Polly Gillespie | |
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| Born | Pauline Gillespie |
| Spouse | Grant Kereama 1989–2016 |
| Career | |
| Show | The Polly and Grant Show |
| Station(s) | More FM,rova,Today FM |
| Network | MediaWorks New Zealand |
| Time slot | 6–10am Monday – Saturday onMore FM, 6–9am Weekdays onrova |
| Style | Disc jockey,comedian |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Website | www |
Pauline "Polly" Gillespie is aNew Zealand radio presenter. She co-hosted onThe Polly and Grant Show Saturday mornings from 6-10am and the All-Day Breakfast show onRova with her ex-husband,Grant Kereama.[1]
Gillespie and Kereama hosted theZM breakfast show from 1991 to 2014, making them the longest-serving breakfast duo in New Zealand. The show rated well inWellington, and enjoyed success across New Zealand after it was launched nationwide in 2001.
On 28 April 2014, Gillespie and her ex-husband launched a new show onThe Hits,[2] owned by NZME.[3] They left The Hits in 2017,[4] and moved to a Wellington weekday breakfast show on More FM that ended in June 2020.[3][5]
Gillespie also wrote anagony aunt column forWoman's Day New Zealand until the magazine closed in April 2020.[6] She has written an autobiography,[7] titledThe Misadventures of Polly Gillespie.[8] She had previously outlined her family history in an opinion article published inThe New Zealand Herald in 2016.[9]
In November 2021, Gillespie was announced as part of the lineup for MediaWorks' brand new talk radio network,Today FM which launched in March 2022 but ceased broadcasting a year later.[10] Gillespie was retained by station owners Mediaworks to present a series of short-form podcasts, under the brand nameThe Polly Podcast Network, which launched in June 2023 and ended in early 2024.[11]
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