Pippa Wetzell
Born (1977-01-26) 26 January 1977 (age 47)
OccupationJournalist
Notable creditFormer presenter of Breakfast
SpouseTorrin Crowther

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

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]

Pippa's younger brother, Yanni Wetzell, is a professional basketball player.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Twelve Questions: Pippa Wetzell". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c 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 22 March 2018.
  5. ^ McConnochie, Trudie (12 April 2009). "Pippa was right, it's another baby girl". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Auckland basketballer Yanni Wetzell signs with division one side in US". www.stuff.co.nz. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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