Paddy Gower is a New Zealand journalist and is widely regarded as one of the best communicators in the business, with an irrepressible personality.
Current work
Paddy is a journalist at Newshub, where he covers issues of national and international significance, or in his words “getting out and about with real Kiwis doing stories about real issues”. He is host of current affairs show, Paddy Gower Has Issues.
Paddy produced an emotional and informative two-part documentary Patrick Gower: On Weed in order to educate Aotearoa on the issue of legalising cannabis for both medicinal and recreational purposes. The success of this saw his documentary work evolve into the Patrick Gower: On... series which includes On Booze - a deeply personal insight into his own problems with alcohol.
Previous experience
Paddy has been a journalist for over 20 years, starting as the night shift reporter at the New Zealand Herald. He has unique insight into how the government works and New Zealand’s place in the world.
Previously the Newshub Political Editor, he spent ten years in the Parliamentary Press Gallery covering four different Prime Ministers and three different Governments. He was then Newshub's National Correspondent, covering stories like March 15.
He has moderated the Newshub leader’s debate at both the 2017 and 2020 elections, questioned Donald Trump multiple times during the US Election and has covered stories in places as varied as Afghanistan, Iraq and Kiribati.
As a speaker, Paddy can speak about the resilience and authenticity that have been crucial to his career, and share intriguing insights and entertaining stories from his experience as a journalist - all with his classic witty humour!
As a polished MC, he has an authoritative and engaging style and is able to bring his skills in hard journalism to tackle any situation.
Paddy was a fantastic MC and impressed from the outset. He took time to really understand our audience and injected the right dose of natural wit and humour into our two day event, keeping t ... keep reading Acurity Health Group
Paddy was an excellent MC for our Business Awards. He mixed and mingled with the audience the entire night and was only too happy to pose for photos with the guests.
Paddy was fantastic to work with leading up to and during the event. He was really interested in the event we were creating and very enthusiastic about the topics and content. He was very professional and his delivery on the day was exceptional. Our audience have provided fantastic feedback about him and the content that he delivered.
