Kevin John Milne ONZM (born 1949) is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 television presenter, best known for hosting the show Fair Go

Fair Go

Fair Go is a New Zealand consumer affairs television program now co-hosted by Gordon Harcourt and Alison Mau. First aired in 1977, it is one of New Zealand's longest-running and highest-rated programmes, frequently placed high in the New Zealand TV Guide list of most viewed programs.Fair Go...

 from 1983-2010. He lives in Wellington.

Milne had a valve replacement as part of heart surgery in October 2004, and was diagnosed with a brain tumour in mid 2009, which required surgery the following year.

He is a former student of St Bede's College, Christchurch

St Bede's College, Christchurch

St. Bede's College is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school in Christchurch, New Zealand for boys aged 13 to 18 . St. Bede's is the oldest Roman Catholic Boys' College in New Zealand's South Island. It is also the only Catholic day and boarding college for boys in New Zealand's South Island....

. He has four children, Alex, Rory, Jake and Tommie, born between c.1983 and c.2001.

Fair Go

Milne has been part of Fair Go since 1983, the show first starting in 1977. He is known for a confrontational style and asking difficult questions.

Milne announced his retirement mid 2010 and his last show (the 2010 Fair Go Ad Awards) screened live on 20 October 2010.

Other Programmes

He has also worked on the following programmes:

• BBC-TV
• Visnews
  Visnews
  Visnews was a London-based international news agency. By 1992 it was owned by NBC News , BBC and Reuters, until Reuters bought out the remaining shares of the company that year...
  
  
• Production Line
• Then Again
  Then Again
  Then Again is a collection of rarities, remixes and lost songs by former Josef K frontman Paul Haig recorded between 1982 and 1998, including previously unreleased material...
  
  
• Holiday
• Kev Can Do

In 2009 Milne appeared on the New Zealand travel program Intrepid Journeys

Intrepid Journeys

Intrepid Journeys is a New Zealand television series, which screens on TV ONE. Making its debut in 2003, the show focuses on New Zealand "celebrities" who travel over to exotic countries to see the country's history, culture and people....

with a trip made to Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 in December 2008-January 2009.

Awards

In 2007, Milne was appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

New Zealand Order of Merit

The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order established in 1996 "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits."The order includes five...

, in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
He also won two Qantas Media Awards for Best Presenter.