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Hilary Barry
Born
Hilary Pankhurst

(1969-12-04) 4 December 1969 (age 54)
EducationVictoria University of Wellington (BA)
OccupationBroadcast journalist
EmployerMediaWorks New Zealand
Notable creditNewshub
SpouseMike Barry
RelativesLiam Barry (brother-in-law)
Kevin Barry (father-in-law)

Hilary Barry (née Pankhurst, born 4 December 1969) is a New Zealand journalist and television personality. She has been a newsreader on TV3 for many years and until 2016, presented the 6 pm Newshub show with Mike McRoberts. She also works on the Paul Henry breakfast show, reading the news. Barry resigned these roles in April 2016 sparking the resignation five days later of TV3 chief executive, Mark Weldon.

Personal

Barry attended Queen Margaret College in Wellington from 1980 to 1987, and was head girl in her final year.[1] She later completed a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington and a Certificate of Journalism.

She and husband Mike Barry, a teacher and son of All Black Kevin Barry, have two sons.[2]

Career

Radio

Barry began her career as a reporter for radio 89.3 TODAY FM (now More FM Wairarapa). She read the morning news on radio station More FM and participated in the morning shows for 10 years. On 9 February 2009, Barry became news anchor on the RadioLIVE breakfast show hosted by Marcus Lush.[3]

Television

Barry became a TV3 news reporter in Christchurch in 1993 then moved to Auckland to work as a reporter on 3 News. She presented 3 News on weekends for six years, before presenting the weeknight 3 News. Former regular anchors John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live, in March 2005.[4]

Awards

At the 2006 Qantas Television Awards she was voted Favourite New Zealand Female Personality.

Barry won the Best News or Current Affair Presenter award at the 2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards. She hosted The Coca Cola Christmas in the Park in December 2011. In March 2012, Barry won TV Guide's Best on The Box award for Best Presenter.[5] In May 2012, Barry won the Radio Award for Best Newsreader.[6] In March 2013, she once again won the TV Guide's Best on The Box award for Best Presenter. On 7 April 2015, Barry became news anchor for the morning talk show The Paul Henry Show.

Highlights

On 4 February 2016, Barry laughed uncontrollably during The Paul Henry Show when reading a news item about the former Malaysian diplomat who admitted going to a young woman's home with no pants on and defecating on her step before leaving.[7]The incident received widespread coverage[8][9] and a video uploaded by Henry received about 270,000 views on Youtube in two days.[10]

Barry also lost her composure in May 2015 after watching a news story on John Campbell's departure from TV3. As she tried to read the next item, Barry choked up and said: "I think Mike might have to read this one," referring to her co-anchor Mike McRoberts.[11]

Resignation

Hilary Barry unexpectedly resigned from MediaWorks (thus Newshub and Paul Henry) on 26 April 2016. Barry had been with the company for 23 years, working across several brands. She claims she left in order to spend more time with her family,[12] although there were reports she had been dissatisfied with the direction the network had been taking under the leadership of chief executive Mark Weldon for some time.[13] When Weldon resigned five days later, Barry and co-host Mike McRoberts were seen bringing a 'bootload of booze' into the TV3 office to celebrate.[14] She will remain on air for one month following her resignation.[15]

There is speculation that Barry is moving to TVNZ, however a TVNZ spokesperson said she would not comment and that "we don't comment on the individual employment situation of our own staff let alone anyone else's."[16]

References

  1. ^ "Old girl, Hilary Barry, in the news". Queen Margaret College. 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ^ Hilary Barry quits TV3 amid rumours she's heading to TVNZ
  3. ^ "TV3's Hilary Barry to join Radio Live". MediaWorks. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  4. ^ "TV3 Announces 7PM Current Affairs Show". Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  5. ^ "AFTA winners pay tribute to Christchurch". 3 News. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Read: congrats to our radio award winners!". RadioLive. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Hilary Barry laughs uncontrollably while delivering news". Stuff.co.nz. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  8. ^ "'Today could be the day I lose my job': TV news anchor bursts into a laughing fit after report about a Malaysian diplomat jailed for defecating on a woman's doorstep". Daily Mail. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. ^ "RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today". News.com.au. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Hilary Barry cracks up during the news". Youtube. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  11. ^ Hilary Barry in tears over John Campbell's departure
  12. ^ "Hilary Barry quits TV3". Stuff. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  13. ^ Hilary Barry quits TV3 amid rumours she's heading to TVNZ
  14. ^ Hilary Barry delivers drinks after Mark Weldon resigns
  15. ^ "Hilary Barry quits Newshub". Newshub. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Hilary Barry quits TV3 in shock move". NZ Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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