RNZ's Kim Hill calls time on Saturday Morning show after 21 years

Friday, 15 September 2023

Veteran broadcaster Kim Hill will be stepping down from her flagship news show on Radio New Zealand.

Hill will exit RNZ’s Saturday Morning after 21-years of presenting the show, saying she will “look forward to having a break.”

In a statement, RNZ Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief Paul Thompson described Hill as a “national taonga” whose audience “trust and love her deeply”.

“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,” Thompson said.

“She has maintained the highest standards in robust, engaging, fact-based public service broadcasting. Her combination of professionalism, high intellect, curiosity, 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’s final Saturday Morning show will air on November 25.