Career
He was the senior weathercaster for Television New Zealand from 1988 until 2003, returning in 2007 to replace Brendan Horan. He retired at the end of 2014, presenting for the last time on December 19. Hickey has presented the Television New Zealand programmes A Flying Visit, Jim"s Carolina Show, How"s the Weather Jim? and The Real Middle Earth.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography with specialization in climatology, and a Diploma of Meteorology.
He has a comedic and sharp style of presenting. In Hickey"s hometown of New Plymouth, he has helped shape the airport café, along with local hospitality enthusiast Craig Macfarlane, into an aviation memorabilia-themed café called Airspresso.
There are pilots" biographies including Jim Hickey Snr, Jim’s father, who was a Spitfire pilot in Burma during World War Two.