Simon Barnett wife – Simon Barnett is a radio and a TV host. He is also the presenter in New Zealand. Along with Gary McCormick, he co-hosted on Christchurch radio station 92 More FM for the morning show till 2018 and had previously been with Phil Gifford.
In the town of Kaiapoi in Canterbury, he hosted the Mitre 10 Dream Home 2013 series. Moreover, he is an actor and writer and is well known for Ruby and Rata (1990), The Holy Roller (2010) and Face the Music (1992).
Simon Barnett Biography
Simon Barnett was born on 23 March in 1967 in Ashburton in New Zealand. He grew up in Ashburton by Christchurch in Canterbury. He began his studies from 1980 at Ashburton College and graduated in 1984. He was known to be the head prefect of the college. He is known to have been married to Jodi in 1991.
He has opened up about the fact that his wife, Jodi, suffers from seizures, which led to him leave Christchurch More FM’s as the breakfast show host. The couple is known to have four children.
Supporting the “Vote NO” campaign, Simon Barnett had brought up his opiniated views against the Child Discipline Bill that was proposed in the New Zealand Parliament in the 2009 corporal punishment referendum.
Simon Barnett Career
He had hosted a musical talented show, Stars In Their Eyes, presenting as it’s New Zealand version of the UK show. In the town of Kaiapoi in Canterbury, he had hosted the 2013 series of Mitre 10 Dream Home. He was the host of the breakfast slot on 91ZM. Later he had worked for Radio Nelson.
Besides being a radio host, he has also acted in many works. He had appeared in the New Zealand film Ruby and Rata (1990). In 2015, he had won the 2015 series of the New Zealand version of Dancing With The Stars.
He had hosted the children’s TV program called What Now . It was in 2019 that he became a part of Newstalk ZB in Christchurch.
Simon Barnett age
He is 56 years old.
Simon Barnett wife
Radio host Simon Barnett’s wife Jodi has died aged 61 after living with brain cancer for years. She died at the couple’s Christchurch home early on Monday after a “five-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer.
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