Hilary Barry

Hilary Barry (née Pankhurst, born 4 December 1969) is a New Zealand journalist and television personality who currently presents the 6 pm Newshub with Mike McRoberts.

Early career

Barry attended Queen Margaret College in Wellington from 1980 to 1987, and was head girl in her final year. She later completed a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington and a Certificate of Journalism.

Barry began her career as a reporter for radio 89.3 TODAY FM (now More FM Wairarapa). She became a TV3 news reporter in Christchurch in 1993 then moved to Auckland to work as a reporter on 3 News. She read the morning news on radio station More FM and participated in the morning shows for 10 years.

Recent career

Barry presented 3 News on weekends for six years, before presenting the weeknight 3 News. Former regular anchors John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld moved on to respectively present and produce the 7 pm current affairs show, Campbell Live, in March 2005.

At the 2006 Qantas Television Awards she was voted Favourite New Zealand Female Personality.