PeterWilliams
- Presenter
- Commentator
Peter Williams worked continuously in broadcasting for half a century, after starting in radio as a teen. In 1979 he joined TV One as a sports show host and commentator, and went on to present from the Olympics and the Rugby World Cup. In the mid 1990s the longtime cricket fan began a move into news; he went on to read the news on both Breakfast and prime time weekend bulletins on TV One, before moving back to radio in 2019.
Screenography
Biography
When Peter Williams retired in 2021, broadcasting veteran Brendan Telfer praised him for his versatility. "He can do anything," said Telfer. "It doesn’t matter what it is — sport, news, current affairs, outside broadcasting, live broadcasting, from general elections to Olympic Games." At the close of this interview, Williams calls himself as "a jobbing, competent broadcaster" — echoing Andrew Shaw's description of him as someone with little interest in the celebrity side of television.
Awards
2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best News or Current Affairs Presenter: for One News
2009 TP McLean Award for Sports Television
For the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
“Breakfast producer Claire Watson, who has been a colleague of Williams for 20 years, says he has a great news brain, is smart, incisive and outspoken ... she also says he has mana and that's not something that can be cultivated.”