- Rawdon Christie
Rawdon Christie was born in
London . He attendedMarlborough College inWiltshire , thenEdinburgh University , where he gained a Bachelor of Music degree.After a spell as a teacher Christie went to
London College of Printing to do a Post-Graduate course in Broadcast Journalism. While there he won the 'Young Broadcast Journalist of the Year' award 2000 (Broadcast Journalism Training Council). He started his journalism career with theBBC inCambridge , firstly withBBC Radio Cambridgeshire, then withBBC Look East Television.Christie emigrated to
New Zealand in 2003 to take up a position as a reporter withTelevision New Zealand 's ONE News. In 2005 he moved to TVNZ's daily Current Affairs programme,Close Up .He is the host of the
New Zealand version of the popularBBC television seriesDragons' Den . He has also had stints as presenter of the Midday and Tonight news, and with the 'Sunday' Current Affairs show.He's currently presenting TVNZ's studio debate programme,
Agenda .Christie lives in
Auckland with his wife and three children.His aunt is the movie star
Julie Christie .
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