Jim Hickey Biography
Jim Hickey is a New Zealand weather presenter for TVNZ. For 22 years, he was the senior weathercaster for TVNZ.
How old is Jim Hickey? – Age
He is 73 years old as of 1 August 2023. He was born in 1949 in Taranaki, New Zealand.
Jim Hickey Family – Education
His father, James Brian Hickey, was a Spitfire pilot in Burma during WWII. Hickey was up on a farm in Punake and first qualified as a secondary school teacher before pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in geography with a climatology concentration. Hickey went on to earn a Diploma in Meteorology.
Jim Hickey Wife – Children
He is married to Sue Hickey. Hickey has four children, including former influencer Sally Jo Hickey.
Jim Hickey Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Jim Hickey Career
Hickey’s vocation in human expressions started in the mid-1980s with minor theater and TV jobs, remembering jobs for Mortimer’s Fix and Offspring of the Canine Star. In 1988 Hickey started introducing the climate for TVNZ as the senior weathercaster, a position he held until 2003.
In 2007 he continued his job as senior weathercaster, following Brendan Horan’s retirement. One prominent cross happened following a snow dump that hindered the Homer Passage, and following the wiping out of flights flew himself and Tāmati Coffey (who was a journalist for Breakfast at that point) from Milford Sound to Queenstown.
Following his experience as the senior weathercaster, Hickey has acquired an all-around VIP status in New Zealand. Hickey was likewise known for his live persona and errors, including one occurrence where Hickey said “comeburgers,” which was then highlighted on Having Media Lunch.
Notwithstanding his job as a weathercaster, Hickey introduced other TVNZ projects, for example, Nation Schedule, Jim’s Vehicle Show, A Flying Visit, and How’s the Climate Jim? What’s more, The Genuine Center Earth. Close by his TV vocation, Hickey co-possesses a progression of bistros and cafés and has worked in the classical furniture business.
Hickey was appointed to the board of Family First New Zealand, a conservative Christian lobbying group, in 2006, a position he still retains. Hickey has a passion for aviation; as a weatherman, he would fly himself from his home in New Plymouth to his job in Auckland in a Cessna. In 2019, Stuff reported that Hickey was residing in a remodeled unused airfield hangar at New Plymouth Airfield.