Former New Zealand TV News Presenter Philip Sherry deceased at 87

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Sherry was a News Presenter for various TV Networks in New Zealand from the 1960's-1990's.

His family said Sherry died on Sunday morning in Papamoa surrounded by his family after a short illness.


Sherry spent decades as one of New Zealand's leading newsreaders in both radio and television news. He presented bulletins for NZBC and TVNZ before reading the very first news bulletin on TV3 when it launched.


Sherry's career began in 1960 in Wellington on local radio station 2YD. When the station became WNTV, he followed it into television before heading overseas on his OE. As he moved around the world, Sherry found his presenting skills were in demand in radio stations in Vancouver, Canada, London, England and also in Berne, Germany.


He moved back to New Zealand in 1967, taking up a role with the early evening television magazine show Town and Around. Sherry's impeccable diction and credible delivery saw him selected as one of three main newsreaders when NZBC launched its first nationwide television news programme in 1969. He managed to juggle this with early morning presenting shifts on what is now RNZ National.