations before returning to the workplace, spending some time in a valuers office and then as secretary to a Queen's Counsel. The family moved to Masterton 10 years ago when Keith joined the Wairarapa Times-Age and Diane herself then became involved in the newspaper industry as a typesetter.

Diane has been the editor of a New Zealand dog breed club magazine and during her tenure in this position the magazine won the supreme award in the Best Dog Club Magazine in New Zealand competition.

Diane became interested in the Internet and its associated technology about 9 years ago and took the opportunity to become involved in the set-up and development of the Times-Age Internet site. Following her success with the Times-Age site Diane became further involved in web-authoring and a selection of the sites she has authored to date (numbering over 70) are available for viewing in her portfolio.