Full Name Mark Sainsbury Spouse Ramona Sainsbury Role Television presenter | Name Mark Sainsbury Occupation Television journalist | |
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Notable credit(s) Close Up anchor
(2007–12)
About Now host (2006–07)
ONE News political correspondent
(c.2000–05)
ONE News Europe correspondent
(c.1995–c.2000) | ||
Mark Sainsbury (born 1956) is a New Zealand current affairs television presenter. He hosted Close Up on TVNZ's TV ONE until the show was axed on 30 November 2012. Previously he was the political editor for ONE News. In February 2016, he replaced Sean Plunket as weekday morning host on Radio Live.
Sainsbury grew up in Upper Hutt. He lives in Wellington with his wife Ramona who has a law practice. They have adult children who are twins. After school, Sainsbury started studying towards a law degree but did not finish it.
He won the 2007 Best Presenter Qantas Media Award for fronting Close Up, and moderated the live leaders debate for the New Zealand general election, 2008.
The Sunday Star-Times has described his moustache as "arguably the most famous in the country".
