Bernice Elizabeth Shackleton QSM (14 November 1901 – 3 December 1998) was a New Zealand journalist and writer. Shackleton was born in Waimate, New Zealand, in 1901. She was educated at Waimate District High School, Columba College in Dunedin, and Canterbury University College in Christchurch. She graduated with a Diploma of Journalism in 1928 and her first job was as a reporter on the daily newspaper the Christchurch Star. Shackleton reported on court news, however she resigned her position after a judge ordered her to leave the courtroom due to the "unsavoury" nature of the case under discussion. Instead, she travelled overseas and wrote travel articles until returning to the Christchurch Star in 1930 as assistant to the editor. She held this position for five years, and was responsible f