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.
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]
She was hired by TVNZ (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]
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]