Paul Henry Biography
Paul Henry is a New Zealand radio and television presenter who hosted the late-night show The Paul Henry Show on New Zealand’s TV3 until December 2014, when he left to host a new three-hour breakfast show on TV3, RadioLive, and online.
How old is Paul Henry? – Age
He is 62 years old as of 4 August 2022. He was born in 1960 in Auckland, New Zealand. His real name is Paul Henry Hopes.
Paul Henry Family – Education
Paul was born to Brian and Olive Hopes. He went to Cockle Bay Primary School in Howick, Auckland. When he was 11, his parents divorced, and he relocated to Bristol, United Kingdom, with his English-born mother, to finish his education and win a theatre school scholarship. Paul and his mother Olive shared a council apartment.
Paul Henry Wife – Children
Henry is currently married to businesswoman Diane Foreman. He had three children with his previous wife, Rachael Hopes (née Orsman). Previously, Henry was married to radio producer Linzi Dryburgh.
What is the net worth of Paul Henri? – Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Paul Henry Breakfast
Henry worked as a breakfast host on 2ZD Wairarapa from 1986 to 1990. Henry departed 2ZD in 1991 to launch competitor radio station Today FM, where he hosted the station’s breakfast show. Hilary Pankhurst, Georgina Beyer, Rick Long, and former 2ZD station manager John Shearer were among the other famous Today FM employees. Henry sold the station to the proprietor of Port FM in 1992.
Henry went on to work for Radio Pacific as a foreign correspondent and weekend talkback host, ultimately hosting the breakfast show The Morning Grill with Arch Tambakis and then Pam Corkery. He also hosted the station’s drive show and was the first drive presenter at Radio Live when it debuted in 2005. Henry was named co-host of TV One’s Breakfast in 2004. The show’s ratings increased to over 150,000 viewers in 2009, up from a base of roughly 100,000.
Paul Henry The Paul Henry Show
In late 2013, it was announced that Paul Henry would host The Paul Henry Show, a late-night current affairs show that would replace the long-running Nightline, beginning in 2014. This new initiative, Paul Henry, will take the place of both TV3’s Firstline and Marcus Lush’s morning segment on Radio Live. In 2016, Henry left Mediaworks and announced that he would be entering a “semi-retirement” phase, sharing his time between New Zealand and the United States and producing wine.
Paul Henry Career
In October 2010, Henry had to apologize and later left TVNZ after debate over his elocution and disparagement of the name of Indian lawmaker Sheila Dikshit, as well as remarks made about the then-Lead representative General of New Zealand, Sir Anand Satyanand. In a meeting the next month, Henry guaranteed that TVNZ, specifically CEO Rick Ellis, had “promoted” on him by empowering him to be dubious live, adding that he accepted it was off-base for the New Zealand Government to apologize to India for his comments.
On 1 April 2011, MediaWorks New Zealand declared Henry would get back to Radio Live in July, supplanting Maggie Barry as the host of the station’s drivetime show, a position he had held four years beforehand. His residency in the job would this time last over a portion of a year; Henry moved to Australia the next year to have Organization Ten’s new morning show.
Henry started his telecom vocation working for the BBC, as a studio right hand and in the sorting room. He filled in as a projectionist in the regular history unit, where, as per the Sunday Star Times, “David Attenborough would come in and Henry would play the surges”. Henry got back to New Zealand when he was 19 and functioned as a maker on Public Radio.
In 2011 Henry distributed a collection of memoirs, What Was I Thinking. The book was a success upon discharge. In 2013 he delivered another book, called Shocked likewise a blockbuster. In late 2020 Henry delivered his third book, likewise a blockbuster. ‘I’m in a Unified State’. Henry has delivered three vintages of Focal Otago Pinot Noir. The toward the end in 2020. All sold out in practically no time.