Mike McRoberts Biography
Mike McRoberts is a television journalist and news anchor from New Zealand. Since 2005, he has hosted Newshub Live at 6 p.m. on Three.
How old is Mike McRoberts? – Age
He is 57 years old as of 2023. He was born in 1966 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Mike McRoberts Family – Education
McRoberts was born in Ngti Kahungunu to a Ngti Kahungunu father and a Pkeh mother. McRoberts wrote and produced the 2000 documentary White Sheep, which explores the narrative of Mori men like McRoberts’ father who relocated to Christchurch from Wairoa as youths in the 1950s and 1960s.
In Christchurch, he attended Manning Intermediate and Hillmorton High School. In 1986, he graduated from the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury) with a journalism diploma.
Who was Mike McRoberts first wife? – Is McRoberts married?
In 1995, McRoberts married journalist Paula Penfold. The couple divorced in 2017 after having two children, Ben and Maia. In 2023, McRoberts married publicist Heidi Ettema.
Mike McRoberts Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Mike McRoberts DWTS
McRoberts appeared on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars in 2019. He was the fourth contestant to go home. Dancing with the Stars’ eighth season debuted on Three on 14 April 2019, hosted by Dai Henwood and Sharyn Casey.
Mike McRoberts The Masked Singer
McRoberts appeared as “Orange Roughy” in the inaugural season of The Masked Singer NZ in 2021. After three appearances, he was eliminated in the fifth episode. The Masked Singer NZ is a New Zealand reality singing competition television show based on the Masked Singer franchise, which originated with the show King of Mask Singer in South Korea. It debuted on Three on May 9, 2021.
Mike McRobert TV3
In 1995, he began his career as a sports reporter on TVNZ before transitioning to current affairs with the Holmes programme in 1998. In 2001, he joined rival network TV3 as a reporter, and the following year, he became the host of 60 Minutes.
McRoberts and journalist Hilary Barry were hired as newsreaders for 3 News (now Newshub)’s flagship 6pm bulletin in March 2005. He has continued to report for the network, covering conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands, as well as natural disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami, and the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
McRoberts joined TV3’s new current affairs show Three 60 in May 2012, focused on worldwide news, politics, and business. The program has been canceled.
