John Hawkesby

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John Hawkesby is a former news presenter for ONE News and 3 News

His started his broadcasting career in 1972 when he researched and presented Radio New Zealand's "Reflecting On" programme. This programme achieved six Mobil Radio Awards for "Excellence in Broadcasting". In 1986 John moved to Radio Hauraki and read the breakfast news. In 1977 he joined TV2 as newsreader and in 1981 presented the top rating TOP HALF programme for TVNZ. John went on to host the popular "IT'S IN THE BAG" program with co-host Hillary Timmins, this show and his good humoured professionalism made John a favourite with the New Zealand viewing public. In 1992 John moved to TV3 as newsreader and in 1995 and 1996 was voted "TV Guide's People's Choice "Best Presenter", and "Best Newsreader. On Monday February 16, 1998 New Zealanders learnt that John would no longer be reading the news on TV3.

At the beginning of 1999, in an incredibly controversial move, Hawkesby became a news anchor for ONE News. Due to internal politics he was only at the helm for a short term, and ended up with a massive multi-million dollar redundancy payout.

In August 1997 John published "Save The Last Dance For Me", which gave yet a further insight into this most popular personality.