Pippa Wetzell
| Pippa Wetzell | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Torrin Crowther |
| Children | Three |
| Notable credit(s) | Former presenter of Breakfast |
Pippa Wetzell (born 26 January 1977) is a New Zealand television personality and journalist with TV ONE.
Wetzell has a Bachelor of Communications degree from the Auckland University of Technology, and was hired by Television New Zealand in 1998 for the overnight assignments desk.[1] She has had several roles at TV ONE's breakfast television program Breakfast, starting as a junior meet-and-greet assistant before reporting news for the show. From 2001 she was a reporter for ONE News, later returning to Breakfast as back-up host for Kay Gregory.
Following Gregory's departure from Breakfast in 2007, she became co-host with Paul Henry Wetzell left the show at the end of 2010.[1][2] Wetzell hosted the 2007 Halberg Awards with Simon Dallow.
She is married to lawyer Torrin Crowther, a competition law partner at Bell Gully. The couple have three children.[3] On Friday 15 July 2010, Wetzell announced she was expecting her third child on February 3, 2011 which she confirmed is a boy. Pippa gave birth to a 9 lb, 11oz (4.13 kg) baby boy on February 1, 2011, later named Taj Patrick Crowther.[4][5]
Wetzell currently presents One News at 4.30.
Wetzell attended Takapuna Grammar School on Auckland's North Shore, where she was Head Girl in 1994.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Coursey, Michelle (5 August 2007). "Pippa for Breakfast". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10455879&pnum=0. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "Pippa to replace Kay on Breakfast". Stuff.co.nz. 3 August 2007. http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/31203. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ McConnochie, Trudie (12 April 2009). "Pippa was right, it's another baby girl". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10566280. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/pippa-wetzell-gives-birth-third-child-40115407
- ^ "Pippa Wetzell names new baby". One News. 11 February 2011. http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/pippa-wetzell-names-new-baby-4023161. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
[edit] External links
- Pippa Wetzell at TVNZ
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