Peter Williams (broadcaster)
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Peter Williams is a New Zealand
television presenter and sports writer. Williams was born in Geraldine, New Zealand
. He has three adult children and one grandchild and lives in Auckland.
From Mondays to Wednesdays Williams presents news bulletins on Television New Zealand
's Breakfast and Good Morning shows, followed by the half hour One News at Midday. He is also the co-host of the One News 6pm weekend bulletin, and the usual substitute for TV One's weekday 6pm bulletin.
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He has covered seven Olympic Games, including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, from which he garnered the TP McLean Award for Sports Television.
He has also covered five Commonwealth Games, three Rugby World Cups, two Cricket World Cups and two Masters golf tournaments.
Among In 1999 he was awarded the New Zealand Rugby Union's Supreme Media Award for his work at the 1999 Rugby World Cup
. He has twice been New Zealand Golf Broadcaster of the Year.
In 2010 and 2011, readers of TV Guide voted him New Zealand's best news presenter. In 2011 he received 28% of the vote in the field of seven finalists. The next best was TV3's Hilary Barry on 18%
In 2010 he concentrated his sporting activity on triathlon and completed the Port of Tauranga Half ( 2km swim, 90km bike and 21.1 km run) on January 8th, 2011. His time was 6 hours and 37 minutes. The effort raised over $8000 for Look Good Feel Better, an organisation which helps women suffering from cancer with make-up and hair assistance.
Williams' first wife Cecile died of ovarian cancer in November 1996. During the time of her illness she received assistance from Look Good Feel Better.
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 and sports writer. Williams was born in Geraldine, New Zealand
Geraldine, New Zealand
Geraldine is a town in the Canterbury Region on the South Island of New Zealand. It is about 140 km south of Christchurch, and inland from Timaru, which is 35 km to the south...
. He has three adult children and one grandchild and lives in Auckland.
From Mondays to Wednesdays Williams presents news bulletins on Television New Zealand
Television New Zealand
Television New Zealand, more commonly referred to, and stylized as TVNZ, is a government-owned corporation television network broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific. It operates TV1, TV2, TVNZ7, TVNZ Heartland, TVNZ U and new media services....
's Breakfast and Good Morning shows, followed by the half hour One News at Midday. He is also the co-host of the One News 6pm weekend bulletin, and the usual substitute for TV One's weekday 6pm bulletin.
Television broadcasting
Williams has worked at TVNZ, previously TV One, since 1979 after starting his broadcasting career in radio as a teenager at Radio Otago, now More FM, in Dunedin in 1972. At TVNZ Williams has been a sports anchorman, commentator and reporter before joining the ONE News team full-time in his main role as Breakfast newsreaderNews presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
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He has covered seven Olympic Games, including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, from which he garnered the TP McLean Award for Sports Television.
He has also covered five Commonwealth Games, three Rugby World Cups, two Cricket World Cups and two Masters golf tournaments.
Among In 1999 he was awarded the New Zealand Rugby Union's Supreme Media Award for his work at the 1999 Rugby World Cup
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
. He has twice been New Zealand Golf Broadcaster of the Year.
In 2010 and 2011, readers of TV Guide voted him New Zealand's best news presenter. In 2011 he received 28% of the vote in the field of seven finalists. The next best was TV3's Hilary Barry on 18%
Other pursuits
Williams was a sports writer and columnist from the beginning of the Herald on Sunday in 2004 until the end of 2009. He wrote predominantly about golf, a sport with which he had a close involvement during the first decade of the new century. That included a period as a selector of Auckland representative teams in 2008 and as a director of New Zealand Golf Inc during 2008 and 2009.In 2010 he concentrated his sporting activity on triathlon and completed the Port of Tauranga Half ( 2km swim, 90km bike and 21.1 km run) on January 8th, 2011. His time was 6 hours and 37 minutes. The effort raised over $8000 for Look Good Feel Better, an organisation which helps women suffering from cancer with make-up and hair assistance.
Williams' first wife Cecile died of ovarian cancer in November 1996. During the time of her illness she received assistance from Look Good Feel Better.