Mike Hosking

ABOUT MIKE HOSKING

Kiwi television and radio personality known as one of the voices of Newstalk ZB and the co-host of the half-hour current affairs program Seven Sharp with Toni Street .

Beginning his career primarily in radio, he worked with Radio New Zealand in the early 1990s before eventually becoming a host on the Morning Report on National Radio.

In 2008, he became the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? New Zealand.

He married Marie Angela Hosking in 1989. In 2001, she gave birth to their two daughters Ruby and Bella, however, a year later the pair were divorced. He then married fellow broadcast personality Kate Hawkesby in 2009.

In 2013, he served as the master of ceremonies at Prime Minister John Key 's state of the nation speech.