This is Paddy Gower

Paddy Gower needs no introduction. In a major coup for CHB, Paddy will sit down with award-winning journalist Alexa Cook for an unfiltered, entertaining, and insightful discussion. Expect sharp wit and candid storytelling from one of New Zealand’s most fearless media personalities. This is an event you won’t want to miss.​

Paddy Gower is a celebrated news journalist, former political editor, television presenter, radio broadcaster and documentary maker. He is also now an author, releasing his biography This Is The F#$%ing News: My Story. He has recently completed a speaking tour around Aotearoa, from Stewart Island to Waitangi. Paddy describes himself as a journalist that is focused on positive news and solutions. He produces positive news for Stuff called TFN (The F#$%ing News) and his award-winning television current affairs series Paddy Gower Has Issues will return in 2025.

Alexa Cooke is an award-winning journalist and presenter with a diverse career spanning RNZ, BBC Radio Bristol, and Newshub, where she was named News Journalist of the Year at the 2024 Voyager Media Awards. With a global reporting portfolio that includes covering the King’s coronation and Japan’s population crisis, Alexa returned to Central Hawke’s Bay in mid-2024 as RNZ's Hawke’s Bay Tairawhiti Regional Reporter. She is also a fill-in presenter for Morning Report on RNZ National. Outside of work, Alexa enjoys farm life, sailing, swimming, and cooking.

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