Hilary Barry
| Hilary Barry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hilary Ann Pankhurst 4 December 1969 |
| Residence | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Education | Victoria University of Wellington (BA) |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Employer | Television New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Mike Barry |
| Relatives |
Liam Barry (brother-in-law) Kevin Barry (father-in-law) |
Hilary Ann Barry (née Pankhurst, born 4 December 1969) is a New Zealand journalist and television personality who currently co-hosts TVNZ's Breakfast with Jack Tame. She was a newsreader on TV3 for many years and until 2016, presented the 6 pm Newshub show with Mike McRoberts. She also worked on the Paul Henry morning TV show since its launch, reading the news. Barry resigned from these roles in April 2016. Five days later TV3 chief executive, Mark Weldon also resigned.
Barry attended Queen Margaret College in Wellington from 1980 to 1987, and was head girl in her final year. 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.
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.
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.
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