Hilary Barry

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Hilary Barry (née Pankhurst) is a TV3 personality in New Zealand who currently presents the 6 pm 3 News with Mike McRoberts.

Originally from Wellington, Barry received a BA in Linguistics and a Certificate of Journalism before working as a radio reporter in 1992 in the Wairarapa on Today FM (now More FM Wairarapa). She became a TV3 news reporter in Christchurch in 1993 then moved to Auckland to work as a reporter and presenter on 3 News. She also reads the morning news on radio station More FM and participates in the morning shows there.

Barry presented the weekend edition of 3 News for six years, before being promoted to the show's top position, presenting the weeknight 3 News after former regular anchors John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live.

She is married with two sons.

Hilary's life long dream is to go into space.^{[citation needed]}

Hilary enjoys asking gastronomic based questions on the Battle of the sexes quiz show.Hilary's favourite food is spam.