Pippa Wetzell

Pippa Wetzell (born 26 January 1977) is a New Zealand television personality and journalist with TVNZ 1.

Pippa Wetzell
Born (1977-01-26) 26 January 1977
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)
Former presenter of Breakfast
Spouse(s)Torrin Crowther

Early life

Wetzell attended Takapuna Grammar School on Auckland's North Shore, where she was Head Girl in 1994.[1] She went on to study at the Auckland University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Communications degree.[2]

Career

She was hired by Television New Zealand in 1998 for the overnight assignments desk.[2] She has had several roles at TV ONE's breakfast television programme Breakfast, starting as a junior meet-and-greet assistant before reporting news for the show. From 2001 she was a reporter for ONE News, later returning to Breakfast as back-up host for Kay Gregory. She has also presented the consumer affairs show Fair Go. Following Gregory's departure from Breakfast in 2007, she became co-host with Paul Henry. Wetzell left the show at the end of 2010.[2][3]

Personal life

Wetzell is of German and Samoan heritage.[4] She is married to lawyer Torrin Crowther, a competition law partner at Bell Gully. The couple have three children.[5]

References
  1. "Twelve Questions: Pippa Wetzell". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 Feb 2013.
  2. Coursey, Michelle (5 August 2007). "Pippa for Breakfast". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  3. "Pippa to replace Kay on Breakfast". Stuff.co.nz. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. "Pippa Wetzell returns to her Samoan roots". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  5. McConnochie, Trudie (12 April 2009). "Pippa was right, it's another baby girl". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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