Simon Barnett
Simon Barnett | |
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Born | Simon Andrew Barnett 23 March 1967 |
Career | |
Station | Newstalk ZB |
Time slot | Weekday afternoons. |
Style | Program Host |
Country | New Zealand |
Website | More FM Canterbury |
Simon Barnett (born 23 March 1967) is a radio and television host and presenter in New Zealand.
Barnett co-hosted the morning show on Christchurch radio station
91ZM, worked for Radio Nelson and has acted, appearing in a New Zealand feature film Ruby and Rata (1990). Barnett also won the 2015 series of the New Zealand version of Dancing with The Stars
.
Barnett was a host on the children's TV programme Canterbury.[1]
In 2019, Simon Barnett joined Newstalk ZB in Christchurch.
Personal life
Barnett grew up in
Canterbury, attending Ashburton College
from 1980 and graduating in 1984, when he was Head Boy.
He was married since 1991, to wife Jodi, with whom he had four daughters. In October 2023, Jodi died of brain cancer. [2] She had suffered from seizures, which prompted Barnett to leave his role as Christchurch More FM's breakfast show host.[3]
He opposed the
2009 corporal punishment referendum
.
See also
References
- ^ Simon Barnett to host Mitre 10 Dream Home, TVNZ, retrieved from Scoop, 23 October 2012
- ^ [1]
- ^ Simon Barnett signs-off two-decade More FM career in sad silence
External links
- Simon Barnett at IMDb
- Children's TV show "What Now" with Catherine McPherson
- "Clash of the Codes" (1994) TV Series.
- "Wheel of Fortune" (New Zealand version - took over from Phillip Leishman)
- Official Stars in Their Eyes page at TVNZ
- Official Si and Gary Breakfast page at MORE FM