Jennifer Goodwin (born ) is a New Zealand

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, television newsreader and

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. On Monday 30 June 1975 she became a news presenter on the newly launched TV-2, making her New Zealand's first female television newsreader, and the first woman within the

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to present a prime time news programme. Prior to her work at TV-2, Goodwin worked in radio before moving into television in the 1960s, where she initially worked as a continuity announcer. In 2009 she was one of several former

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presenters to return to the station to celebrate 40 years of television network news in New Zealand.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) 1940s births New Zealand television newsreaders and news presenters Living people {{NewZealand-tv-journalist-stub

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