Tim Wilson (broadcaster)

Tim Wilson is a New Zealand journalist, producer, author and radio personality working for TVNZ and NZME.[1]

Tim Wilson

Early life

Wilson was born in Dunedin and adopted by a Presbyterian minister who relocated the family to Pokeno and then to New Plymouth and finally Whanganui when Wilson was a teenager. Wilson studied at the University of Auckland.[1]

Career

Wilson was the US correspondent for One News in New York City for 10 years before returning to New Zealand in early 2012.[2] He now produces elements for TVNZ's Breakfast and Seven Sharp as well as co-hosting The Weekend Collective from 3pm till 6pm every Saturday and Sunday afternoon with Tim Roxborogh on Newstalk ZB.[3][4][5] He occasionally fills in on various other programmes on Newstalk ZB.

Family life

Tim Wilson is married to Rachel Wilson and they have three children.[5] The couple met in a catholic church in 2012. The family live in Auckland and Tim's wife Rachel is a common contributor to his Newstalk ZB programme, while also pursuing a career in music. She is a former primary school teacher and comes from a large family of 9 siblings.

Books

Tim Wilson has published four books, all of which are sold in New Zealand and published by Victoria University Press.[6] His first book Their Faces Were Shining was published in 2010 and his second book The Desolation Angel, a collection of short fiction, was published in 2011. News Pigs was published in 2014 with the sequel The Straight Banana published in 2016.

See also

References
  1. Cowan, John (24 June 2012). "Tim Wilson - Real Life". Real Life with John Cowan. CBA. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  2. Interview on Stuff.co.nz
  3. Seven Sharp with Tim Wilson - Yahoo
  4. The Two on Newstalk ZB
  5. Prebble, Amy (28 May 2019). "Radio hosts Tim Wilson and Tim Roxborogh on why they're similar but different in so many ways". Now To Love. Bauer Media. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  6. "Tim Wilson". Victoria University Press. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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