Pippa Wetzell
Pippa Wetzell | |
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| Born | Philippa Wetzell 26 January 1977[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit | Former presenter of Breakfast |
| Spouse | Torrin Crowther |
Philippa "Pippa" Wetzell (born 26 January 1977) is a New Zealand television personality and journalist with TVNZ 1.
Early life
[edit]Wetzell attended Takapuna Grammar School on Auckland's North Shore, where she was Head Girl in 1994.[2] She went on to study at the Auckland University of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Communications degree.[3]
Career
[edit]She was hired by Television New Zealand in 1998 for the overnight assignments desk.[3] 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.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Wetzell is of German and Samoan heritage.[5] She is married to lawyer Torrin Crowther, a competition law partner at Bell Gully. The couple have three children.[6]
Pippa's younger brother, Yanni Wetzell, is a professional basketball player.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Nissen, Wendyl (7 April 2022). "Pippa Wetzell's year of change". nowtolove.co.nz. New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Twelve Questions: Pippa Wetzell". NZ Herald. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ^ a b c Coursey, Michelle (5 August 2007). "Pippa for Breakfast". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "Pippa to replace Kay on Breakfast". stuff.co.nz. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "Pippa Wetzell returns to her Samoan roots". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ McConnochie, Trudie (12 April 2009). "Pippa was right, it's another baby girl". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ "Auckland basketballer Yanni Wetzell signs with division one side in US". stuff.co.nz. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Pippa Wetzell at TVNZ
- 1977 births
- People educated at Takapuna Grammar School
- Auckland University of Technology alumni
- Living people
- New Zealand television presenters
- New Zealand women television presenters
- New Zealand television journalists
- New Zealand women journalists
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- New Zealand people of German descent
- Samoan people of German descent