BillRalston

Presenter
Executive

Bill Ralston is the everyman of New Zealand television, a sometime political correspondent, arts and current affairs presenter, award-winning journalist and head of TVNZ news and current affairs. With fingers in many pies and always ready with a pugnacious opinion, Ralston is one out of the box.

Biography

Bill Ralston's career in New Zealand print and broadcast media spans several decades and mediums. His strongly expressed views have made him a controversial, but always interesting broadcasting figure.

William Grantley Ralston studied politics and history for his Bachelor of Arts at Auckland University. At age 19 he successfully stood for council in the Northcote borough. Soon after, he appeared in this television interview, handling the press for those on board the yacht Fri, which was protesting French nuclear testing.