Geoff Bryan

Background

Bryan was born in Kent, England, and moved with his family to Australia first and then to Wellington when he was a child, in the late 1960s.

Education

He completed a degree in Political Science and History at Victoria University of Wellington, before working in radio, including as a DJ for 2ZM in Wellington in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Career

He progressed into television in 1982, and became a sports presenter for Television New Zealand in 1987. Bryan, along with Keith Quinn and John McBeth were laid off by Television New Zealand 2007, before the company invited all three to compete for a single vacancy in Auckland. He was the successful applicant and is still employed by Television New Zealand. Bryan is a newsreader for Radio Live.

He was previously a breakfast co-host on The Sound and a news presenter for The Radio Network.

He began with the IRN News Centre as breakfast newsreader, and then became part of the Newstalk ZB News team when IRN combined with the Newstalk ZB Newsroom. He was part of the Affiliates unit, which is based in the Auckland newsroom of Newstalk ZB, and produces bulletins for many commercial stations around the country, including other stations of The Radio Network.

He remained a breakfast newsreader for the Affiliates unit until mid-2009, when his position was combined with another role, and he was made redundant. However, he remains working on contract and is a regular fill-in newsreader on both the Newstalk ZB Network, and the Affiliates bulletins.

1988 Seoul, of Korea. Olympic Games Presenter

1990 Auckland, New Zealand.

Commonwealth Games Presenter

1992 Barcelona, Spain. Olympic Games Presenter

1994 Victoria, Canada. Commonwealth Games Presenter

1996 Atlanta, America.

Olympic Games Presenter

1998 Kuala Lumper, Malaysia.

Commonwealth Games Presenter

2000 Sydney, Australia. Olympic Games Presenter

2002 Manchester, England.

Commonwealth Games Presenter

2002 Salt Lake City, America. Winter Olympic Games Presenter

2004 Athens, Greece.

Olympic Games Presenter

2004 Athens, Greece.

Paralympic Games Presenter

2006 Turin, Italy. Winter Olympic Games Presenter

2006 Melbourne, Australia. Commonwealth Games Presenter

2008 Beijing, China.

Olympic Games Presenter

2008 Beijing, China.

Paralympic Games Presenter

ASB Classic Tennis tournament presenter from 2004–2009

Heineken Open Men"s tennis presenter from 2000–2009

Countrywide Bank Grandstand 1991-1998

Motorsport Sunday Presenter 1999-current

5 Football World Cups 1990-2006

Cricket Presenter and Commentator 1989-1999

Rugby World Cup Presenter 1991, 1995, 1999

Wellington Rugby Sevens 2000- 2012.

Achievements

• He has covered Six Summer Olympic Games from 1988 to 2008, and five Commonwealth Games from 1990 to 2006. Halberg Award Presenter including the Sports Champion of the Century Dinner in 2000.