| Helen Young | |
| Birth Name: | Helen Agnes Young |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Hāwera, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Radio manager |
| Known For: | Manager of RNZ Concert |
Helen Agnes Young (22 March 1926 – 2 August 2019) was a New Zealand radio manager and an advocate for New Zealand music performers and composers.[1]
Born in Hāwera on 22 March 1926, Young was the daughter of Agnes Isabel Young (née Bartholomew) and Andrew Morton Young.[2] She was educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland,[3] and later went to London, where she studied at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[2] After working at the music library of the British Arts Council and the British Institute of Recorded Sound, she returned to New Zealand.[2] She was manager of RNZ Concert for 12 years between 1978 and 1989, and worked for Radio New Zealand for 35 years in all.[1] [3]
In the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, Young was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to broadcasting, and she received the award for "Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting" at the 1990 New Zealand Radio Awards.[1]
Young died in Auckland on 2 August 2019.[1] [4]