John Campbell

2022 - 4 - 8

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Watch: John Campbell's emotional farewell to Breakfast co-hosts (New Zealand Herald)

John Campbell has bid a tearful farewell to his co-hosts on TVNZ's Breakfast today after three years on the morning news show.

"Our big bro, we love you and we adore you," she said. Take care and love from us all." "They're wonderful people, and we're friends, and that matters when you're starting work at four am, and doing three hours, live, each morning in their company. "I'm going to miss so many things about you. "It has been an absolute privilege to sit next to you. McLean said he would "miss the hugs in the morning" he and Campbell always shared.

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John Campbell bids farewell to Breakfast during his last show (1 News)

He said he's "proud" to have been part of the team. The ...

I'm proud to be part of your team," Campbell reflected. "Thank you all, thank you for watching and letting us into your homes each day. "And I'm so proud of you. Lots of love from us all." He will also host a number of specials. "Breakfast is a team ... Breakast is made by a collaboration," Campbell said as he thanked the team and the viewers.

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Tears, tissues and tunes on John Campbell's last Breakfast (The Spinoff)

John Campbell has left the Breakfast building. Tara Ward woke early to watch the veteran broadcaster give a typically generous goodbye.

“I’m so proud of you, and what you represent, and how you tell us that otherness is no good and that believing in yourself is a wonderful thing to do,” he told his colleagues. It was a forecast of tears and sadness as a warm front of emotion swept through the studio. My core was already in a fragile state – it was bad enough that John Campbell was leaving us, but now fruit had betrayed us as well. She’d received a plate, and was planning to take up line dancing in her retirement. The rest of the Breakfast team tried to play it cool, but it was only 6:08am when the first tears fell, even though Jenny-May had vowed she wasn’t going to cry. Earlier this week, John announced he was leaving Breakfast to take up a new role as TVNZ’s chief correspondent.

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