John Campbell is an award winning TV presenter, radio host and journalist.
Previous experience
He was the host of his own current affairs show Campbell Live for over 10 years. He was also TV3's news anchor and presenter of National Radio’s high-profile Saturday morning show.
John is well known for his fun loving and charismatic personality.
Background
John graduated from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours and then worked as a share trader providing a share report to Radio New Zealand's Midday Report. This led to Radio New Zealand offering him a job as a business reporter and his journalism career was underway. John moved to TV3 in 1991 as a general reporter in their Wellington newsroom and moved to their political press gallery a year later.
Radio and television presenter:
He is currently a roving reporter at TVNZ; before that, he presented Checkpoint, Radio New Zealand's drive time show, from 2016 to 2018. For ten years prior to that, he presented Campbell Live, a 7 p.m. current affairs programme on TV3.
With his background, John delivers an insightful, topical and amusing keynote or a polished MC role.