- Kim Hill (broadcaster)
Kim Hill is a
New Zealand broadcaster. Currently she delivers the Saturday morning programme onNational Radio , a public radio station.Background
She was born in
Shropshire ,England . Her father was aveterinarian and her mother was aphysiotherapist andnurse . When Kim was 15 her family emigrated to New Zealand. Kim gained a BA in French and German atMassey University and theUniversity of Otago . She then studied journalism at theUniversity of Canterbury 's Postgraduate School of Journalism.Journalism and broadcast career
Her early career included stints working for radio and newspapers in Nelson,
Greymouth and Gisborne, before moving to National Radio inWellington and starting on the Checkpoint Programme. In 1993 she became the host of the daily morning Nine to Noon programme. Notable interviews from this time included theDalai Lama ,Nelson Mandela , andMonica Lewinsky .In April 2002 Kim began hosting the Saturday Morning programme. Since the 1990s she has also worked in television (on the consumer affairs show
Fair Go , and Counterpoint both withTVNZ 'sTV One ) and in 2003 she began hosting the interview programme 'Face to Face With Kim Hill', which is currently off the air.External links
* [http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/presenters/kim_hill Kim Hill on National Radio]
* [http://www.radionz.co.nz/ Radio NZ Home]
* [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410940/411730 Kim Hill on TVNZ]
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