Gregory Stephen Boyed(27 March 1970[2]– 20 August 2018) was aNew Zealandjournalist and television presenter. He was best known as the presenter ofTVNZ 1's1 News Tonight;he also hostedBreakfast,1 News At 6pm,Q+A,andSeven Sharp.
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| Born | Gregory Stephen Boyed[1] 27 March 1970 |
| Died | 20 August 2018(aged 48) Switzerland |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 (1 with Chevin) |
Career
editRadio
editIn 1991, Boyed worked as the chief reporter and newsreader at a radio station in Tauranga. He worked forIndependent Radio News(IRN) for four years – as the news and sport reporter and reader in Wellington for the first year, and as sports sub and reader in Auckland for the remaining three. Towards the end of his career, he sometimes worked as a stand-in presenter atNewstalk ZB.
Television
editBoyed's first television work was as a general reporter for ATV regional television, where he then moved into the niche of business reporter forThe NBR Report.
Upon moving toTVNZ,Boyed worked as a fill-in business reporter and general reporter. In the late 1990s, he moved toTV3,where he worked as the Auckland reporter for the investigative programmeTarget.Boyed returned to TVNZ in 2002, initially as a producer on youth news programmeFlipside,later becoming executive producer of discussion programmeThe Last Word,and for a period, the late night news bulletinTonight.[3]In 2005, he became a reporter for the investigative consumer affairs programmeFair Go.[4]
From 2007 to 2018, Boyed was the main presenter of the late evening1 News Tonightbulletin, as well as being a regular stand-in on1 News at Six;he briefly left this job in 2013, moving to newly-launched current affairs programmeSeven Sharp,which he presented alongsideAlison MauandJesse Mulligan.He left the programme seven months after its launch, returning to1 News Tonight.He also presentedTVNZ 7'sNews at 8on weekdays from 2008 until the channel's closure in 2012. After the retirement ofPaul Holmesin 2012, Boyed temporarily became the presenter of current affairs interview showQ+A;after a revamp of the programme in 2015, he took this job permanently. He was also an occasional stand-in presenter on current affairs showClose Up.
Personal life
editBoyed was the son of Colin and Jean Boyed.[1]He met Swiss singer-songwriterCaroline Chevinin 2014 while she was visiting New Zealand, and they married in Switzerland later that year.[5]Their son Kian Iraia Cassidy was born in 2015.[6]He also had a daughter, Sarah, born around 1997, from his first marriage.[7][8]
Boyed was previously engaged to television presenter Amanda Gillies.[6]
He had an interest in drums and marathon running.[9]
His family reported that he suffered from depression.[7]
Death
editBoyed committed suicide on 20 August 2018, while on a family holiday in Switzerland.[10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ab"Gregory Stephen Boyed death notice".New Zealand Herald.25 August 2018.Retrieved26 August2018.
- ^Boyed, Greg [@GregBoyed] (26 March 2018)."@lisettereymer and @LauraKneer my lovely #tonight colleagues got me a birthday cake a day early! #happybirthdaytome"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^"TVNZ's bid to reclaim late-night news spot".New Zealand Herald.18 January 2004.Retrieved5 October2018.
- ^"Greg Boyed: A life on screen".Stuff.co.nz.22 August 2018.Retrieved30 August2018.
- ^"The Diary: Swiss entertainer steals TV presenter's heart".NZ Herald.16 July 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 22 August 2018.Retrieved22 August2018.
- ^abLand, Emma (22 August 2018)."TVNZ presenter Greg Boyed has died suddenly in Switzerland".Now to Love.Archivedfrom the original on 22 August 2018.Retrieved22 August2018.
- ^ab"TVNZ news presenter Greg Boyed, who was battling depression, dies in Switzerland".New Zealand Herald.22 August 2018.Retrieved22 August2018.
- ^"Greg Boyed and the challenges he faced: 'Limelight comes with the job'".New Zealand Herald.22 September 2018.Retrieved2 October2018.
- ^"TVNZ news presenter Greg Boyed dies in Europe".NewstalkZB.22 August 2018.Retrieved22 August2018.
- ^"TVNZ news anchor Greg Boyed has died".Stuff.Retrieved21 August2018.
- ^"Renee Wright reflects on 2018 and reveals what's in store for 2019".New Zealand Woman's Weekly.Retrieved8 January2019.