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JohnHawkesby

  • Newsreader
  • Presenter
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John Hawkesby has worked in almost every avenue of the media: as a newsreader for state television and  TV3, and as a radio producer, MC, and wine writer. After co-hosting the primetime news after the launch of the second channel, Hawkesby went on to win a keen following during an extended tenure on regional show Top Half. In the 1990s he won three NZ TV Awards for best presenter while co-hosting TV One's early evening news bulletin, once again alongside Judy Bailey. He also successfully hosted iconic games show It's in the Bag.

Screenography

Three Turns 30 - Promo
2019 Subject Television
Bloopers - News
2018 Presenter Television
Ao-Terror-Oa
2017 As: Radio announcer - Burn Time Web
AM/The AM Show
2017 - 2026 Newsreader Series

Awards

1997 TV Guide Television Awards
Best Presenter

1996 TV Guide New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Public Vote for Best Presenter

1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Presenter

“Put that kid down" he said, with such authority the whole place went quiet. ”

— Johnny Cash, to security guards manhandling prospective interviewer John Hawkesby (quoted from Hawkesby's book Save the Last Dance for Me)

Related images

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Paul Holmes, Judy Bailey and John Hawkesby are front people for Telethon, 1990.
Kindly supplied by the Dominion Post
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John Hawkesby and Hilary Timmins with two contestants up for 'Superbag' in the final in Lawrence.
Kindly supplied by Onfilm.
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Hilary Timmins and John Hawkesby host a special christmas show from Scott Base in Antarctica for It’s In The Bag.
Kindly supplied by Onfilm.
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Selwyn Toogood handing over reins to John Hawkesby and hostess Hilary Timmins, 13 March 1988.
Kindly supplied by TVNZ.