 In 1946, Cole Catley moved to Wellington and began writing for the Labour Party's daily paper, "The Southern Cross", the New Zealand Listener, and Radio New Zealand.Australia's ABC Network appointed her their New Zealand correspondent, and in 1956 the network sent her on assignment to Indonesia for two years.When television came to New Zealand, Cole Catley was the country's first TV reviewer, writing for "The Dominion" (using the pseudonym "Sam Cree") and for the "Sunday Times" (under the name "Hillary Court").