John Campbell (broadcaster)
| John Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 February 1964 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Show | Checkpoint |
| Station(s) | Radio New Zealand National |
| Time slot | Drivetime (5-7pm) |
| Country | New Zealand |
John Campbell (born 10 February 1964) is a New Zealand journalist and radio personality. He has presented Checkpoint, Radio New Zealand's drive time show, since January 2016. He was the presenter of Campbell Live, a former 7 p.m. current affairs programme on TV3. He was a rugby commentator for Sky Sports during the All Blacks' test Samoa in early 2015—a fixture he had vocally campaigned for while hosting Campbell Live.
Campbell was born in 1964; his parents are Jim and Wendy Campbell. He graduated from Wellington College then Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours, and then worked as a share trader, providing a share report to Radio New Zealand's Midday Report. In 1989, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) offered him a job as a business reporter. He had no journalism training, but RNZ ran a cadetship system which provided him with the experience he needed. He read the three-minute news bulletins on the hour for RNZ, and then moved to TV3 in 1991 as a general reporter in their Wellington newsroom. He moved to their political press gallery a year later.
In 1994 he moved to the current affairs programme 20/20, and later presented an interview/current events segment of 3 News. After John Hawkesby left 3 News in 1998, Campbell was asked to fill in, and he remained as the main 3 News weekday newsreader along with Carol Hirschfeld until 2005. He began Campbell Live with Hirschfeld in March 2005. On 21 May 2015, TV3 announced that Campbell Live would soon cease to air, and Campbell had decided to leave MediaWorks, despite having been offered a position co-hosting a replacement current affairs programme. Only one year of the offered three-year extension was to have been presenting Campbell Live. The final programme aired on 29 May 2015.
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