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Mike McRoberts was born on 1966 in Dunedin, New Zealand, is a New Zealand journalist. Discover Mike McRoberts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?
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Mike McRoberts Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mike McRoberts's Wife?
His wife is Paula Penfold (m. 1995)
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Mike McRoberts Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mike McRoberts worth at the age of 58 years old? Mike McRoberts’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Mike McRoberts's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Mike McRoberts (born 1966) is a New Zealand television journalist and news anchor.
McRoberts was born in 1966 to a Ngāti Kahungunu father and Pākehā mother.
McRoberts began his career in 1984 as a cadet at Radio New Zealand.
He completed a journalism diploma from the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury) in 1986.
McRoberts grew up unable to speak Māori, as detailed in the 2022 documentary Kia Ora, Good Evening.
He became a sports reporter for TVNZ in 1995 before moving to current affairs with the Holmes programme in 1998.
McRoberts married journalist Paula Penfold in 1995.
The 2000 documentary White Sheep, written and produced by McRoberts, tells the story of Māori men like McRoberts' father who moved to Christchurch from Wairoa as teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s.
He attended Manning Intermediate and Hillmorton High School in Christchurch.
He moved to rival network TV3 as a reporter in 2001 and began a presenting role the following year as host of 60 Minutes.
He has presented Newshub Live at 6pm on Three since 2005.
In March 2005 McRoberts and journalist Hilary Barry were appointed as newsreaders for the flagship 6pm bulletin then titled 3 News (now Newshub).
McRoberts won TV Journalist of the Year at the Qantas Television Awards in 2006 and Best Presenter at the New Zealand Television Awards in 2017 and 2018.
He has continued to report for the network and has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, East Timor and Solomon Islands as well as national disasters including the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.
McRoberts published his memoir Beyond the Front Line in October 2011.
In May 2012, McRoberts became the anchor of TV3's new current affairs show Three 60 focusing on international news, politics, and business.
The show has now been cancelled.
The couple share two children, Ben and Maia, and separated in 2017.
McRoberts married publicist Heidi Ettema in 2023.
In 2019, McRoberts was a contestant on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.
He was the fourth contestant to be eliminated.
McRoberts appeared on the first season of The Masked Singer NZ as "Orange Roughy" in 2021.
He was eliminated in the fifth episode after three appearances.