# Pippa Wetzell

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New Zealand television personality

Pippa Wetzell Born Philippa Wetzell (1977-01-26) 26 January 1977 (age 49)[1] Occupation Journalist Notable credit Former presenter of Breakfast Spouse Torrin Crowther

**Philippa "Pippa" Wetzell** (born 26 January 1977) is a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) television personality and journalist with [TVNZ 1](/source/TVNZ_1).

## Early life

Wetzell attended [Takapuna Grammar School](/source/Takapuna_Grammar_School) on Auckland's North Shore, where she was Head Girl in 1994.[2] She went on to study at the [Auckland University of Technology](/source/Auckland_University_of_Technology), graduating with a Bachelor of Communications degree.[3]

## Career

She was hired by [TVNZ](/source/TVNZ) (Television New Zealand) in 1998 for the overnight assignments desk.[3] She has had several roles at [TV One](/source/TVNZ_1)'s [breakfast television](/source/Breakfast_television) programme *[Breakfast](/source/Breakfast_(New_Zealand_TV_programme))*, starting as a junior meet-and-greet assistant before reporting news for the show. From 2001 she was a reporter for *[One News](/source/1News)*, later returning to *Breakfast* as back-up host for [Kay Gregory](/source/Kay_Gregory). She has also presented the consumer affairs show *[Fair Go](/source/Fair_Go)*. Following Gregory's departure from *Breakfast* in 2007, she became co-host with [Paul Henry](/source/Paul_Henry_(broadcaster)). Wetzell left the show at the end of 2010.[3][4]

## Personal life

Wetzell is of [German](/source/Germans) and [Samoan](/source/Samoans) heritage.[5] She is married to lawyer Torrin Crowther, a competition law partner at [Bell Gully](/source/Bell_Gully). The couple have three children.[6]

Pippa's younger brother, [Yanni Wetzell](/source/Yanni_Wetzell), is a professional basketball player.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Nissen, Wendyl (7 April 2022). ["Pippa Wetzell's year of change"](https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/pippa-wetzell-year-of-change-45543/). *nowtolove.co.nz*. New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Retrieved 10 March 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Twelve Questions: Pippa Wetzell"](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10868184). [The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald). Retrieved 28 February 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NZHerald10455879_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NZHerald10455879_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NZHerald10455879_3-2) Coursey, Michelle (5 August 2007). ["Pippa for Breakfast"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10455879&pnum=0). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Pippa to replace Kay on Breakfast"](http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/31203). *[Stuff](/source/Stuff_(website))*. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Pippa Wetzell returns to her Samoan roots"](http://www.samoaobserver.ws/en/11_12_2016/local/14845/Pippa-Wetzell-returns-to-her-Samoan-roots.htm). *Samoa Observer*. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** McConnochie, Trudie (12 April 2009). ["Pippa was right, it's another baby girl"](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10566280). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Auckland basketballer Yanni Wetzell signs with division one side in US"](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/92537210/auckland-basketballer-yanni-wetzell-signs-with-division-one-side-in-us). *[Stuff](/source/Stuff_(website))*. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

## External links

- [Pippa Wetzell](http://tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/pippa-wetzell-1267927) at TVNZ

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