Tim Wilson (broadcaster)

New Zealand journalist, producer and author

Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson is a former New Zealand journalist and broadcaster, who is currently the executive director of the Maxim Institute.[1][2]

## Early life and family

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Wilson was born in Dunedin and adopted by a Presbyterian minister who relocated the family to Pōkeno and then to New Plymouth and finally Whanganui when Wilson was a teenager. Wilson studied at the University of Auckland.[1]

While working in New York, Wilson converted to Catholicism.[3] He met his future wife, Rachel, a former primary school teacher, in a Catholic church in Auckland; the couple have three sons.[3][4]

## Career

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### Journalism

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Wilson was formerly a staff writer at Metro magazine before moving to New York City to work as a freelance journalist in September 2001.[5] After making occasional contributions to TVNZ's news bulletins, he was hired as One News' first full-time US correspondent in 2004; his first assignment was the inauguration of George W Bush.[6] He held this position until 2012, when he returned to New Zealand.[7] He has since worked across TVNZ's Breakfast and Seven Sharp programmes as a producer and reporter, and hosting radio programmes on Newstalk ZB.[8][9][4]

Wilson left TVNZ in October 2020.[6][10]

### Literary career

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Tim Wilson has published five books. His first, Good as Goldie (Hatchette; 2002), tells the story of New Zealand art forger Karl Sim.[11] Wilson's four works of fiction are published by Victoria University Press.[12] His first novel Their Faces Were Shining was published in 2010. A collection of short fiction, The Desolation Angel, was published in 2011. News Pigs was published in 2014 with the sequel The Straight Banana published in 2016.

### Public policy

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Wilson is currently executive director of the Maxim Institute, a conservative public policy think tank.[2]

## See also

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* List of New Zealand television personalities

## References

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1. ^ a b Cowan, John (24 June 2012). "Tim Wilson - Real Life". Real Life with John Cowan. CBA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
2. ^ a b "About Us". Maxim Institute. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
3. ^ a b "From emptiness to abundance - Tim Wilson's story". NZ Catholic Newspaper. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
4. ^ a b Prebble, Amy (28 May 2019). "Radio hosts Tim Wilson and Tim Roxborogh on why they're similar but different in so many ways". Now To Love. Bauer Media. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
5. ^ "Tim Wilson: made in Manhattan". NZ Herald. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
6. ^ a b "Seven Sharp reporter Tim Wilson leaving TVNZ after 16 years". NZ Herald. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
7. ^ "Tim Wilson: live from New York City". Stuff. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
8. ^ "Seven Sharp with Tim Wilson - Yahoo". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
9. ^ "The Two on Newstalk ZB". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
10. ^ "Tim Wilson leaves TVNZ after 16 years, plans to 'take time and pause'". Stuff. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
11. ^ "Tim Wilson". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
12. ^ "Tim Wilson". Victoria University Press. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

## External links

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* TVNZ - Tim Wilson Blog Archive
* Michele Hewitson interview: Tim Wilson
* Tim Wilson's profile on Victoria University