New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) is today celebrating its radio teams and hosts who won awards at the New
Zealand Radio Awards announced today (15 May 2020).
NewstalkZB’s Mike Hosking continued his reign as New Zealand’s leading Breakfast Talk Presenter winning the award for
the eighth time and for the third year in a row. In another great result for Newstalk ZB, Nights Host Marcus Lush won
the award for Best Talk Presenter of a show outside breakfast for the fourth year running.
Newstalk ZB’s Niva Retimanu also won the award for Best News Reader while Martin Devlin won the Best Sport Presenter
award.
“This is amazing recognition for the incredibly hard work all of our news and talk teams put in day in day out making
sure our listeners get the news and information they need right across their day. The importance of our role where we
are broadcasting live 24 hours a day has been highlighted throughout the COVID-19 Crisis,” said NZME’s Head of Talk
Radio, Jason Winstanley.
Marcus Lush told the NZ Herald the win was exciting. “I take my job quite seriously. We have a lot of fun on the show
but it's always nice to get industry approval."
While Mike Hosking said: “It’s awesome. I work with a wonderful team of people every day who strive to bring you the
best radio in the business. This, along with the recent ratings, show how powerful radio can be. I am truly grateful to
the Newstalk ZB audience”.
NZME’s music radio networks also took out the big awards with ZM’s Fletch, Vaughan and Megan winning the award for Best
Music Breakfast Show (Network) for the third year in a row. The Hits Dunedin’s Callum and P won the award for music
radio’s Best Breakfast Show (Local).
The Hit’s Tauranga host Will Johnson picked up the Best Local Music Host Award too.
“All of us at NZME are very proud of our winners and the teams that support them. Delivering entertaining and
enlightening shows focussed on our audiences underpins everything that we do. These awards recognise how well our teams
are delivering for their listeners,” said NZME’s Chief Content Officer, Mike McClung.
A full list of NZME’s 2020 Radio Awards Winners and Finalists can be found here.