Tim Roxborogh

Background

About Tim Roxborogh

2024 marked Tim Roxborogh's 25th year in media having worked across radio and TV, as well as being one of New Zealand’s most published travel and music writers with over 500 articles. Those articles have taken him all over the world and have appeared everywhere from The New Zealand Herald, to The Listener, Woman’s Day, Woman's Weekly, Let’s Travel, M2 and Concrete Playground. As a top-rated radio announcer, Tim's voice can be heard weekly on New Zealand’s number one radio station, Newstalk ZB, and he has a background in music radio having hosted breakfast and afternoon drive in his 20s on Easy Listening i, Viva and Easy Mix. He continues to be a regular presence on stations like Gold and Coast. Tim’s TV credits include appearances on TVNZ's Breakfast and Seven Sharp programs, cricket commentary for TVNZ and Sky Sport and co-hosting his own Choice TV travel series 'Uncharted'(2021-2022). He crafted the itineraries and shooting schedules on the first two seasons of the international ‘Izzy & Beaver’ travel series starring the former All Blacks Israel Dagg and Stephen Donald (2023), and worked as an advisor on the 6x Emmy-nominated documentary 'Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'(2020) as well as the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC. A 2x NZ Radio Award Winner including alongside former Commodores' bassist Ronald LaPread for their weekly 'All About Soul' radio show (2007-2009), Tim has interviewed many of the biggest names in music, such as Barry Gibb, Burt Bacharach, John Mayer, Dixie Chicks, Lionel Richie, Backstreet Boys, Cliff Richard, Duran Duran, Brian Wilson, Fleetwood Mac, David Crosby, Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, and Sheryl Crow. Known for his distinct broadcast voice, storytelling, general knowledge, humour, compassion, interest in the world around us and his encyclopaedic understanding of popular music history, Tim's career has been highlighted by consistent ratings successes. This has included regularly topping nationwide surveys for 'Sunday Night Talk' on Newstalk ZB (2012 onwards), doubling ratings in less than a year (Newstalk ZB, 2012) and lifting Auckland ratings for Newstalk ZB's fledgling 'Weekend Collective' show from 3.8% to 17.1%(2020).