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Peter Williams is a New Zealand broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his work on the TVNZ news and current affairs show Close Up. He was born on 6 March 1954 in Geraldine, New Zealand.
Williams began his career in journalism in the 1970s, working for the New Zealand Herald and the Auckland Star. He then moved to television, joining TVNZ in 1982. He was a reporter and presenter on the news and current affairs show Close Up from 1989 to 2011.
Williams has also worked as a radio presenter, hosting the morning show on Radio Live from 2011 to 2013. He is currently a presenter on Newstalk ZB.
Williams has won several awards for his work in journalism, including the New Zealand Television Award for Best Presenter in 2006.
Williams has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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70 years old |
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6 March 1954 |
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6 March |
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Geraldine, New Zealand |
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New Zealand |
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Peter Williams Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Peter Williams's Wife?
His wife is Cecile Williams (m. ?–1996)
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Cecile Williams (m. ?–1996) |
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Peter Williams Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Peter Williams worth at the age of 70 years old? Peter Williams’s income source is mostly from being a successful Broadcaster. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated
Peter Williams's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Williams retired from TVNZ with his last broadcast on the Sunday evening news on 16 December 2018. He is now a talkback radio host on Magic Talk.
In 2010 he concentrated his sporting activity on triathlon and completed the Port of Tauranga Half (2 km swim, 90 km bike and 21.1 km run) on 8 January 2011. His time was 6 hours and 37 minutes. The effort raised over $8000 for Look Good Feel Better, an organisation which helps women suffering from cancer with make-up and hair assistance.
In 2010 and 2011, readers of TV Guide voted him New Zealand's best news presenter. In 2011 he received 28% of the vote in the field of seven finalists. The next best was TV3's Hilary Barry, on 18%.
He has covered seven Olympic Games, including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, from which he garnered the TP McLean Award for Sports Television.
Williams was a sports writer and columnist from the beginning of the Herald on Sunday in 2004 until the end of 2009. He wrote predominantly about golf, a sport with which he had a close involvement during the first decade of the new century. That included a period as a selector of Auckland representative teams in 2008 and as a director of New Zealand Golf Inc during 2008 and 2009.
From 2003 to 2016, Williams presented the news bulletins on Television New Zealand's Breakfast and Good Morning shows, followed by the half-hour 1 News at Midday; from 2008 he combined this duty with that of presenting weekend editions of 1 News at Six.
In 1999 he was awarded the New Zealand Rugby Union's Supreme Media Award for his work at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He has twice been New Zealand Golf Broadcaster of the Year.
Williams' first wife Cecile died of ovarian cancer in November 1996. During the time of her illness she received assistance from Look Good Feel Better.
Williams has worked at TVNZ, previously TV One, since 1979 after starting his broadcasting career in radio as a teenager at Radio Otago, now More FM, in Dunedin in 1972. At TVNZ Williams has been a sports anchorman, commentator and reporter before joining the 1 News team full-time in his main role as Breakfast newsreader.
Williams married Cecile van Dyk in 1976 and the couple had three children.
Peter Allan Williams (born 6 March 1954) is a New Zealand television presenter and sports writer who currently hosts the morning talkback programme on Magic Talk, a MediaWorks radio network.
Williams was born in Geraldine in 1954, the son of Elizabeth Ann (née McLaren) and Allan Huia Williams. He was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School from 1967 to 1971, and then West High School in Corning, New York as an AFS scholar from 1971 to 1972. Williams played in the Otago schoolboys golf team in 1970 and was a North Otago cricket representative in 1971.
