Judy Ann Bailey (born 1953) is a former news presenter for ONE News, the highest rated evening television news programme in New Zealand. Bailey joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (now

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) in 1971 and worked as a reporter on news and current affairs programmes. She presented the regional news with

John Hawkesby John Langley Hawkesby (born 1947) is a former news presenter for 1 News, ONE News and Newshub, THREE News in New Zealand. Hawkesby attended Auckland Grammar School in 1964. His started his broadcasting career in 1972 when he researched and pr ...

for Auckland from 1980 to 1987 in the programme ''Top Half''. From 1986 she presented the ''Network News at Six'' news bulletin (alongside Neil Billington in 1986–87 and then Richard Long until the end of 2003). A reshuffle in TVNZ following the departure of Paul Holmes in 2004 saw her become the sole news presenter for the 6pm ''ONE News'' bulletin, and her salary soared to

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800,000. The size of the salary was criticised by the government, despite it being fully funded from TVNZ's own commercial revenues and not involving taxpayer money. On 3 October 2005, Television New Zealand announced it was not renewing her contract despite her immense popularity, as it planned a rejuvenation of its news programmes to combat slipping market share. Her final day fronting the 6pm One News bulletin was 23 December 2005.

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and

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took over in January 2006. Her next role on television was on

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(25 April 2006), where she co-hosted the 6am to midnight coverage of events. In July 2009 she gave her support as a public face to the "Vote Yes" campaign for the corporal punishment referendum. She also appeared on the ''

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'' television programme, travelling through Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. In the

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, Bailey was appointed an

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for services to broadcasting and the community.

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TVNZ biographyNew Zealand Herald articleNew Zealand Herald article
(TVNZ salary saga ripped me apart, says Bailey) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Judy 1953 births Living people New Zealand television newsreaders and news presenters Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Women television journalists People educated at Nga Tawa Diocesan School

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