John Hawkesby's guest appearances

John Hawkesby

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Tami Neilson

Serena Williams

Simon Bridges

Andrew Saville

Don Brash

Neil Finn

Jeanette Fitzsimons

Paul Hunt

Robert Hardman

Jacinda Ardern

Ziggy Marley

Jack Reacher

Todd Muller

Matthew McConaughey

Willie Nelson

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Philip Sherry - the former TV presenter and one of the most recognisable faces on New Zealand screens - has died aged 87.Sherry had a lifetime of distinguished public service and news reading from the early 1960s, and career that spanned a number of broadcasters including NZBC, TV One, South Pacific Television, TV3 and Radio NZ.Former news presenter John Hawkesby told Mike Yardley Sherry was a gentle giant of New Zealand's screens."I remember growing up going to school, my parents had a certain radio station on and Philip was reading the news, and that's the first time I ever heard him. Later we both worked at South Pacific Television on different news programs, but I remember him with great affection. He always had this calm reassurance, he was kind of... our Walter Cronkite - the famous US anchor," Hawkesby said."He was slightly old school, I would describe him now as an absolute classic broadcaster."I remember a famous quote he once made, somebody asked him 'what makes a great newsreader?' And he replied 'sobriety and a great set of eyebrows', and I always thought that was a killer line."Sherry formed a familiar news tandem with Tom Bradley to a generation of TV news viewers at TV2 from the mid-1970s.

Philip Sherry - the former TV presenter and one of the most recognisable faces on New Zealand screens - has died aged 87. Sherry had a lifetime of distinguished public service and news reading from the early 1960s, and career that spanned a number of broadcasters including NZBC, TV One, South Pacific Television, TV3 and Radio NZ. Former news presenter John Hawkesby told Mike Yardley Sherry was a gentle giant of New Zealand's screens. "I remember growing up going to school, my parents had a certain radio station on and Philip was reading the news, and that's the first time I ever heard him. Later we both worked at South Pacific Television on different news programs, but I remember him with great affection. He always had this calm reassurance, he was kind of... our Walter Cronkite - the famous US anchor," Hawkesby said. "He was slightly old school, I would describe him now as an absolute classic broadcaster. "I remember a famous quote he once made, somebody asked him 'what makes a great newsreader?' And he replied 'sobriety and a great set of eyebrows', and I always thought that was a killer line." Sherry formed a familiar news tandem with Tom Bradley to a generation of TV news viewers at TV2 from the mid-1970s.

John Hawkesby: Remembering Philip Sherry, a 'gentle giant' of NZ screens

John Hawkesby recommends a few Christmas wine stocking fillers to Jack Tame.

John Hawkesby: Christmas wine stocking fillers