One of New Zealand's longest serving broadcasters has been recognised in the New Year Honours.
Papamoa's Philip Sherry — "Mr Credibility" himself — has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to local government and broadcasting.
His career in the latter began in 1960
when he joined the New Zealand Broadcasting Service as a continuity announcer.
Two years later he was an original radio newsreader and, when television began in 1963, he joined John Roberts, David Clark and Brian Hudson as the country's first news frontmen.
He went on to read the news for Radio New Zealand bulletins, Morning Report, TV1, TV2, and TV3 news and current affairs in a broadcasting career spanning more than three decades, during which he earned his nickname "Mr Credibility".
