Renowned New Zealand broadcaster Kim Hill has announced her departure from the RNZ National’s iconic Saturday Morning show.
Hill has been with RNZ since 1985 and presented a number of programmes, most recently Saturday Morning with Kim Hill since 2002, and as a fill-in presenter on Morning Report.
RNZ’s Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief Paul Thompson said Kim was incomparable as a broadcaster.
“Our audiences trust and love her deeply. Her work over many years at RNZ has provided listeners with immense pleasure and enlightenment. She is a national taonga and we are all going to miss her Saturday Morning show incredibly. I am so pleased she will be doing some work for us next year after she has had a break.
“She has maintained the highest standards in robust, engaging, fact-based public service broadcasting. Her combination of professionalism, high intellect, curiousity, wry humour and thorough preparation is unique.
“We have been incredibly fortunate to have Kim on RNZ National for so long and thank her for her service to public media in Aotearoa.
“Kim will continue to do some work for RNZ in 2024 and is working with us on some ideas for a series of in-depth interviews. We are delighted and will have more to say about that in the new year.”
Hill says that stepping down from Saturday Morningwas a hard call as she’s loved presenting the show. “It is time for a change for me. I look forward to having a break.”
She has received many domestic and international awards over her remarkable career including being named the Association for International Broadcasting’s International Radio Personality of the Year in 2012.
Hill’s final Saturday Morning show will be on Saturday 25 November. The search for a new Saturday Morning host will commence soon.
