Hilary Barry
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Hilary Barry is a TV3
personality in New Zealand
who currently presents the 6 pm 3 News
with Mike McRoberts
.
in Linguistics
and a Certificate of Journalism.
in 1993 then moved to Auckland
to work as a reporter on 3 News
. She read the morning news on radio station More FM
and participated in the morning shows for 10 years.
and Carol Hirschfeld
moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live
, in March 2005.
In 2006 Qantas Television Awards
she was voted Favourite New Zealand Female Personality.
On 9 February 2009, Barry became news anchor on the RadioLIVE breakfast show hosted by Marcus Lush
.
Barry won the Best News or Current Affair Presenter award at the 2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards.
TV3 (New Zealand)
TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...
personality in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
who currently presents the 6 pm 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...
with Mike McRoberts
Mike McRoberts
Mike McRoberts is a television and radio journalist.-Education:McRoberts attended Hillmorton High in Christchurch. He completed a journalism diploma from the Christchurch Broadcasting School in 1986.-Career:...
.
Education
Barry completed a BABachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and a Certificate of Journalism.
Barry attended Queen Margaret College in early life (to age 18), and was head Head Girl in her final year.
Early career
Barry (then Pankhurst) began her career as radio reporter for radio station 89.3 TODAY FM (now More FM Wairarapa). She became a TV3 news reporter in ChristchurchChristchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
in 1993 then moved to Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
to work as a reporter on 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...
. She read the morning news on radio station More FM
More FM
MORE FM is a New Zealand radio network playing adult contemporary music or Pop music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.MORE FM broadcasts in 22 centres throughout New Zealand with local programming in most markets between 6am and 1pm and networked programming the rest of the day...
and participated in the morning shows for 10 years.
Recent career
Barry presented the weekend edition of 3 News for six years, before being promoted to presenting the weeknight 3 News. Former regular anchors John CampbellJohn Campbell (broadcaster)
John Campbell is the presenter of Campbell Live, a primetime 7.00pm current affairs programme on TV3 in New Zealand.-Early career:...
and Carol Hirschfeld
Carol Hirschfeld
Carol Hirschfeld is a New Zealand broadcaster. She is best known for her role as a TV3 Newsreader alongside John Campbell from 1998 until 2005.-Career:Hirschfeld started her career after going to journalism school in Auckland...
moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live
Campbell Live
Campbell Live is a half-hour long New Zealand current affairs programme weeknights at 7.00pm, on TV3 and is hosted by New Zealand television personality, John Campbell...
, in March 2005.
In 2006 Qantas Television Awards
Qantas Television Awards
The Aotearoa Film & Television Awards, formerly known as the Qantas Television Awards, are presented by the New Zealand Television Broadcasters' Council...
she was voted Favourite New Zealand Female Personality.
On 9 February 2009, Barry became news anchor on the RadioLIVE breakfast show hosted by Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush is a television and radio presenter in New Zealand.He made his first forays into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path...
.
Barry won the Best News or Current Affair Presenter award at the 2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards.