Tony Veitch

Tony Colin Veitch
Born	1973
Residence	Auckland
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation	sports broadcaster
Employer	Nine Network, TVNZ, Radio Sport
Known for	Broadcasting
Home town	Auckland
Parent(s)	Sue and Graham Veitch

Tony Colin Veitch is an Auckland New Zealand-based reporter and sports broadcaster. He hosted a Radio Sport breakfast show and Television New Zealand's ONE News 6pm sports news. Veitch resigned from all broadcasting roles in the wake of domestic violence revelations in 2008 and a conviction in 2009, but has since regained significant roles at Radio Sport.

Prior to 7 July 2008 Veitch was a highly visible New Zealand sports broadcaster who hosted a Radio Sport breakfast show and the ONE News 6pm sports news until July 2008. He was also involved with other TVNZ programmes such as A Game of Two Halves and Veitch's View.

Veitch was born in New Zealand but moved to Australia as a teenager and got his start in broadcasting with Nine Network. He returned to New Zealand at 24 to take up a job as a reporter for TVNZ's Holmes show under Paul Holmes.

Veitch was mentioned by broadcast journalism academic Yvonne Densem as being a role model for young men considering journalism: "Martin Devlin and Tony Veitch were certainly considered role models. They're quirky, they're unpredictable, they dress casually, they talk sport, they're cool, they stand with one hand in their pocket you know they don't sit ramrod straight in front of a camera."

On several occasions he MC'd events for the Cure Kids children's charity, and in 2002 he appeared in a celebrity race in the Queenstown Winter Festival.

In early 2005, Veitch was suspended by TVNZ for about a week after appearing in a horse racing advertisement without asking permission from TVNZ. The same year he appeared in the Auckland City All Stars soccer match for tsunami relief.

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